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Proofing Advice and Reminders

Hi Class…remember that you must turn in Essay 3 on Thursday. Proofing Advice: 1. Buy a friend a cup of coffee and have them read over your essay and make comments. 2. Pay a friend/colleague a nickle for every mistake … Continue reading

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Student Sample: Essay 3

This student essay was written for my ENG 1101 class in 2012. Note that this sample essay is good, quite good, but it is not perfect. I think that it may be instructive to study this essay in order to … Continue reading

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Help for conducting an interview

Hi Class, Obtaining information by direct questions is a form of primary source material, so you may want to conduct a short interview with a person connected to your topic/site. You may conduct the interview in person, by email, or … Continue reading

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Annotated Bibliography–A Student Sample

Hi Class, Here is a student sample of a “B+” Annotated Bibliography. Student-Sample-Annotated-Bibliography-2014 Note: The interview (primary source) does not need to be completed by Tuesday. -Prof. Scanlan

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OOoops, my mistake about Tuesday’s homework

Hi Class, Sorry! I thought on Tuesday, April 29  you were to turn in the topic summary and 5 questions–but that is due on Thursday, May 1. I apologize for that mistake. We will have another library day on Tuesday. … Continue reading

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Spring Break journal assignment

Hi Class, I hope that your Spring Break is going marvelously! For our return on Thursday, April 24th, please have Journal 5 ready: Read Deak and Egan in our textbook and then write 250 words on which of the two writer’s … Continue reading

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A walk through Court Street

This Photo was taken on March. 19, 2014 at approximately 5 in the evening. In Brooklyn NY, Court street- borough hall is the location of where I stand. I was walking through this area where i thought it was a … Continue reading

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Reminders for Midterm

Hi Class, On Thursday we will take the Midterm Exam. It will resemble Quiz 3 in that it will focus on summary and citations. In addition, it will have two short answer questions. Next Tuesday, April 8th: Final Draft of … Continue reading

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i took this photo on the morning of march 20th while i was walking to Nam building of the New York city College of Technology. i was in a rush because i running late for my Spanish class but i … Continue reading

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Scowling Towards Me & Inside Looking out

  ¡COMANDANTE BIGGIE!, 2014, Bernardo Vanterpool The photograph above was taken on March 13, 2014 at three o’clock in the afternoon. I had just gotten off Lafayette St. on a Queens bound, local C train when I took this photograph … Continue reading

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