Exploring Community Through Volunteering and Engagement
This lecture, taught by Professor Casey Barnes at Kyung Hee University, focuses on the significance of volunteering within community dynamics. Students engage in daily journals reflecting on their volunteer experiences, feelings associated with those activities, and discussions about local organizations and their impact. The session also covers essential writing techniques such as using quotes and ellipses. Participants are encouraged to think critically about community issues and how volunteer projects can address these challenges, enhancing their understanding of community across cultures.
Exploring Community Through Volunteering and Engagement
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English 1 Basic:Spring 2013 • Professor Casey Barnes • professor.b.kyunghee@gmail.com • professorbkyunghee.wordpress.com
Today's agenda: • Daily Journal • Sharing of thoughts • Discussion • Preparing questions for interviews
Daily Journal 2/5/2013 • Have you ever volunteered? What did you do? How did volunteering make you feel? Be honest! • - Please leave a “paragraph size” space BLANK after your daily journal!!
Homework • Please compare your homework with your team.
Quotes and Ellipsis • Use “these” for people speaking. • Use ‘these’ for people speaking inside of speech • … this is an ellipsis. It is used to show that words are missing. • [ these ] are used to replace words in an exact quote.
Discuss Have you ever volunteered? What kind of work was it? What volunteer organizations are at Kyung Hee? Who benefits from these organizations? Think of a problem in your community. What kind of volunteer project could help this problem?
Discuss Discuss the questions on page 89.
Reading Activity • Discuss • Read • Be sure to use our previewing and during reading strategies. • Don’t forget to set a purpose and look at the questions.
Consider our journal question today. • Discuss with your team. • Respondin writing to your journal entry. • Question: Using the information in the passages on pages 77 and 85, has your concept of “community” changed? • How or why not?
Making Questions • What do you want to know about “community” in other cultures? • What would you ask a non-Korean about their home, community, etc?
Final Activity • 3-2-1 • 3 – Things I remember • 2 – Things I leaned • 1 – Question I have.