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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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“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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Lauren Navarro: Point of View
Dr. Navarro ENG 102 In-Class Work: “The Yellow Wallpaper” Point of View John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage. John is practical in the extreme. He has no patience with faith, an intense horror of superstition, and he scoffs openly at any talk of things not to be felt and…
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Leah Richards–Researching Context to Enhance Close Reading
Hemingway’s “The Revolutionist” is a very short story–under 400 words–where not much seems to happen. However, with some basic research into the context of and references in the story, it becomes much richer, so your first online assignment for class will ask you to do some research. We will use Slack as our primary means…
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