English 1A: Song for All Seas

DH De La O, The Department of English and Comparative Literature at San José State University

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Ocean News 09.07.13





  • Fukushima's radioactive water to reach US shores in 2014 (NBC News)
  • No excuses: Sixty-four-year-old Diana Nyad successfully swims from Cuba to Florida with a shark cage (ABC News)
  • A tsunami from a massive Alaskan earthquake could devastate California (Yahoo! News) 
  • Inhabitants watch their island home vanish into the sea (Huffington Post)
  • Scientists locate a megavolcano under the Pacific Ocean (Nature)
  • The SeaWorld slump: Is Blackfish affecting attendance? (Los Angeles Times)

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Course Information

DH De La O,
The Department of English
& Comparative Literature
at San José State University

English 1A: Song for All Seas
Fall 2013

Email: dhdelao@gmail.com

Office Hours: Mo 9:00 - 10:00 AM, FOB 111

Section 06: Tu/Th 7:30 - 8:45 AM, SH 413

Section 19: Tu/Th 9:00 - 10:15 AM, SH 413

Syllabus

  • Fall 2013

Selected Posts

  • Comparaive Analysis Essay: Prep
  • Editorial Essay: In Harm's Way
  • Expository Essay: In the Heart of the Sea
  • Infographic: The Climate Change Debate Today
  • Multimedia Presentations, Sec. 06
  • Multimedia Presentations, Sec. 19
  • Reflection 01: Life's a Beach—Summer and the Ocean
  • Reflection 02: A Fish to Fry—Seafood and You
  • Reflection 03: A Sea of Tranquility—The Ocean and Spirituality
  • Reflection 04: Boxed In—Cetaceans in Captivity
  • Reflection 05: Tunes of the Tide—Creating Ocean-Themed Playlist
  • Reflection 06: Stay Out of the Water—Fears of the Ocean
  • Reflection 07: Give It a Go—Water Sports and You
  • Week 01
  • Week 02
  • Week 03
  • Week 04
  • Week 05
  • Week 06
  • Week 07
  • Week 08
  • Week 09
  • Week 10
  • Week 11
  • Week 12
  • Week 13

Blog Archive

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    • ►  December (2)
    • ►  November (11)
    • ►  October (12)
    • ▼  September (14)
      • Week 07
      • Expository Essay: In the Heart of the Sea
      • Ocean News 09.25.13
      • Week 06
      • Reflection 03: A Sea of Tranquility—The Ocean and ...
      • Ocean News 09.18.13
      • Infographic: The Climate Change Debate Today
      • Week 05
      • Ocean News 09.11.13
      • Week 04
      • Ocean News 09.07.13
      • Comparaive Analysis Essay: Prep
      • Reflection 02: A Fish to Fry—Seafood and You
      • Week 03
    • ►  August (8)

LearningCurve

  • Fall 2013

eReader

  • "70 Best Infographics on the Web" (Creative Bloq)
  • "Al Gore: Climate of Denial" (Rolling Stone)
  • "Christianity and Climate Change: The Relationship Between God and Green" (Guardian)
  • "Climate Change: 'Hoax' or Crime of the Century?" (Forbes)
  • "Climate Change: How Do We Know? (NASA)
  • "Climate Change: Key Data Points from Pew Research" (Pew Research Center)
  • "Global Warming & Climate Change Myths" (SkepticalScience)
  • "How Green are Millennials?" (NewGeography)
  • "Infographics: Separating the Great from the Mediocre" (The Next Web)
  • "News Agencies Begin Ignoring Climate Change, Because America Doesn't Care" (PolicyMic)
  • "No Need to Panic about Global Warming" (Wall Street Journal)
  • "Peer-Reviewed Survey Finds Majority of Scientists Skeptical of Global Warming Crisis" (Forbes)
  • "Poll: Majority of Republicans Believe Global Warming a Hoax" (The Hill)
  • "We Are All Climate Change Deniers"(Time)
  • "What Makes a Great Infographic?" (DashBurst)
  • "Why a Watermelon Tells You What's Wrong with the Climate Debate" (Guardian)
  • "Why on Earth Do We Listen to Those Who Cry Wolf?" (OnEarth)
  • "Why Republicans Doubt Global Warming" (The Week)
  • "Winter 2013 Freezes Growth of American Acceptance of Global Warming" (Brookings Institute)
  • "You Suck at Infographics" (Wired)

DropBox

  • Dept. Reading Assessment Rubric
  • Engaging Writing as a Process
  • Process Essay Sample 1
  • Process Essay Sample 2

Infographics

  • Easel.ly
  • Infogr.am
  • Piktochart
  • Visual.ly

Writing Resources

  • DailyGrammar
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, San Jose State University
  • Grammar Bytes!
  • Grammar Girl
  • MLA Block Quotations, Northern Oklahoma College
  • MLA Citation Generator, Palomar College
  • MLA In-text Parathetical Citation, Duke University
  • MLA Style Guide, Purdue University
  • MLA Works Cited Page, Cornell Univeristy
  • Online Writing Lab, Purdue Univeristy
  • Writing Center, San Jose State University

Ocean Resources

  • Greenpeace USA
  • International Whaling Commission
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium
  • National Coalition for Marine Conservation
  • National Geographic Society
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • National Resources Defense Council
  • Nature
  • Oceana
  • Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
  • Surfrider Foundation
  • Union of Concerned Scientists
  • World Wildlife Fund

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