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Agenda Check-in Portrait of Promise Personal Narrative Journals

Check-in Registration: No one has dropped. Policy: I do not change the roll after I call it. In other words, if you are late then you are marked absent. Update: I will give you feedback on the in-class writing on Monday Does anyone not have the ability to refer to an electronic text in class? In other words, you do not have a smartphone or a laptop? I will be asking you to refer to the textbook.

Portrait of Promise Method for finding definitions: Try to find the specific way in which the authors are using words. That specific way might not be available in a dictionary. Example: Segment Graphic on page 17 (elements of lists) Mini-glossary: page 12 Appendix C: page 94

Portrait of Promise Method for finding definitions: Try to find the specific way in which the authors are using words. That specific way might not be available in a dictionary. Pay particular attention to words that are repeated (example: attainment always preceded by educational in Portrait). A word that is repeated will have multiple contexts that can give you a better idea about the specific definition.

Portrait of Promise Words with asterisks are essential. Exacerbating Illuminate Endeavor Synergistic Attainment Inaugural Detrimental Inequities* Disparity* Grievous

Portrait of Promise Word choice (diction) is one of the elements of style. One of the most important parts of style is developing the art of choosing the best/most appropriate word for the context, the audience, the writing situation, and the writing goals. Within academic/technical/professional texts, technical terms are often repeated and are often essential for reading comprehension. One way to locate these terms is through a “find” search.

Portrait of Promise Definitions in terms of the graphic on page 17.

Portrait of Promise Segments (Upstream) Parts of a total population; ways in which a person can be categorized Different segments have different determinants and different outcomes

Portrait of Promise Determinants: (Upstream) things that affect health. Access to things that positively affect health and exposure to things that negatively affect health are not evenly distributed between segments. Health outcomes: The (downstream) health of a whole society or a segment of society after it has been affected by (upstream) determinants.

Portrait of Promise Disparity: Differences in status (find outcomes) Equity: Universal access to determinants that create good outcomes; limited disparities in access to determinants Inequities: Unequal access to determinants that create good outcomes; disparities in the access to determinants of good health outcomes, and as a result, disparities in the outcomes

Personal Narrative For now you do not have to explain how your narrative is related to Portrait of Promise. There is a link to the assignment description on the course web page. Last fall two students had to completely rewrite their first drafts of their personal narratives because they did not submit outlines.

Journal Assignment To get to the journal assignment click on the link to journals on the course web page. Make sure that you are writing about something you would be comfortable discussing with classmates. Does anyone have an example problem/solution?

Journal Assignment Examples (Problem/Solution): Learning English Controlling weight Injuries (breaking ankle) Grades, academic eligibility to play sports Finding a place to stay near De Anza Finding decent transportation Rent too high because landlord increased the rent; finding a less expensive place to stay

Journal Assignment Example for how to post.

Outlines For the personal narrative your outline should have a maximum of one sentence per paragraph.

Journal Assignment Example: Problem: Abusive officer in the military; formal complaint Preparing to join the military Joining the military (required for men in my country) Training was hard, but I was able to survive Stationed Other soldiers of my rank were great Abusive officer Incident 1 Incident 2 Discuss with others, formal complaint Process Resolution

Homework Do the journal (preferably before you leave today) I will approve journals over e-mail. You can expect me to respond to e-mail between 8:00AM and 1:00PM. After your journal is approved write your outline. E-mail me an outline for the personal narrative once your journal has been approved. Do not begin to write a draft of your personal narrative before your outline is approved. Reading schedule: Portrait of Promise 28-42 before Monday Portrait of Promise 43-53 before Wednesday Portrait of Promise 54-66 before Friday