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Tag: Integrating Reading & Writing

  • Edge of a MacBook Air, a paper calendar, and a set of notes together.

    Weekly Notes & Check-In Assignment for ENA / ENG 101 by J. Elizabeth Clark

    Marissa Grootes, Unsplash About this assignment (note to instructors): This assignment integrates reading and writing by providing a structure for students to take and share notes about what they have been studying. It also encourages them to return to notes taken in class and to rethink and revise the notes that are significant to them.…

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  • Orange, Red, Pink, Blue, and Green wires plugged into a circuit board.

    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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  • Black and white street scene of protest with people with fists raised.

    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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  • Text reads integrating reading and writing on a yellow background with the image of a book and a pen

    Three Modes of Writing: Narrative, Exposition, and Argument (PowerPoint & Activity) by Evelyn Burg and Anita Baksh

    Click to download the PowerPoint Slides for Three Modes of Writing Worksheet for Three Modes of Writing: Narrative, Exposition, and Argument (Accompanies Google Slides: “Three Modes of Literary Expression”) Lesson and Low-Stakes Activity (1 hour) Learning Goal: The accompanying slide show offers a basic lesson on the three types of written expression, with class participation…

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  • Text reads integrating reading and writing on a yellow background with the image of a book and a pen

    Critical Reading Activity and Food Memory Writing Assignment by Anita Baksh and Evelyn Burg

    Learning Outcomes This lesson: allows students to practice critical reading skills such as annotation introduces students to techniques for reading literary texts and analyzing literary devices including imagery and metaphor prepares students to write a short narrative essay Materials: Excerpt from Esmerelda Santiago’s When I was Puerto Rican: “Prologue: How To Eat a Guava” Part…

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