Extra+Credit+Options

REA 081 – Spring 2018 EXTRA CREDIT OPTIONS Option 1 - Read and do the First Impressions, and Reading Check sections (not vocab) plus one of the writing assignments – paragraph or essay – for a reading we are not doing in class. See me for some possibilities.
 * For those of you who are in need of a little grade boost in the form of extra credit, this page is for you. You must email me so that I can get the materials prepared and ready to give you. **

Option 2 – Do extra words in your Vocabulary Journal.

Option 3 – Read a short story(I have some already copied) and mark them up – identifying literary devices, and interacting with the text.

Option 4 – Do a class presentation on a topic listed.

Option 5 - Do extra readings in Voices and Values

Option 6 - for 50 pts - write an academic paper to go with your final presentation

Option 7 - ?? Talk to me about your ideas....

 **__These options will be due Thursday, March 22. PRESENTATIONS SHOULD BE 12-15 MINUTES LONG. LONGER IS BETTER THAN SHORTER.__**


 * Rea 081 Extra Credit Option #A – **

Language - where it comes from. You will need to prepare a short presentation

 **__(12-15 MINUTES LONG)__** for the class.

On Reserve in the library, there is a book titles “The Thoughtful Reader” by Mary C. Fjeldstad (5th edition). Read the following:

1. Thinking about Language p. 151 – read through the questions and include your thoughts in your presentation.

2. Language – p. 152

3. Symbols of Humankind p. 189 – Read the intro in italics, and include your thoughts to the questions posed. Include pictures of pictographs – we have some right here in our Sonoran desert! I can send you pics, if you want them.

4. Where do New Words Come From? P. 171 - Read the intro (italics) and include this info in your presentation. Also include some examples of these “sources”. Feel free to go above and beyond the article and find your own.

5. You can also include information from other sources to extend your research.


 * READ 081 – Extra Credit Option #B **

Prepare a short presentation

 **__(12-15 MINUTES LONG)__**

and hand-outs on **<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">test taking skills **<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, including preparation. Also check with the Learning Center for more information.

<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">On Reserve in the library, there is a book titles “The Thoughtful Reader” by Mary C. Fjeldstad (5th edition). Read the following:

<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Read Learning Strategies VII – Test Taking p. 421


 * __<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Before the test: __**

<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Study tips

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 * __<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">During the test: __**

<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Test-taking Tips

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 * __<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">After the test: __**

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 * <span style="color: #0f0812; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Rea 081 Extra Credit Option #C **


 * <span style="color: #d01ad4; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Euphemisms and Idioms **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">. You will need to do a short presentation

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **__(12-15 MINUTES LONG)__** for the class.

<span style="color: #428bca; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[]

<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">On Reserve in the library, there is a book titles “The Thoughtful Reader” by Mary C. Fjeldstad (5th edition). Read the following:

<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Where Do New Words Come From? P. 171

<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Euphemisms p. 184

<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">The Thoughtful Reader pp. 170, 188

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<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Doublespeak

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<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">George Carlin

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<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Idioms

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 * <span style="color: #1f8bd9; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">IDIOMS: **

Idioms, idiomatic expressions and euphemisms have one thing in common: their meaning is figurative, so it cannot be interpreted or understood literally.

We have chosen some popular idioms and euphemisms for you to use:

A walk in the park – something easy or pleasant (unchallenging)

Beat around the bush – to avoid answering a question by wasting time talking about something else.

Break a leg – commonly used instead of ‘good luck’

To give someone the cold shoulder – to be unfriendly towards someone, often for reasons thisperson doesn’t understand.

To pull someone's leg – to fool, trick or play a joke on someone.

Euphemisms When you use a euphemism, you are using an indirect word or expression to talk about something unpleasant, delicate or embarrassing.

Kick the bucket/ Passed away - Both are commonly used instead of saying someone died.

Letting someone go - to fire someone (end someone’s employment)

Put to sleep - used instead of euthanize or kill someone/ something.

Vertically challenged - used instead of short.


 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">REA 081 Extra Credit Option #D **

<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Argumentative and Persuasive Writing / Speaking including Media <span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">and select a hot topic to exemplify. Include ethos, pathos, logos, how to analyze arguments, etc. in your presentation.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> __(12-15 MINUTES LONG)__

<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">On Reserve in the library, I have put a book titled //Reading Keys// (4th ed) by Laraine Flemming.

<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">1. Read Chapter 9 p 464-502. Not everything will be useful or applicable.

<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">There is a second book titled //The Thoughtful Reader// by Mary C. Fjeldstad (5th edition). Read the following:

<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Critical Reading- Critical Thinking p. 297

<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Short take – Argumentation, p 301

<span style="color: #a41fe3; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Ethos, pathos, logos:

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 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">REA 091 Extra Credit Option #E **

<span style="color: #db10c7; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Figurative Language/ Literary Devices

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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Put together a presentation using picture books, song lyrics, or poetry to illustrate the following. Give the definition and a few examples of each.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> __(12-15 MINUTES LONG)__


 * <span style="color: #428bca; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Simile]
 * <span style="color: #428bca; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Metaphor]
 * <span style="color: #428bca; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Personification]
 * <span style="color: #428bca; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Onomatopoeia]
 * <span style="color: #428bca; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Oxymoron]
 * <span style="color: #428bca; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Hyperbole]
 * <span style="color: #428bca; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Allusion]
 * <span style="color: #428bca; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Idiom]
 * <span style="color: #428bca; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Imagery]
 * <span style="color: #428bca; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Symbolism]
 * <span style="color: #428bca; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Alliteration]
 * <span style="color: #428bca; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Assonance]
 * <span style="color: #428bca; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Consonance]
 * <span style="color: #428bca; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Metonymy]
 * <span style="color: #428bca; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Synecdoche]
 * <span style="color: #428bca; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Irony]
 * <span style="color: #428bca; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Sarcasm]
 * <span style="color: #3d97c2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Others not listed here