10-9 MEET AT NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM

(up the hill from the Mustangs statue) bringing P1 Folder**, camera, writing materials or notebook....

It is TMM in this map:

FDH J. Frank Dobie House SHD Simkins Hall Dormitory CS4 Chilling Station No. 4

JON Jesse H. Jones Hall (Law) SJG San Jacinto Garage TMM Texas Memorial Museum

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P1 HARD COPY DUE

**WHAT SHOULD BE IN THE FOLDER TO BE HANDED IN?

[1] YOUR FINAL COPY. FORMAT: DOUBLE-SPACED, WITH A TITLE, PAGE NOS., and FOOTNOTES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGES, using the University of Chicago footnote method (See Faigley, but no bibliogaphy),with at least one QUOTATION FROM AT LEAST ONE ACTUAL, PRINTED BOOK NOT FOUND IN ANY WAY ON THE INTERNET, nor on our list of required books. LAST PAGE SHOULD PROVIDE THE WORD COUNT (both with and without quotes) AND THE U.R.L. OF THE BLOG VERSION. THIS FINAL VERSION SHOULD BE PUT IN A POCKET FOLDER WITH YOUR NAME ON THE OUTSIDE.

ALSO IN THIS FOLDER SHOULD BE

[2] A COPY OF YOUR ORIGINAL DRAFT, THE ONE YOU UPLOADED TO BLACKBOARD;

[3] COPIES OF ALL CRITIQUES YOUR COLLEAGUES MADE put into a one document.

[4] A SECOND COPY OF YOUR FINAL P1 NOW WITH HIGHLIGHTED TO SHOW ALL CHANGES YOU MADE IN RESPONSE TO ALL THE CRITIQUES. EACH RESPONSE HIGHLIGHTED AND COLOR-CODED TO SHOW WHICH CHANGES WERE MADE IN RESPONSE TO WHICH REVIEWER AND OF COURSE A CODE TO SHOW WHICH COLORS = WHICH REVIEWER

Detailed criteria for your print version here (to be turned into the instructor).

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Inside the museum, take pictures and notes to enable you to post a blog about the museum for the NSM blog and earn up to seventeen more points.

You can prepare for this visit by checking out my photos at http://www.la.utexas.edu/users/bump/images/tmm/

TODAY'S GOALS:

IMMEDIATE PRACTICAL GOAL: [1C] how to read and follow directions

WRITING GOALS FOR P1:

[2E1] get a taste of what it is like to be a professional writer aiming at perfection and adopting the necessary time management, rewriting, and proofreading to become a great writer.

[2E2] get a taste of writing as a work of art. We practice informal writing as way to overcome writer’s block and as a foundation for becoming good writers. Our formal writing is writing as art, and thus the best writing you can possibly do. Think of your project as, say, a statue: you want it to have as few flaws as possible, to be as “perfect” as possible.

[2E3]. experience writing as discovery learning, especially as one connects parts of the essay, usually while rewriting. Our mottos:

[2E3a]. Only connect! . . .Live in fragments no longer.”

[2E3b]. “, ‘Hammer your thoughts into unity’.

[2E4] practice writing energized by positive rather than negative motivations, by love of your work of art rather than fear of deadlines, by creativity rather than going through the motions, by curiosity rather than compulsion.

[4] EXPLORE U.T. GOALS

[4A] Signature Course goal: to acquaint students with some of the gems of the university that make it unique (its “signature”)

[4B] Related goal: To capture a sense of the university as a place, esp. the campus as an alma mater, a second home: its museums. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

TODAY'S TOPICS: SEMIOTICS, reading the world as text++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: EXPORATION OF THE NATURAL SCIENCES MUSEUM.

After collecting the P1 folder, there will be a scavenger hunt in the museum for more points.

1. I will be outsidethe entrance of the museum on the San Jacinto street side (up the hill from the Mustangs). Bring your P1 folder to me there. Then you will be off on your "hunt."

You will be able to earn up to seventeen more points by participating in a scavenger hunt, taking notes and posting your "readings" of this place and its contents to the Natural Science Museum Discussion Board.

2. This is another example of exploring the campus and finding another “gem” of the university, as they call them, in this case the Natural Science Museum. Thhis is also another version of experiential learning, in this case an example of semiotics, reading objects the way we would read a book.

3. In addition, this is also another opportunity to exercise your sympathetic imagination. Assume you’re your /power totem animal (the one you chose for your short essay) now gifted with superhuman intelligence, critical thinking, and the ability to express yourself in words.

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You must answer all three of the following questions in your post.

1. What can you learn about the relationship between homo sapiens and other animals from the location and architecture of the Natural Science Museum, the statues in the front of the museum (on Trinity St.), and the dinosaur items on the north side of the Museum?

2. Inside the museum you must focus on one animal on the first and third floors that no one else has chosen, as far as you know, and one item on the fourth floor that no one else has chosen, as far as you know. Begin by identifying it by name and location and describe it as specifically and explicitly as possible. Also take a picture of it if you can. Then write about it according to the following directions.

2a. If you were your power animal, how would you feel about the remains of this animal on the first floor, the stuffed version of it in one of the dioramas on the third floor, and the various theories and research projects about you and other animals represented on the fourth floor?

