In January 2024, the Depart of English voted to implement a new attendance policy. This policy provides consistency across all courses in the department. As such, it also represents a compromise between many different faculty with different classroom approaches and… Read more: Working with the New Attendance Policy

Image Credit: Jonathan Kemper, Unsplash The CUNY Graduate Center has released “ChatGPT Guidance for the CUNY Classroom.” In this overview, Roderick Hurley notes, “Knowing that some students still don’t own a computer or have 24/7 internet access, I’m worried about the… Read more: Chat GPT

Image Credit: Jon Tyson, Unsplash Introduction: This is my lesson plan and low-stakes assignment that introduces students to the concept of the research question. Students read the OER materials before class, complete the majority of the work of discussing and… Read more: Developing Research Questions for ENG 101 by Paul Fess

Marissa Grootes, Unsplash About this assignment (note to instructors): This assignment integrates reading and writing by providing a structure for students to take and share notes about what they have been studying. It also encourages them to return to notes… Read more: Weekly Notes & Check-In Assignment for ENA / ENG 101 by J. Elizabeth Clark

Image Credit: John Barkiple, Unsplash Faculty Facing content:  Goal: Integrating Reading and Writing Rationale: Students in ENA 101 appear to struggle greatly with reading in many arenas. In particular, in my experience students have trouble selecting appropriate source material to… Read more: Connecting Reading to Writing Topic Sentences and Thesis Statements for ENA 101 by Marisa Klages-Bombich

Narrative Description (for faculty) This in-class small group assignment is designed to address several areas that ENA 101 students often find challenging: close reading, reading comprehension, student engagement and interaction, and a sense of ownership during class activities.  Students are… Read more: Analyzing Quotations for Close Reading, Reading Comprehension, Student Engagement and Interaction in ENA 101 by Michelle Pacht

Image Credit: Koshu Kunii, Unsplash Timeline: late in semester, almost entirely in class; we’ll take as long as we need for each part Text: a short work of social issue/social protest fiction (or poetry) that aligns with class themes; story… Read more: Close Reading & Analysis: An Assignment to Support the Move from ENA/G101 to ENG102 by Leah Richards 

Image Credit: Markus Spiske, Unsplash This lesson teaches students to use definition and comparison to support basic analysis. In small groups, students perform a pre-writing activity using a chart with definitions. Working individually, they will then write sentences structured by… Read more: Using Comparison to Support Analysis in ENA 101 by Christopher Schmidt

Image Credit: Patrick Tomasso, Unsplash The goal of this project is to support ENA students in working with texts for the larger 101 class by scaffolding the process of analysis through a deep dive into the author, the intent of… Read more: ENA 101 Reading Logs by Jennifer Baumgartner