These are the websites that I was going to use for my presentation on We Were Soldiers. Please post them on the blog for me. The first three go to the "behind the scenes" footage of the movie. The last web address is the book site with combat footage, pictures, battle plans, the prologue, and more.
Behind the Scenes Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtPoCtbEyog&playnext_from=TL&videos=bcJ44onKx-U
Behind the Scenes Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDigNHataJ8&feature=related
Behind the Scenes Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCOF8CeB7h0&feature=related
Novel: http://www.lzxray.com/overview.htm
Thank you!
Shantelle Dein
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Final exam date; Withdrawal date; Papers and Reports
1. As mentioned in class (and on the blog), our final exam will be held on Friday, May 7, from 10:10 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. in our usual room, CUE 409. You will need to bring paper for this exam. A study guide will be posted at this link by Sunday night: http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/engl339/study2.htm.
2. Important: If you have missed a significant number of classes or assignments, you should know that tomorrow, April 30, is your last day to use an uncontested withdrawal from this course. If you are not sure of the number of your absences, email me and I'll tell you.
3. Reports. I will be on campus on Tuesday, May 4 from 9-1 to give back papers and reports. If you'd like to know your report grade before that, email me and I will send you a .pdf copy of my report comments and the grade.
4. Papers. Those of you who submitted papers electronically (without a paper copy) will be getting your graded paper back through email. If you turned in a paper copy, please let me know if you would like me to send your paper back (in .pdf format) by email before the final exam, when the papers will be available. Your presentation of your final project grade will be included on the comments for your final paper.
5. Some of you have asked me to give you an estimate of your grade going into the final exam. I don't calculate those grades before the final, but you can do this yourself by using the grades you have received and the percentages chart on the bottom of your syllabus (http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/engl339/sched339s10.htm).
2. Important: If you have missed a significant number of classes or assignments, you should know that tomorrow, April 30, is your last day to use an uncontested withdrawal from this course. If you are not sure of the number of your absences, email me and I'll tell you.
3. Reports. I will be on campus on Tuesday, May 4 from 9-1 to give back papers and reports. If you'd like to know your report grade before that, email me and I will send you a .pdf copy of my report comments and the grade.
4. Papers. Those of you who submitted papers electronically (without a paper copy) will be getting your graded paper back through email. If you turned in a paper copy, please let me know if you would like me to send your paper back (in .pdf format) by email before the final exam, when the papers will be available. Your presentation of your final project grade will be included on the comments for your final paper.
5. Some of you have asked me to give you an estimate of your grade going into the final exam. I don't calculate those grades before the final, but you can do this yourself by using the grades you have received and the percentages chart on the bottom of your syllabus (http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/engl339/sched339s10.htm).
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Paper 2 received
I've now responded to everyone who sent me an e-version of Paper 2. If you didn't get a response, I didn't receive your paper.
Final Exam Day and Time
The final exam will be held from 10:10 to 12:10 on Friday, May 7. Please write this down, since it is not the date originally listed on your syllabus.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
End of blog posts
Posting to the blogs for this semester is now closed, and the points have been recorded. I'm looking forward to reading your papers and to listening to class presentations next week.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Technical problems, Smoke Signals, and Last Blog Posts
1. After today's class, Instructional Media Services came over to CUE 409 so that we could test for possible reasons for the dark picture that prevented the class from watching the movie. We weren't able to find any reason for it, unfortunately.
2. The movie Smoke Signals is available in the library and through Netflix; you can also check with the class bloggers (click on the links at right), who may be able to share a copy with you. Please try to watch this film before next Tuesday's class and fill out the comment sheet that you had today. We should have some time to discuss the film then.
3. Most of you have a good idea of how many blog posts you've completed and whether you'll want to rely on the blog post grade rather than taking the final; if you're not sure, email me and I'll tell you.
4. Although your last (optional) blog post is due tomorrow night, it does not have to be on Smoke Signals, under the circumstances. Here are some other possibilities:
2. The movie Smoke Signals is available in the library and through Netflix; you can also check with the class bloggers (click on the links at right), who may be able to share a copy with you. Please try to watch this film before next Tuesday's class and fill out the comment sheet that you had today. We should have some time to discuss the film then.
3. Most of you have a good idea of how many blog posts you've completed and whether you'll want to rely on the blog post grade rather than taking the final; if you're not sure, email me and I'll tell you.
