Class 15_Homework_March 20th

Dear Students,
A word about midterm

This semester has been a strange one since we missed the first week of school. In the interest of giving students more time to finish work, there are still many grades that need to be entered in the grade book to give a good understanding of where you stand in the course. For this reason, I ask that each of you meet with me in person during office hours next week. There are only [9] students so this should be very easy to do. My hours are Monday and Wednesday from 3:30-4:30pm and Tuesday and Thursday from 4:30-5:30pm. Please go to the google doc sign up sheet and set up your meeting time for next week [click here]. If you have a personal issue that prevents us from meeting at the times listed, please see me in person after next class so we can work out an alternate plan.This meeting will allow you to know EXACTLY where you stand in the class according to grades [there are a lot of you with zeros right now]. Please understand that most work can be made up, but that make-up or late work starts at 70%. The individual making segment of the course is very demanding and strenuous. Please be sure to do ALL assignments on time and to the letter so that you earn the grade that you desire.

Today we talked about breaking down individual words and articles using the Strategies for Discovering Influence process and List of Points sheet. You will repeat these strategies using your own idea/s/ for homework tonight. Be sure to follow the worksheet and the steps outlined in class for full credit. As it stands, many of you are not doing everything that is being asked when you complete assigned work.

If you have questions or you cannot get to the drive to do your homework, be sure to contact me immediately [text] so you can do your homework ontime.

Note: At this point you should have 3 separate idea clusters. Focus on one and do the homework below. If you loose interest for some reason, you will have two other options to work with instead.

Sincerely,
Professor Urrutia

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Strategies for Discovering Influence - Dictionary and Thesaurus

Due: Thursday, March 22nd

Format - physically present and complete with markings as indicated in class. Store in the Logbook Homework section of your binder with the proper heading.

Note: Dictionary definitions and Thesaurus words must be printed and physically present in your binder. At least one List of Points sheet needs to be filled out for these collectively to recieve full credit for the assignment. In other words, write your discoveries in the columns of the sheet provided in the way you were shown in class [Ideas for visual vocabulary objects, materials, processes, etc]. 

Directions: Use the dictionary/thesaurus strategy described in the lecture to expand and collect more information for words and/or phrases in at least one of your clusters

Part 1 Dictionary: Choose five or more words from one or more of your Thought Clusters to do this exercise. For each word find, then print out, its definition [you may have more than one definition/thesarus entry on a page]. First read the definition for comprehension. Next, look for literal/implied/impulsive objects, images, contexts, materials, etcetera references that could be used for making artwork in the future. Circle, highlight, underlight and make notes in the margins as we covered in class [you may do this on the print out]. Record these findings using the columns on the List of Points handout. You may find you need to printout more than one handout for this exercise in case you run out of room.

Part 2 Thesaurus: Focus on common place words or idea in your cluster. Use at least three  to look up in a thesaurus. For every new word you find to replace the common place or cliche term, repeat the dictionary strategy in part 1. Do this at least three times so that you have 3 new dictionary inquiries to add to the five you did above [8 total]. Be sure to print each thesaurus entry so your professor can easily see the common place word/s you had to work with.

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Strategies for Discovering Influence - Articles Pertaining to Your Idea
Due: Thursday, March 22nd
Format: [2] articles, physically present and complete with markings as indicated in class. Store in the Logbook Homework section of your binder with the proper heading.
Note: Articles must be printed out [at least 2] with underlining, circling, highlighting and color coding according to what you learned in class. Please consult the handout to review and compile your work into a list on a List of Points worksheet.

Directions
Find 2 articles that connect to a specific idea or cluster you are pursuing. Print each article out and read thoroughly. After you have read them for information, comb through each for ideas, materials, objects, and contexts, etc. as we did in class. Specifically you will circle, highlight, handwrite in the margins, and underline according to the handout you recieved in class today. When you have finished doing this work in the body of the articles, transcribe your results to a List of Points work sheet. This process will be ongoing and expected whenever you do research from this point forward. Putting what you find into written list form will create a repository for later use when you need to make compositions.