Use of Information Sources
ILS 244W Unit 8
Fall 2009
October 19-26
NOTE: Please print a copy of this page and keep it nearby for ready reference.
UNIT 8 READING ASSIGNMENT
Read the lecture material.
After reading the lecture, complete Quiz 8.
UNIT 8 WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
DAILY THEMES - [Figurative Language]
Day 1: Write a theme in which you use a series of metaphoric expressions literally and/or bring a series of dead metaphors to life. (The easiest dead metaphors to reanimate are the many drawn from parts of the body: the legs and arms of a chair, the head and foot of a bed, the teeth of a saw, the face of a clock, and so on.)
Day 2: Write a paragraph in which you describe an argument or debate using metaphors of combat. (Some examples to help you get started: She attacked every weak point in my argument. I shot down his argument.) Now, in a new paragraph, describe the same argument using metaphors from some other source: music, dance, games or sports.
Day 3: Write the opening page of a story by describing a symbolically significant landscape.
Day 4: Write a them in which you create a character (or describe a real person) by using a dominant or structural metaphor.
Day 5: Narrate an experience that shocked, troubled, delighted, or moved you. Tell the story in similes and metaphors.
UNIT 8 RESOURCE GUIDE ASSIGNMENT
This week you are to identify and examine atlases and gazetteers relevant to your area of study.
Give an overview of what kind of information is available in these resources and list specific sources and their call numbers (if in print) or URL (if on the Web); where appropriate, give notes on coverage of and how to use each resource.
UNIT 8 LECTURE
The advantages of atlases are that the maps can be kept in sequence and can be more conveniently indeed than a collection of sheet maps. They can also be augmented more easilyh with explanatory texts.
The term gazetteer has two meanings. It can mean either the index to an atlas or a separately published reference work which provides information on places -- of the world, of a paricular country, or a region -- under their names in alphabetical order.
Examples of atlases and gazetteers available online:
UNIT 8 QUIZ
Test what you learned from this week's reading.
This is a short 5 question quiz covering the assigned reading for this unit. Take a maximum of 10 minutes. Some questions require you to apply what is learned from the readings. Other questions ask you to recall specific material. After you have taken the quiz, go back and check you answers in the text.
UNIT 8 JOURNAL ENTRY
In the appropriate discussion thread, write a narrative describing what you have gained from this course so far, your feelings toward this mode of instruction, and problems you may have encountered since the second week--including any solutions you may have already found. Be sure to mark the entry with the title "REFLECTIONS FROM THE MIDDLE -- date".
On this class site, every effort has been made to acknowledge the work of others. Any omission is unintentional. If anyone finds an oversight, please contact me at brownm6@southernct.edu immediately so that any error can be corrected.
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