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Fear of Writing by Irwin Leopando
Low-stakes Activity Part 1: Who am I as a Writer? Respond to all four reflection questions below. Aim for 300-400 total words (around 75-100 words for each question). This is an informal, low-pressure activity. Do not worry about mistakes in grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. Instead, concentrate your energy on getting down your ideas. Avoid stopping…
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Integrated Reading and Writing Assignment Sequence for ENG/A 101 by Dominique Zino
Course theme: “Literacies of Power” From Deborah Brandt’s article “Sponsors of Literacy” CCC 49.2 (May 1998): “Sponsors, as I have come to think of them, are any agents, local or distant, concrete or abstract, who enable, support, teach, model, as well as recruit, regulate, suppress, or withhold literacy—and gain advantage by it in some way.…
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Pre-writing and Critical Thinking by Anita Baksh and Evelyn Burg
Brainstorming and Gathering Information Using Concept Maps Brainstorming ideas and gathering information are important parts of prewriting, the beginning phase of the writing process. A concept map is a helpful tool that allows writers to collect and organize information, visualize an overview of a topic, particularly a debate, understand relations between items, obtain ideas to…
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Three Modes of Writing: Narrative, Exposition, and Argument (PowerPoint & Activity) by Evelyn Burg and Anita Baksh
Click to download the PowerPoint Slides for Three Modes of Writing Worksheet for Three Modes of Writing: Narrative, Exposition, and Argument (Accompanies Google Slides: “Three Modes of Literary Expression”) Lesson and Low-Stakes Activity (1 hour) Learning Goal: The accompanying slide show offers a basic lesson on the three types of written expression, with class participation…
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Deceleration: Applying Past Knowledge (Activity) by Lalit Bajaj
What do I already know about writing? What assumptions do I have about writing in college? What have I learned about college writing that I didn’t know before?
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Deceleration: 10-Minute Exercise–A Noteworthy Experience (Activity) by Lalit Bajaj
Directions: When you entered college, what was one noteworthy (important to you) experience you had? What did you learn from this experience? This experience doesn’t need to be big, but it does have to be an experience that taught you something. The experience can be as simple as meeting a fellow student or going to the…
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Habits of Mind Homework (Activity) by Rochell Isaac
The Habits of Mind are an identified set of 16 problem solving, life related skills, necessary to effectively operate in society and promote strategic reasoning, insightfulness, perseverance, creativity and craftsmanship. The understanding and application of these 16 Habits of Mind serve to provide the individual with skills to work through real life situations that equip…
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Habits of Mind Activity by Rochell Isaac
Habits of Mind Activity This activity might work as an ice breaker early in the semester. Provide students with an overview of a strength, then introduce students to Habits of Mind. You may also provide student with a visual chart. You can access a Habits of Mind Chart Here. According to CliftonStrengths (Gallup’s assessment tool to measure talent themes), “A strength…
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Introduction to Multilingualism in College Composition for Students by Ting Man Tsao
“Introduction to Multilingualism in ENA and ENG 101” by Ting Man Tsao Letter of Welcome & Introduction to Multilingualism in ENA 101 by Ting Man Tsao Hi, How are you? 你好吗 Nǐ hǎo? 你好嗎? This is Dr. Tsao of the English Department. Welcome to our first composition class at LaGuardia! The LaGuardia community is linguistically…
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Dictionary Exercises & Reflection by Ting Man Tsao
1) After reading the handout “Using Dictionaries for Writing,” look up this word “exploratory” in the Cambridge Dictionary. Try and use different options and features in the dictionary to find the following information of the word (put your answers below): ⭐ meanings: ⭐ examples of the use of the word: ⭐ translations in a language…
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Working Towards a Multilingual Paradigm: Using Dictionaries for Writing* (Activity) by Ting Man Tsao
A dictionary is a very useful tool for writing. With a good dictionary you can do the following: 1) Look up the meaning of an English word. But a word often has more than one meaning so do not just look at the first definition in the dictionary entry. For example, the Cambridge Dictionary online…
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Working Towards a Multilingual Paradigm: Attitudes Toward Language*(Activity) by Ting Man Tsao
1) Is it important to you to master your native language or dialect? Explain. 2) Should children master their parents’ native language? Explain. 3) If you are not a native English speaker, do you think your own native language and culture will help you develop your skills in English composition? Explain. 4) Is it important…
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