4. Although your last (optional) blog post is due tomorrow night, it does not have to be on Smoke Signals, under the circumstances. Here are some other possibilities:
- You can write about some other movie that you believe would fit the themes of the course or that would make a good comparison with films we have seen.
- You can also project your ideas into the future, as we did during one class discussion, by asking yourself this: what features of the 2010s or 2000s will future generations choose to memorialize with nostalgia in the ways that Back to the Future or American Graffiti looked at the 1950s and 1960s?
- What film trends, especially those dealing with social issues, do you see emerging today?
Paper 2
If you have sent me your e-version of Paper 2, you should have received an email acknowledging that I received it; if you haven't received a confirmation email, I haven't received your paper.
I'd like to thank you for sending your papers, especially those who took the time to write a courteous message when sending their papers.
I'd like to thank you for sending your papers, especially those who took the time to write a courteous message when sending their papers.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
No class today, 4/20; Paper 2 due tomorrow, 4/21
This is just a reminder that there is no class today, 4/20. We will meet as usual tomorrow, 4/21.
Your second paper for this class is due tomorrow as well, even if you are not presenting on it until next week. If you are handing in a paper version, which is optional, the paper is due in class; all electronic versions are due to me via email (campbelld@wsu.edu) by 9 p.m.
If you have not yet used your automatic extension option and wish to do so on this paper, please contact me.
Since you will be using outside sources, or at the very least additional films, which should be cited (DVD versions included), your paper should have a Works Cited page. You can find information about citing sources here: http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c08_s2.html or on p. 177 of Corrigan.
Your second paper for this class is due tomorrow as well, even if you are not presenting on it until next week. If you are handing in a paper version, which is optional, the paper is due in class; all electronic versions are due to me via email (campbelld@wsu.edu) by 9 p.m.
If you have not yet used your automatic extension option and wish to do so on this paper, please contact me.
Since you will be using outside sources, or at the very least additional films, which should be cited (DVD versions included), your paper should have a Works Cited page. You can find information about citing sources here: http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c08_s2.html or on p. 177 of Corrigan.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Presentation Schedule for Final Project
The presentation schedule for the final projects is here:
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/engl339/present.htm .
If you have not signed up yet, you need to do so right away. The only available slots are for this Wednesday, April 21. You can email me about signing up or use the signup form:
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/engl339/present.htm .
If you have not signed up yet, you need to do so right away. The only available slots are for this Wednesday, April 21. You can email me about signing up or use the signup form:
You do not need to supply a fact sheet for these final presentations, and we will not be filling out comment sheets on them. As before, if you want to use PowerPoint, you either need to bring your own laptop or email me the presentation no later than the night before your presentation (which for most of you will be next week).
Please let me know if you have any questions. I will be on campus Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week, so let me know if you'd like to meet with me.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Presentation schedule for final projects
The presentation schedule for your final projects is here:
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/engl339/present.htm
If you have not signed up yet, there are still times open on April 21.
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/engl339/present.htm
If you have not signed up yet, there are still times open on April 21.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Extra blog posts
Last night was the last "official" blog post (although you can make comments on this week's posts until next week). Although one additional "extra" blog post is on your syllabus. I've decided that instead of one extra blog post (and set of comments) for credit, you'll be able to write two:
4/15
4/22
If you'd rather, you can also write on something other than the films for these last two posts: a film that you think would fit well into this class that we didn't get to see, for example, or some other aspect of film that you'd like to discuss.
As mentioned earlier, each post counts 2 points and a week's comments (must be done within that week) counts 1, for a perfect score of 30 by the end of the semester (10 posts x 2 + 10 comments x 1 = 30).
Those of you who have already kept up with blog posts by writing each week can opt not to do these extra posts, since they won't give you any extra points if you're already at 30.
4/15
4/22
If you'd rather, you can also write on something other than the films for these last two posts: a film that you think would fit well into this class that we didn't get to see, for example, or some other aspect of film that you'd like to discuss.
As mentioned earlier, each post counts 2 points and a week's comments (must be done within that week) counts 1, for a perfect score of 30 by the end of the semester (10 posts x 2 + 10 comments x 1 = 30).
Those of you who have already kept up with blog posts by writing each week can opt not to do these extra posts, since they won't give you any extra points if you're already at 30.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Reports on Tuesday
Our last day for reports is next Tuesday, and here's a list of the people presenting:
Jeremy Dorn
Haley Ogburn
Matt Quigley
Andrew Stevens
Saundra Ramaker
Brandon Chapman
Marshall Thompson
If you want to use PowerPoint, remember that you need to send it to me no later than 9 p.m. on Monday so that I can load it onto my computer. You can also bring your own laptop, if you prefer.