2b.If you were your power animal, what would you think about the remains of this animal on the first floor, the stuffed version of it in one of the dioramas on the third floor, and the various theories and research projects about you and other animals represented on the fourth floor? For example, what would you learn about the species homo sapiens? For example, what would you conclude about the future of the relationship between animals and homo sapiens and why?

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9. Go back to the San Jacinto Street entrance alcove between 3:05 and 3:15 so that I can be sure you stayed the whole time and can let you know if I think anything is missing from your folder. If I don't see you between 3:05 and 3:15 you will lose all attendance points and the right to post to the Natural Science Museum blog.

10. Now, or sometime within the next week, turn your notes into a little essay, put it on your blog, with one or more pictures, in the Natural Science Museum Blog.

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REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: all your thoughts about the relationship between homo sapiens and the rest of the animal kingdom

LOOKING AHEAD: P2

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10-9 MEET AT NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM

(up the hill from the Mustangs statue) bringing P1 Folder**, camera, writing materials or notebook....

It is TMM in this map:

FDH J. Frank Dobie House SHD Simkins Hall Dormitory CS4 Chilling Station No. 4

JON Jesse H. Jones Hall (Law) SJG San Jacinto Garage TMM Texas Memorial Museum

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P1 HARD COPY DUE

**WHAT SHOULD BE IN THE FOLDER TO BE HANDED IN?

ALSO IN THIS FOLDER SHOULD BE

[2] A COPY OF YOUR ORIGINAL DRAFT, THE ONE YOU UPLOADED TO BLACKBOARD;

[3] COPIES OF ALL CRITIQUES YOUR COLLEAGUES MADE put into a one document.

[4] A SECOND COPY OF YOUR FINAL P1 NOW WITH HIGHLIGHTED TO SHOW ALL CHANGES YOU MADE IN RESPONSE TO ALL THE CRITIQUES. EACH RESPONSE HIGHLIGHTED AND COLOR-CODED TO SHOW WHICH CHANGES WERE MADE IN RESPONSE TO WHICH REVIEWER AND OF COURSE A CODE TO SHOW WHICH COLORS = WHICH REVIEWER

Detailed criteria for your print version here (to be turned into the instructor).

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Inside the museum, take pictures and notes to enable you to post a blog about the museum for the NSM blog and earn up to seventeen more points.

You can prepare for this visit by checking out my photos at http://www.la.utexas.edu/users/bump/images/tmm/

TODAY'S GOALS:

IMMEDIATE PRACTICAL GOAL: [1C] how to read and follow directions

WRITING GOALS FOR P1:

[2E1] get a taste of what it is like to be a professional writer aiming at perfection and adopting the necessary time management, rewriting, and proofreading to become a great writer.

[2E3]. experience writing as discovery learning, especially as one connects parts of the essay, usually while rewriting. Our mottos:

[2E3a]. Only connect! . . .Live in fragments no longer.”

[2E3b]. “, ‘Hammer your thoughts into unity’.

[2E4] practice writing energized by positive rather than negative motivations, by love of your work of art rather than fear of deadlines, by creativity rather than going through the motions, by curiosity rather than compulsion.

[4] EXPLORE U.T. GOALS

[4A] Signature Course goal: to acquaint students with some of the gems of the university that make it unique (its “signature”)

[4B] Related goal: To capture a sense of the university as a place, esp. the campus as an alma mater, a second home: its museums. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

TODAY'S TOPICS: SEMIOTICS, reading the world as text++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: EXPORATION OF THE NATURAL SCIENCES MUSEUM.

After collecting the P1 folder, there will be a scavenger hunt in the museum for more points.

1. I will be outsidethe entrance of the museum on the San Jacinto street side (up the hill from the Mustangs). Bring your P1 folder to me there. Then you will be off on your "hunt."

You will be able to earn up to seventeen more points by participating in a scavenger hunt, taking notes and posting your "readings" of this place and its contents to the Natural Science Museum Discussion Board.

2. This is another example of exploring the campus and finding another “gem” of the university, as they call them, in this case the Natural Science Museum. Thhis is also another version of experiential learning, in this case an example of semiotics, reading objects the way we would read a book.

3. In addition, this is also another opportunity to exercise your sympathetic imagination. Assume you’re your /power totem animal (the one you chose for your short essay) now gifted with superhuman intelligence, critical thinking, and the ability to express yourself in words.

_____________________________________________________________________

You must answer all three of the following questions in your post.

1. What can you learn about the relationship between homo sapiens and other animals from the location and architecture of the Natural Science Museum, the statues in the front of the museum (on Trinity St.), and the dinosaur items on the north side of the Museum?

2a. If you were your power animal, how would you feel about the remains of this animal on the first floor, the stuffed version of it in one of the dioramas on the third floor, and the various theories and research projects about you and other animals represented on the fourth floor?

____________________________________________________________

10. Now, or sometime within the next week, turn your notes into a little essay, put it on your blog, with one or more pictures, in the Natural Science Museum Blog.

_____________________________________________________________________

REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: all your thoughts about the relationship between homo sapiens and the rest of the animal kingdom

LOOKING AHEAD: P2

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