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Connecting Reading to Writing Topic Sentences and Thesis Statements for ENA 101 by Marisa Klages-Bombich
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 support their specific points, instead defaulting simply to any source that they find tangentially related…
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Analyzing Quotations for Close Reading, Reading Comprehension, Student Engagement and Interaction in ENA 101 by Michelle Pacht
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 asked to delve into a short quotation from an ENG 101 assigned reading, modeling and…
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Close Reading & Analysis: An Assignment to Support the Move from ENA/G101 to ENG102 by Leah Richards
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 will be printed out, with generous margins and space between lines to facilitate writing all…
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Using Comparison to Support Analysis in ENA 101 by Christopher Schmidt
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 the comparison developed in the chart. Students are meant to emerge with an understanding of…
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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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Low-Stakes Assignment and In-Class Sequence on Ethics in Technical Communication for ENG 259 by Anna Voisard
Entry Point: https://gothamist.com/news/engineer-arrested-for-lying-about-inspection-of-crumbling-facade-that-killed-2-year-old Texts (to be read for homework): Textbook:Chapter 3, Open Technical Communication (OTC)https://softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/PySpCEBQodADFZ/html orhttps://alg.manifoldapp.org/read/open-technical-communication/section/8b530f4b-5942-4071-845a-0a138601da10 Article:“An Engineer’s Eureka Moment with a GM Flaw” by Bill Vlasichttps://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/29/business/a-florida-engineer-unlocked-the-mystery-of-gms-ignition-flaw.html Homework Assignment Read Chapter 3. Take note of the vocabulary (utility, rights, justice, and care) used todiscuss ethics. Read “An Engineer’s Eureka Moment with a GM Flaw” by…
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How to Analyze an Op Ed, Class Exercise for ENA 101 by Monica B. Sanning
Learning Objectives Students will understand the claims of an opinion piece and the evidence to support those claims. Students will develop reading strategies and improve comprehension. Students will have previously read the article and written a summary on it. Student will consider how to support their own ideas with evidence. Time Required 60 minutes Materials…
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Group Revision Activity by Candace Elise Hoes
Assignment Note The sample student reflection is not included below. Candace suggests that in using this activity, instructors use this activity with a student reflection from their own courses. Context On page 2, you will find a student’s reflection from the end of ENG 102. Like you, the student was asked to reflect upon what they…
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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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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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Transitioning from ENA 101 to ENG 102: A Low Stakes Writing Assignment by Anita Baksh
Rationale: Students sometimes have difficulty recognizing how the writing skills acquired in ENG/A 101 transfer to ENG 102. They also might be intimidated by the practice of reading and writing about literature. To assist them with this transition, I introduce them to a short piece of literature and have them practice analyzing and writing about…
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