Hi Class. I’m writing to you after a bunch of technical problems I have had over the Spring Break. Thanks for your patience. My own computer crashed. And it also looks like the Assignment I posted before spring break didn’t get posted.

On to business. Only a handful of you attended our Zoom Planet meetings prior to Break, and only a handful of students did the diary reflection assignment which we discussed in Zoom (Diary of a Wimpy Kid/ Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl) and in the video I made for you on March 27. I know times are tough right now — for all of us. That said, let’s re-boot. I am giving UNIT II an updated NEW DUE DATE: April 19 in the hopes that we can get back on track.

Here is a document OUTLINING the FORMAT for proper submission of your MID-SEMESTER UNIT II ASSIGNMENT: SAMPLE-DOCUMENT-FORMAT-UNIT-II-MID-SEMESTER ENG 1101 361

Here are links to free PDF’s for Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl and Diary of a Wimpy Kid

And here is a short video in which I discuss the assignment:

And finally, I am available to discuss and help you on Zoom. You can reply in COMMENTS to this post and tell me if you are available at 12PM or 3:30PM on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday of this week. I will create a Zoom meeting URL and invite you to join.

This Assignment is graded. Your grades will be posted in Private to OpenLab.

All my best,

-Prof. S.

Image of the sun from Wikipedia.

Good Morning, Class. I am checking in with you to say that I am here for you today and tomorrow. Do you have questions on your assignments? Are you lost or lacking motivation? I will be at my “desk”** from 9:00 AM to 10:00AM checking my OpenLab and emails and also from 1:00PM to 2:00PM.

(Also, I will be setting up Zoom Office Hours for the semester going forward. I will write that in a separate post.)

**My “desk” is actually two pieces of plastic from Target stacked on top of each other.

March 5th, 2020

12:56 PM

Dear Diary,

Just woke up and it just hit me that I haven’t been uploading anything to openlab, can’t lie I have been enjoying life living inside. I had free time but I guess it just slipped my mind to upload. however I have been reading some of you guy’s posts and it is really interesting to see how everyone is doing and how they are dealing with this crisis differently. It has been a week since I have uploaded during this time of absence I have been enjoying these Netflix movies and series also I have been eating a lot, I actually gained some weight. Yesterday I tried to go grocery shopping and had to wait in a huge line just to get in, that wasn’t the worst part, when I finally got inside they had limitations on almost every  items toilet paper was limited to 1 pack per customer and water was limited to 2 cases per customer. while inside the manager made an announcement saying that they wont be getting supplies for a while so they might be closing the store  for a few days. As I looked around I can see the facial expression on everyone’s face and all I saw was everyone looking anxious and nervous. hope everyone is doing well…stay safe.

S Schmerler is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

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Diary of  how I spend my week 

Yesenia Matute English 1101-C361

March26- April,2, 2020 

March 27,2020 Brooklyn, East New York Cypress Hill 

6:37pm

 Dear diary, Today was a wonderful day. I woke up in a great mood. I woke up early and I did some homework. Then I got up, fixed my bed and then I went to take a shower and start my day. I went with my cousin to do delivery. That’s a side job we have and we have been very careful with this virus. We did a few and then we went back to my house today was a good day. Now I’m home in bed. I’m about to watch a movie and be in bed all night.

March,28,2020 Brooklyn, East New York Cypress Hill 

5pm

    Dear diary,Today was a good day. We went to buy a cake. My sister’s best friend’s birthday so went to her house and woke her up by singing  happy birthday. It was a rainy day. I love when it rains. I like to be home in bed and watch movies or my shows. But today I went to Long Island. My aunt cooked for us and she made spaghetti and meatballs. It was good we made a tix toc video. It was so funny because my aunt didn’t know how to do it. Then after we went to my sister friend’s house because it was her birthday. We had a good day. 

March 29,2020 Brooklyn, East New York Cypress Hill 

10:26pm

   Dear diary Today I woke up so early I woke up at 7:30. I slept in my sister’s room and she had a family of birds that made a house in her window and they were making so much noise I think they were talking because they would not be quiet. So I had to wake up because I was not tired anymore. I went to the kitchen and made coffee. I don’t normally drink coffee but today I wanted coffee but I like my coffee cold. I started to clean my room. I rearranged my room because I got tired of how it used to be. I have more space in my room and I like it better this way. Now I’m in bed. I’m going to watch my show and then go to sleep. 

