Well I just finished chapter 4 of Nervous Conditions, and I must say, I am actually liking this book... but it takes so long to read!
Anyways, chapter 4 was really just Tambu getting to her uncle's house and seeing how grand and elegant it was compared to her own home with its dirt floors and goat pen and this one having tile floors and a 2 car garage. The description of the house, especially when compared to Tambu's, really made it sound grand and nice, but also like many houses here today. When compared to Tambu's house though it seems like its this magical palace place but it also makes Tambu's home seem worse than Tambu thought it was, like she gets here to this civilized nice place and now her house really stinks: it has goat pens and dung floors and the couches are deep and the people get well nourished because they have a huge dining room table.
It was interesting to hear Tambu thinking about how she should act, how much she should eat, what some noises and places are, and how to act/dress.
Now onto the really long chapter 5....
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Research Paper Reflection:
most difficult: after finding a topic, I would say keeping a formal voice as well as the introduction and conclusion
most useful: the research groups and their feedback
least useful: databases didnt have as much on art/art history as I would have found useful
what I'd do differently: work more on voice and put more notecards on noodletools--I find it hard to keep it formal
There's nothing different that you (Dr.D) need to do differently when next year's freshmen do this project but maybe a sheet of which databases are most helpful for what and maybe have a database with a lot on visual/performing art.
The feedback from my peers was mostly voice/formality issues and some connection problems-- connecting words/paragraphs woth thesis-- and was descriptive enough that I could go right in and fix it. All of it was helpful:)
strongest trait of good writing: organization and/or conventions
weakest trait of good writing: voice
Nothing else:):)
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most useful: the research groups and their feedback
least useful: databases didnt have as much on art/art history as I would have found useful
what I'd do differently: work more on voice and put more notecards on noodletools--I find it hard to keep it formal
There's nothing different that you (Dr.D) need to do differently when next year's freshmen do this project but maybe a sheet of which databases are most helpful for what and maybe have a database with a lot on visual/performing art.
The feedback from my peers was mostly voice/formality issues and some connection problems-- connecting words/paragraphs woth thesis-- and was descriptive enough that I could go right in and fix it. All of it was helpful:)
strongest trait of good writing: organization and/or conventions
weakest trait of good writing: voice
Nothing else:):)
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Reading Details
I only read Nervous Conditions this week, and I think it has gotten better after the first few chapters and I guess I might come to like it.
Sunday:
Chapter 1 of Nervous Conditions: 45 minutes
Monday:
Chapter 2 of Nervous Conditions: 37 minutes
Wednesday:
Chapter 3 of Nervous Conditions: 75 minutes
Total:
3 chapters, 157 minutes
I like Tambu's character/voice (most of the time) and I like her description of her family and how she knows the whole social structure and the hierarchy and how it comes into play in her life. Her brother seems like a complex character and her father I hope gets better (as a person) throughout the book.
Sunday:
Chapter 1 of Nervous Conditions: 45 minutes
Monday:
Chapter 2 of Nervous Conditions: 37 minutes
Wednesday:
Chapter 3 of Nervous Conditions: 75 minutes
Total:
3 chapters, 157 minutes
I like Tambu's character/voice (most of the time) and I like her description of her family and how she knows the whole social structure and the hierarchy and how it comes into play in her life. Her brother seems like a complex character and her father I hope gets better (as a person) throughout the book.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Chapter 3!!!
This chapter was better than the last two, I am actually starting to like this book!
Their social structure seems simple at first: oldest males to the youngest girls but then with all the marriage and virtues and people thinking others are more superior makes it make sense that Tambu couldn't keep everything straight. Nhamo really seems like a jerk and Nyasha has become to be, well a spoiled brat.
I don't get why they don't like dancing anymore but I understand why Tambu's mother took Nhamo's death so hard. Because of her miscarriages. It was really sad. But I guess on the bright side Tambu is now allowed to go to school.
I'm also kind of confused about what Tambu's dad, Jeremiah, does for a living.
I guess I will come to like this book.....:)
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Their social structure seems simple at first: oldest males to the youngest girls but then with all the marriage and virtues and people thinking others are more superior makes it make sense that Tambu couldn't keep everything straight. Nhamo really seems like a jerk and Nyasha has become to be, well a spoiled brat.
I don't get why they don't like dancing anymore but I understand why Tambu's mother took Nhamo's death so hard. Because of her miscarriages. It was really sad. But I guess on the bright side Tambu is now allowed to go to school.
