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  • Voice of Reason Creative Writing Assignment based on “The Lottery” for ENG 102 by Ellie McGurty

    This is a low stake writing assignment done before students began their formal essay.  Directions: After reading the following excerpt from “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, follow the instructions for your creative writing piece. “Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones. The pile…

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  • OER Assignment: Rhetorical Analysis of Whopper Virgins for ENG 101 by Christine Marks

    Assignment Overview: I’ve developed this activity for my ENG 101 courses, which I currently teach on the theme of food and culture. In Fall 2023, I will participate in LaGuardia’s Humanitarian Initiative (the theme for the academic year 2022-23 is Food/Food Insecurity/Hunger/Environment affecting Food), and I hope to develop more OER assignments. To prepare students for…

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  • “I’m From” Poetry Activity, Lecture, and Lesson Plan by Caron Knauer

    I use the resource referenced below to begin a discussion about poetry before we do the activity inwhich students write an “I’m From” poem, template below, and share reactions to it emotionally, narratively, and tonally and then they write a reflection. https://www.oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/83813/overview?section=6 Activity Lesson Plan Poetry Explication OER Commons Lesson- go over pages 3-6 of…

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    OER and Licensing

    As you begin to work with OER, you’ll find the discussion around “free” and “open” resources dominates the discussion. At the heart of OER is a desire to ensure that knowledge makers contribute to a global library of ideas. The best way to begin thinking about this issue is through the Creative Commons site. What…

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