Teaching Writing at LaGuardia

Resources for Faculty


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  • Working with the New Attendance Policy

    In January 2024, the Depart of English voted to implement a new attendance policy. This policy provides consistency across all courses in the department. As such, it also represents a compromise between many different faculty with different classroom approaches and different pedagogies. The policy provides consistency and flexibility. This policy should appear on your syllabus:…

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    Credits & Thanks

    Thanks to the faculty who generously shared their syllabi, assignments, videos, presentations, and resources: Cristy Bruns, Ximena Gallardo C., Marisa Klages-Bombich, Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez, Rochell Isaac, J. Elizabeth Clark, Leah Richards, Bethany Holmstrom, Paul Fess, Naomi Stubbs, Deirdre Flood, Neil Meyer, Tara Coleman, Dominique Zino, Judith Nell Foster, Elliot Hearst, Phyllis Van Slyck, Lauren Navarro,…

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    Multilingual Practices and Activities: Some Examples by Ting Man Tsao

    1) To better understand their language backgrounds, ask students to fill out one of the questionnaires at the beginning of the semester. Feel free to modify them.  Student Questionnaire on Language Background Multilingual Language Use Questionnaire Attitudes Toward Language 2) To enhance comprehension of an assigned text, give students the option to paraphrase select passages…

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