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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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Working Towards a Multilingual Paradigm: Using Dictionaries for Writing* (Activity) by Ting Man Tsao
A dictionary is a very useful tool for writing. With a good dictionary you can do the following: 1) Look up the meaning of an English word. But a word often has more than one meaning so do not just look at the first definition in the dictionary entry. For example, the Cambridge Dictionary online…
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Introduction to Self-Editing for Students by Lauren Navarro
“A Guide to “Glow Up” Your Writing” narrated by Lauren Navarro (Video) Click below to download the “A Guide to “Glow Up” Your Writing” narrated by Lauren Navarro (PowerPoint)
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Self-Editing: Loud and Proud by Suzanne Uzzilia
Loud and Proud (Read Your Work Aloud) Note to Instructor: This assignment aligns with Step Three: Read Your Work Aloud (Slide 7 of “Revision and Self-Editing in ENA 101: A Guide to ‘Glow Up’ Your Writing” by Lauren Navarro, adapted from “7 Steps to a Foolproof Revision” by Don Fry). Assignment: While your instructors will…
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Self-Editing: Enlisting a Second Reader by Suzanne Uzzilia
Enlist a Second Reader (Writing Center) Note to Instructor: This assignment aligns with Step Seven: Enlist a Second Reader (Or More)! (Slide 11 of “Revision and Self-Editing in ENA 101: A Guide to ‘Glow Up’ Your Writing” by Lauren Navarro, adapted from “7 Steps to a Foolproof Revision” by Don Fry). It is also an…
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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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Paul Fess–ENG 102 Syllabus
English 102 – Composition II: Writing Through Literature Sections 0881 & 0883 Fall I 2020 | 3 Credit Hours Lecture-Discussion-Workshop Contact Information: Instructor: Professor Paul Fess Instructor Email: pfess@lagcc.cuny.edu Class Meetings: Asynchronous; complete the work each week at your own pace; just make sure you turn it in by week’s end Virtual office hours: Mondays…
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Leah Richards–ENG 102 Syllabus
ENG102: Writing through Literature Section 0894// Fall 2020 Distance Learning LaGuardia Community College, CUNY Prof. Richards (she/her) Online Hub: (links to everything) eng102-0894.slack.com How Are We Having Class? How to reach me: @prof.richards on Slack or dr.leah.richards@gmail.com Zoom Meeting Room: (waiting room enabled): [address redacted] This section of ENG102, like most classes this semester, will…
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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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