Jeremy Dorn
Haley Ogburn
Matt Quigley
Andrew Stevens
Saundra Ramaker
Brandon Chapman
Marshall Thompson
If you want to use PowerPoint, remember that you need to send it to me no later than 9 p.m. on Monday so that I can load it onto my computer. You can also bring your own laptop, if you prefer.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Resources on Bonnie and Clyde
Blog posts and comments on others' blogs are due tonight by 9 p.m., as usual.
If you are interested in working on Bonnie and Clyde for your paper, our library has some useful books:
My life with Bonnie & Clyde / by Blanche Caldwell Barrow ; edited by John Neal Phillips. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, c2004.
HV6248.B334 A3 2004
[FBI documents regarding Bonnie and Clyde] [electronic resource; .pdf file].
[Washington, D.C. : Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1998?]
Bonnie and Clyde [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures ; a Tatira-Hiller Production ; produced by Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1997.
VIDEO,DVD,ETC.
LOCATION CALL NUMBER STATUS
WSU Media-Materials-Services Reserve DVD 57 ON SHELF
WSU Media-Materials-Services Reserve DVD 57 c.2 ON SHELF
The lives and times of Bonnie and Clyde / E.R. Milner.
Milner, E. R.
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1996.
HV6245 .M54 1996 ON SHELF
Running with Bonnie and Clyde : the ten fast years of Ralph Fults / by John Neal Phillips.
Phillips, John Neal, 1949-
Norman : University of Oklahoma, c1996.
HV6248.F87 P55 1996 ON SHELF
The strange history of Bonnie and Clyde / John Treherne.
London : Cape, 1984.
HV6245 .T73 1984 ON SHELF
Focus on Bonnie and Clyde, edited by John G. Cawelti.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1973]
PN1997.B6797 C3
The Bonnie & Clyde book / compiled & edited by Sandra Wake & Nicola Hayden. New York : Simon & Schuster, c1972.
PN1997.B6767 B66x 1972
Bonnie and Clyde : screenplay / by David Newman and Robert Benton.
Newman, David.
[S.l. : s.n., 1966]
WSU Vancouver PN1997 .B6763 1966a ON SHELF
You can hear the recording of "Deep Night" by Rudy Vallee, the song that played at the beginning of Bonnie and Clyde, here: http://www.archive.org/details/1920sPop
If you are interested in working on Bonnie and Clyde for your paper, our library has some useful books:
My life with Bonnie & Clyde / by Blanche Caldwell Barrow ; edited by John Neal Phillips. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, c2004.
HV6248.B334 A3 2004
[FBI documents regarding Bonnie and Clyde] [electronic resource; .pdf file].
[Washington, D.C. : Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1998?]
Bonnie and Clyde [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures ; a Tatira-Hiller Production ; produced by Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1997.
VIDEO,DVD,ETC.
LOCATION CALL NUMBER STATUS
WSU Media-Materials-Services Reserve DVD 57 ON SHELF
WSU Media-Materials-Services Reserve DVD 57 c.2 ON SHELF
The lives and times of Bonnie and Clyde / E.R. Milner.
Milner, E. R.
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1996.
HV6245 .M54 1996 ON SHELF
Running with Bonnie and Clyde : the ten fast years of Ralph Fults / by John Neal Phillips.
Phillips, John Neal, 1949-
Norman : University of Oklahoma, c1996.
HV6248.F87 P55 1996 ON SHELF
The strange history of Bonnie and Clyde / John Treherne.
London : Cape, 1984.
HV6245 .T73 1984 ON SHELF
Focus on Bonnie and Clyde, edited by John G. Cawelti.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1973]
PN1997.B6797 C3
The Bonnie & Clyde book / compiled & edited by Sandra Wake & Nicola Hayden. New York : Simon & Schuster, c1972.
PN1997.B6767 B66x 1972
Bonnie and Clyde : screenplay / by David Newman and Robert Benton.
Newman, David.
[S.l. : s.n., 1966]
WSU Vancouver PN1997 .B6763 1966a ON SHELF
You can hear the recording of "Deep Night" by Rudy Vallee, the song that played at the beginning of Bonnie and Clyde, here: http://www.archive.org/details/1920sPop
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