I'm also kind of confused about what Tambu's dad, Jeremiah, does for a living.
I guess I will come to like this book.....:)
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Monday, February 18, 2013
Chapter Two!!
I guess the book is getting a little better but I'm still waiting... :)
OK so in Chapter 2 I thought it was smart of the girl (I'm confused on her name-- do we call her what Rambanai calls her or the name on the cover or...?) to make her own field to grow "mealies" to raise money for school. Her father really seems like a jerk from the POV of people in our time but I guess he was pretty normal for then. Her mother has a strange way of showing emotion by discouragement as a lesson and her sisters seem sweet and nice.
Her brother I find to be really a jerk-- I see why she ended up not really liking him and I understand why she felt guilty about not liking him at the end. He seems to think he is better than the rest of his family because of his education. The end of the chapter, after she old some "Mealies" and got looked at weird and talked about by the others because of her working at a young age was cool insight int other views of people at the time.
Maybe I'll end up liking this book...
OK so in Chapter 2 I thought it was smart of the girl (I'm confused on her name-- do we call her what Rambanai calls her or the name on the cover or...?) to make her own field to grow "mealies" to raise money for school. Her father really seems like a jerk from the POV of people in our time but I guess he was pretty normal for then. Her mother has a strange way of showing emotion by discouragement as a lesson and her sisters seem sweet and nice.
Her brother I find to be really a jerk-- I see why she ended up not really liking him and I understand why she felt guilty about not liking him at the end. He seems to think he is better than the rest of his family because of his education. The end of the chapter, after she old some "Mealies" and got looked at weird and talked about by the others because of her working at a young age was cool insight int other views of people at the time.
Maybe I'll end up liking this book...
Nervous Conditions ch.1
Well, so far I am not enjoying this book, but hopefully I will warm up to it later... so anyways... Chapter 1:
I understood how the urbanization was good for some and annoying to others like Nhamo and how Nhamo ended up feeling embarrassed of his way of life back home. The girl's feelings seem to be everywhere at once-- her missing her brother, her disliking him for never coming home, her feeling relieved when he doesn't, and so on.
I don't really understand where they are in relation to England or the school or who really has started the urbanization with all the shops and music and soda and such. All of the characters seem to work hard on the farm/ in school and are obedient. The society is patriarchal as shown with Nhamo liking how he can make his little sisters do his chores and beat them if they don't.
Hopefully in the 2nd chapter some things will get better explained and (hopefully) the book will get better, sorry but that's my opinion..
So.. yep, on to chapter 2!
I understood how the urbanization was good for some and annoying to others like Nhamo and how Nhamo ended up feeling embarrassed of his way of life back home. The girl's feelings seem to be everywhere at once-- her missing her brother, her disliking him for never coming home, her feeling relieved when he doesn't, and so on.
I don't really understand where they are in relation to England or the school or who really has started the urbanization with all the shops and music and soda and such. All of the characters seem to work hard on the farm/ in school and are obedient. The society is patriarchal as shown with Nhamo liking how he can make his little sisters do his chores and beat them if they don't.
Hopefully in the 2nd chapter some things will get better explained and (hopefully) the book will get better, sorry but that's my opinion..
So.. yep, on to chapter 2!
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Reading Times...
Well I haven't really read that much during the break but the week before I did some so most of the dates are before. My paper, well that I haven't really looked at. Or thought about. Ha ha :D
my paper:
2/6-- rough draft work, 1 hour
2/7-- rough draft work, 1 hour
2/8-- rough draft work, 1 hour
total: 3 hours on my rough draft:)
Deadly Little Lies-- Laurie Faria Stolarz
Monday 2/4: 151 pages, 175 minutes
Deadly Little Games-- Laurie Faria Stolarz
Monday 2/4: 20 pages, 25 minutes
Tuesday 2/5: 201 pages, 210 minutes
Deadly Little Voices-- Laurie Faria Stolarz
Tuesday 2/5: 25 pages, 30 minutes
Wednesday 2/6: 50 pages, 1 hour
Thursday 2/7: 45 pages, 40 minutes
Friday 2/8: 70 pages, 80 minutes
Just One Day-- Gayle Forman
Saturday 2/9: 5 hours, 368
Total pages and times:
985 pages
920 minutes
Since I have talked about the books in the Touch Series (Deadly Little ____) I will talk about Just One Day. Gayle Forman has become one of my favorite authors since I found her work. This book is about a girl, Allison aka Lulu, who goes on this adventure in Europe when she sneaks off from her group. The writing is amazing and the word choice puts you in the scene. Emotions are portrayed in nearly every page and I read it straight through, well into the night just so I could finish it. It resembles If I Stay and Where She Went also by Forman because in the first book it is in the POV of one person and in the next the POV of another while carrying on with the story. I really like this kind of writing and I cant wait until the next book comes in, which will be a while (:( ) but I'll wait.