 March,30,2020  Brooklyn, East New York Cypress Hill 

 5:52pm

 Dear diary, I had an okay day today. Today was a slow day. I feel like I didn’t do anything. I was home all day. The only thing I did today was be on a video call for work and then I did some homework and wrote this diary. I feel like the days are going by so slowly. Today, yesterday feels like the same day all days are the same. 

March 31,2020 Brooklyn, East New York Cypress Hill

11:50pm

 Dear diary, today was a good day. I was home all day. I did a puzzle I colored in my coloring book. I did homework. I was on facetime with my best friend. Today I have  not been feeling good. My throat is killing me and my nose has been runny so I ask my sister to buy me a tea. Today was a good day. I hope tomorrow is better.

April 1,2020 Brooklyn, East New York Cypress Hill

11:20 

Dear diary, Today I was all day again. I need to go outside. I’m tired of being home I don’t do. I wish i had a job just to have something to do. I was feeling good when I woke up today but in  the afternoon I started to cough and my nose got more runny and my throat hurt more. My mom made me tea. She also made me soup and she gave me medicine. She has been taking care of me. I have been in bed all day. I haven’t been walking around my house. I just stayed in my room today and it was ok. I hope I feel better tomorrow. 

April,2, 2020 Brooklyn, East New York Cypress Hill

11:04 

Dear diary, today is a good day. I woke up feeling better. I’ve been taking medication and drinking tea. Today I went food shopping. I had to wait outside. I had to wait 20 minutes to go inside the supermarket. Then I went home and my friend came to visit me. She kept me company while my sister was at work. I cooked for her and I made her pastelito. I’ve been hooked on this show is call Jersey Shore. I’ve been watching it for awhile now. Now I’m going to lay down and drink my tea and be on facetime with my best friend.

March 30, 9:59 am

I’ve finally got some free time on my hands after helping build this hospital that for Governor Cuomo. Been a long couple days waking up from 5am and not getting back to my hotel room till 6:30 or 7pm. I can’t wait till I finally can get a break and actually sleep in and enjoy my sleep. Times like this is where I miss my normal life… waking up for school at 10am and leaving around 4 or 5pm. The “grownup life” is really different from the life we have right now. I just hope this doesn’t mess up my summer.

March 30th, 11:18am

I started coughing and having a serve headache. Went back to work like how I always do at 5am but this time things felt different. I couldn’t concentrate. One of my sergeants saw me coughing and put in quarantine in the hotel room for 14 days. Best 14 days of my life honestly because now I can catch up on so much sleep. Slept like a baby when I got back to my room. Enjoyed breakfast and started making up assignments that I’ve missed (there’s a lot).

April 1st, 12:37pm

Slept like a baby again in this comfy hotel bed. Starting to love this quarantine. I wonder if they would put me on it again if I start coughing or would they just send me home. Basically did the same thing I did yesterday. There isn’t really much to do because the higher ups told me that I couldn’t leave my room. Headache is gone. I’ve just been sneezing here and there and I have a runny nose. The doctors and medics check up on me daily to see my health and of course thank God it’s improving. But I was kinda scared the first day because coughing and headaches are symptoms of the virus.

Venus

To be ready for this meeting you should have already: posted an extended Diary excerpt by now; and have completed and posted your reflection/summary.

You should also have read all the posts of all the other people on your planet before the meeting starts.

Uranus from Wikipedia

Discussion Points: Everyone on your planet needs to read everyone else’s posts and be prepared to discuss them. We want to talk about how we are shaping our diaries so far. What are the main tones or themes? How can we analyze them as a piece of writing and not just for content? How did we analyze the diary we chose to read — and, did it help us?

Additional discussion point to bring to the meeting: a skill/personal interest/hobby/art/goal — something you are working on during this period of time (not school work). If this makes you cringe, then you are probably doing it right. If we don’t have time during our first Planet meeting — very likely — then we will do it during the second one.