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Category: ENG 103

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    High-Stakes Career Research Paper for ENG 103 by Ting Man Tsao

    Image Credit: Eric Prouzet, Unsplash Career Research Paper Write a research essay of about 2,000 words describing your education and career goals, the basic information of the career you are interested in, the challenges that you are facing or will face as you pursue your goals, and the questions and doubts you may have. This…

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  • OER Freewriting Activity in conjunction with James Baldwin’s short story, “Sonny’s Blues,” developed by Alice Rosenblitt-Lacey for either ENG 102 or ENG 103

    OER text: https://www.oercommons.org/courses/college-writing/ OER activity from this text: Freewriting  https://www.oercommons.org/courses/college-writing/view Scroll down to the “Prewriting” section in the “Table of Contents” and click on “Freewriting” for the instructions for freewriting (presented in both text and video format). Freewriting Activity  Begin with the discussion question: Which of the two brothers, the narrator or Sonny, was your…

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  • OER Assignments and Activities for ENG 103

    ENG 103 Video on Conclusions by Kelly Aliano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pGquwRcJFI​

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  • ENG 103 Sources Activity by Kelly I. Aliano

    This activity took place over three weeks of our course, from Week Six through Week Eight. Learning Objectives: Practice using the internet to find sources Practice using the library databases to find sources Learn how to evaluate sources based on quality and relevance Begin developing citation skills PART I: Asynchronous Research Activity Read ALL entries…

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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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    Deirdre Flood–ENG 103 Syllabus

    ENG 103: THE RESEARCH PAPER  Fall 2020  ENG 103.0908  Prof. Deirdre Flood Email: Dflood@lagcc.cuny.edu  Format: Asynchronous  Office Hours: Mondays 2:00-5:00 PM via Zoom  Course Description from College Catalog:  In this course, students engage in the process of developing an independent academic research project. The course emphasizes strategies for selecting an appropriate academic research topic; formulating research…

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    Naomi Stubbs–ENG 103 Syllabus

    LaGuardia Community College, English Department The Research Paper, ENG103.0907 (31661) Fall I 2020 Instructor Dr. Naomi Stubbs                  Email: naomi_stubbs@hotmail.com Slack preferred Virtual office hours: Weds 11-12 and by appointment, via Zoom Course Description In this course, students engage in the process of developing an independent academic research…

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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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    Sample Syllabus Sections

    Attendance/Engagement Policies Class Environs policies Explanations of synchronous and asynchronous meetings Statements of Support Grade Breakdowns Journal Entries/Weekly Responses Revision Policies Assignments Sequences Miscellaneous  1.     Attendance/Engagement Policies:  Cristy Bruns, ENG 102: Engagement Policy (formerly Attendance Policy) Since our distance learning class is mostly asynchronous, taking attendance doesn’t apply in the usual way. Instead…

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    OER Syllabus for ENG 103

    Sample ENG 103 Syllabus and Course Calendar with OER Resources (Evelyn Burg) Zoom link: (private):   First day of class: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 Course Purpose:  Welcome to the Research Paper course. Not only do you need excellent research and writing skills while at LaGuardia, if you wish to transfer to attain a Baccalaureate degree…

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    Connecting Courses with OER

    In recent years, the Writing Program has worked hard to understand how our writing sequence builds from developmental writing to research and technical writing.  One of the core objectives in our writing sequence is critical and analytical reading. The following cross-course module demonstrates how critical and analytical reading can be scaffolded from course to course,…

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