I think I'm going to do my reading for Nervous Conditions now, so bye!!!! :)
my paper:
2/6-- rough draft work, 1 hour
2/7-- rough draft work, 1 hour
2/8-- rough draft work, 1 hour
total: 3 hours on my rough draft:)
Deadly Little Lies-- Laurie Faria Stolarz
Monday 2/4: 151 pages, 175 minutes
Deadly Little Games-- Laurie Faria Stolarz
Monday 2/4: 20 pages, 25 minutes
Tuesday 2/5: 201 pages, 210 minutes
Deadly Little Voices-- Laurie Faria Stolarz
Tuesday 2/5: 25 pages, 30 minutes
Wednesday 2/6: 50 pages, 1 hour
Thursday 2/7: 45 pages, 40 minutes
Friday 2/8: 70 pages, 80 minutes
Just One Day-- Gayle Forman
Saturday 2/9: 5 hours, 368
Total pages and times:
985 pages
920 minutes
Since I have talked about the books in the Touch Series (Deadly Little ____) I will talk about Just One Day. Gayle Forman has become one of my favorite authors since I found her work. This book is about a girl, Allison aka Lulu, who goes on this adventure in Europe when she sneaks off from her group. The writing is amazing and the word choice puts you in the scene. Emotions are portrayed in nearly every page and I read it straight through, well into the night just so I could finish it. It resembles If I Stay and Where She Went also by Forman because in the first book it is in the POV of one person and in the next the POV of another while carrying on with the story. I really like this kind of writing and I cant wait until the next book comes in, which will be a while (:( ) but I'll wait.
I think I'm going to do my reading for Nervous Conditions now, so bye!!!! :)
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Reading and Researching
OK so this week my research hasn't really had too much time spent on it... but I:
worked on my paper outline Monday and Tuesday for about an hour total out of class time.
worked on revising some of the annotations after the notes we took in class and after our groups went over the outline I worked on that a little for about 40 minutes total.
My reading this week:
Deadly Little Secret- Laurie Faria Stolarz, 272 pages, 215 minutes
Deadly Little Lies- Laurie Faria Stolarz, 70 pages, 1 hour
The first book, Deadly Little Secret, is about this girl, Camelia, who almost gets hit by a car but this mystery guy saves her. She feels bad later because she never got to thank him and then stuff happens that you'll have to find out if you read this book.
I really liked this book because of the word choice of Stolarz and how she writes so that you're flipping the pages to see what will happen and you feel like you're there. Parts of it were scary and it is similar to Twilight but instead of the being scared of the evil vampires, its more of a real-life fear-- being scared that someone is in your house from the noises you heard or getting taken-- but the book is SO good! It's an adventure to read and I am excited to hopefully finish the series, even if I get a little scared:)
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Total: 375 minutes, 342 pages and one paper outline with revisions
worked on my paper outline Monday and Tuesday for about an hour total out of class time.
worked on revising some of the annotations after the notes we took in class and after our groups went over the outline I worked on that a little for about 40 minutes total.
My reading this week:
Deadly Little Secret- Laurie Faria Stolarz, 272 pages, 215 minutes
Deadly Little Lies- Laurie Faria Stolarz, 70 pages, 1 hour
The first book, Deadly Little Secret, is about this girl, Camelia, who almost gets hit by a car but this mystery guy saves her. She feels bad later because she never got to thank him and then stuff happens that you'll have to find out if you read this book.
I really liked this book because of the word choice of Stolarz and how she writes so that you're flipping the pages to see what will happen and you feel like you're there. Parts of it were scary and it is similar to Twilight but instead of the being scared of the evil vampires, its more of a real-life fear-- being scared that someone is in your house from the noises you heard or getting taken-- but the book is SO good! It's an adventure to read and I am excited to hopefully finish the series, even if I get a little scared:)
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Total: 375 minutes, 342 pages and one paper outline with revisions
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