Teaching Writing at LaGuardia

Resources for Faculty


Category: ENG 101

  • Engaging with Text in Multiple Modalities by Belkis González

    Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”: Engaging with the Text in Multiple Modalities NOTE: This doc is entirely faculty-facing. Please follow the links below for the student-facing assignments. Rationale  This is a staged assignment that emphasizes reading-to-write. The related high-stakes assignment is an argumentative essay responding to Martin Luther King Jr.’s text…

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  • Essay Planning Guide by Allia Abdullah-Matta

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  • Essay Assignment and Preparation Exercises by Lalit Bajaj

    Guidelines—Please read carefully before you begin: After you have finished reading, “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “Story of an Hour,” “The Yellow Wallpaper,” please choose only TWO of these stories to write this essay. You may use your text and your dictionary to plan and write your essay.   Your essay must have an introduction with a clear…

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  • Asking Questions is Key by Evelyn Burg

    ENG101 Research Paper Body: Asking questions (in-class, 5 pts) For the whole class to think about and briefly discuss: What makes a question good?  Learning objective: This gives you some practice in pursuing lines of inquiry by using these questions while writing your research paper after you have completed your first paragraph. It also shows…

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    Spring 2022 Syllabus Updates

    Reminders that as we head into a new semester, that in addition to the usual information, you should include the following on your syllabus: 1. Your contact information 2. Mode of instruction 3. Course learning objectives (course proposals can be found on our SharePoint site) 4. Pathways SLOs for the Pathways category of the course you are teaching (see below) 5.…

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    Tara Coleman–Setting up the Technology Components of English 101 + Writing Diagnostic

    We will use three platforms in this class: Google Drive: this is for creating and sharing documents. You will use it to write your rough drafts, do peer review and revisions, and submit your final drafts. You will also type up some of the homework assignments here. Anything you are writing for this class should…

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    J. Elizabeth Clark: ENG 101 Syllabus

    What is English 101? Hi! I’m so glad you’re here! Welcome to a new semester at LaGuardia Community College. Whether you’re new to the college or just new to this class, I’m really excited to work with you!  My name is J. Elizabeth Clark. You can call me Liz. I’ll be your professor this semester. …

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    Rochell Isaac: ENG 101 Syllabus

    ENGLISH 101: ENGLISH COMPOSITION 1  FREEDOM, SOCIETY & THE SELF   Dr. Rochell Isaac, risaac@lagcc.cuny.edu  Fall Semester 2020  English 101.0788 (31182)/ENA 101.0689  Class Hours: TTh (1:00-3:15p.m.)  Room: Fully Remote   Credits: 3; 4 Hours  Mailbox: E103, English Department  Office: M-109L  Office Hours: TTh (11:30-12:30pm) or by appointment.  “We die. That may be the meaning of life. But…

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    Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez: ENG 101 Syllabus

    LaGuardia Community College   Fall 2020  Name: Dr. Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez | Email: drsoniaarodriguez@gmail.com Class “Officially” Scheduled For: Tuesdays & Thursday 9:15am-11:30am  Virtual Office Hours: Tuesdays 9:00am-10:00am  *THIS COURSE WILL RUN MOSTLY AS ASYNCHRONOUS*  COURSE DESCRIPTION   From course catalog: In this course students write coherent essays in varied academic formats, both  in and out of…

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    Elliot Hearst: Basic In-text Citation Formatting and Works Cited Pages

    In-Text Citation Basic Format A sentence with a quote has three components: the signal phrase, the quote, and the in-text citation. You can also follow the quote with your own words, but for simplicity we will just consider a quote with a signal phrase followed by an in-text citation for now. The signal phrase is…

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    Judith Nell Foster: Substitute Introductory Questionnaire

    Languages Introduction (please read through instructions slowly before beginning your responses.):  Everything about our experiences of learning anything involves language – speaking, writing, signing; it is so integral to our day to day lives that we hardly give it a thought until we lose our voice or are in situations that make us afraid or…

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    Marisa A. Klages-Bombich: ENA 101 Syllabus

    ENA/G 101      Composition 1 Contact Information:  Professor:  Marisa A. Klages-Bombich Ph.D. Office:   Zoom [link redacted] Text: 206-619-9030                                 e-mail: mklages@lagcc.cuny.edu  #Slack: [Link redacted] Class Meeting Times This class will be conducted asynchronously. This means that you will NOT be     required to be on Zoom for three hours weekly for this class.  We will…

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