raw, doesn’t hold back: language, details about what happened, gory details, not concerned about being respectful
a true war story doesn’t have a moral, might not represent what actually happened
“How to Tell a True War Story”
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Supporting Details in “Gotham Farmers Sprout Cash Crops”
Group A
Agriculture has become a corporate affair in New York.
- urban agriculture has moved beyond its offbeat roots into a viable business model, attractive to grocers from Whole Foods to A&P
Group B
- becoming important in restaurants:at least two mentioned that use garden space for produce used in their restaurants
Group C
- growing crops locally increases shelf life:doesn’t need to be trucked thousands of miles.
Group D
- urban agriculture, around for centuries, gained popularity during the Great Depression (grow their own)
Group E
- urban agriculture jobs for college graduates and laid-off workers
also: uses vacant space,
“Gotham Farmers Sprout Cash Crops”
Group A:
According to Adrianne Pasquarelli’s article, “Gotham Farmers Sprout Cash Crops,” published in 2013, over the past few years urban agriculture has sky rocketed and has become more of a corporate affair in New York.
Group B:
Adrianna Pasquarelli’s 2013 article, “Gotham Farmers Sprout Cash Crops,” focuses not only on the importance of locally grown fresh produce, but its importance in restaurants, and grocery stores.
Group C:
The article “Gotham Farmers Sprout Cash Crops,” by Adrianne Pasquarelli published on July 28, 2013 explains the importance and productivity of growing cash crops in urban areas such as Brooklyn.
The article, “Gotham Farmers Sprout Cash Crops,” by Adrianne Pasquarelli, published in 2013, explains the importance and productivity of growing cash crops in urban areas such as Brooklyn.
Group D:
In the article “Gotham farmers sprout cash crops” by Adrianne Pasquarelli it suggests and supports ideas about organic farming in New York City.
The article “Gotham farmers sprout cash crops” by Adrianne Pasquarelli reports ideas of and provides evidence of urban agriculture in New York City.
Group E:
According to Adrianne Pasquarelli, in her the article published in July 28th 2013, urban Agriculture is important in helping small businesses and restaurants through the help of rooftop greenhouses that make vegetable more accessible.
According to Adrianne Pasquarelli’s article, in “Gotham Farmers Sprout Cash Crops,” published in 2013 in Crain’s, urban agriculture is important in helping small businesses and restaurants through rooftop greenhouses that make vegetables more accessible.
Looking through the midterm to the final exam
Summary:
- No general opening line
- It’s usually good to start your summary paragraph with a sentence that follows a set format:
In Author’s article, “Title,” published in Publication in YEAR, one-sentence-summary.
According to Author in his/her article, “Title,” published in Publication in YEAR, one-sentence-summary.
Author, in his/her article, “Title,” published in Publication in YEAR, argues/presents the idea/discusses one-sentence-summary.
(we can develop other templates)
- Check your grammar in that first sentence!
- Include the author’s name, the title of the article, the source and year, if not in that first sentence then in the next one.
- Identify the main idea, if not in that first sentence then in the next one.
- Include three or four supporting ideas in the summary.
- For the purposes of writing a summary for the final exam, use one (or two) quotations in the summary.
- For the purposes of writing a summary for the final exam, make your summary one paragraph.
- Refer to people with their full name initially, then with their last name only in subsequent references.
- Do not call attention to what you’re writing (In this summary, or Since this is a midterm, etc)
- Keep it impersonal. Avoid using I, me, my, etc in the summary.
- Get the facts right!
- Don’t refer to paragraph number or page number in the text—use a parenthetical citation instead (Paragraph 2).
- Feel free to follow the order of the article, but know that you can re-sequence the order if it makes sense to do so.
- This is not the place for your creativity.
- Don’t end with something that’s more commentary than summary.
Essay:
- Include an opening line that is not too general. Start with your topic and move narrower to your thesis statement
- You probably want a sentence similar to the first one in the summary (see above).
- Establish your claims in the first paragraph
- Find the right balance between general and specific—it takes work!
- In your thesis statement, avoid general terms such as different or similar or various ways, etc, rather than specifying what those are.
- There are three main points you need to make in your midterm or final exam:
- What the article claims about the specific topic
- What you think/know/have experienced/have witnessed/have heard about the specific topic
- A comparison of the article’s claims and yours
- These can be addressed in a few different orders (block vs. point-by-point).
- Notice that your goal for writing about the article is different than writing a summary. In the summary, you’re summarizing the whole article; in the essay, you’re focusing on a narrower part of the article.
- You can use personal pronouns here (I, me, my), but do so sparingly, since it should be clear that anything you’re writing that doesn’t come from the article is your idea.
- Include quotations from the article to support what you’re saying it claims.
- Do not refer to the quotation as a quotation—in the article, it’s not a quotation, unless it’s something the author quoted. The author didn’t write a quotation; you’re making what the author wrote into a quotation.
Let’s look at a few opening sentences:
In “The Tunnel Rats of Atlantic Avenue.” written by Yonette Joseph talks about Bob Diamond and his experience with history.
Different methods of learning about history can reveal different ideas and understandings to the reader or viewer.
I am going to be talking about different ways of learning about history and if I agree with those ideas in the article.
Reading “Reading Lucy”
In “Reading Lucy,” Jennifer Egan describes her experience at the Brooklyn Historical Society in which she researched the women working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in World War II. Through her archival research on one of these women, Lucille Kolkin, Egan became consumed in her research and felt a strong connection to her subject. Is there a passage in “Reading Lucy” that exemplifies Egan’s interest and investment? Describe a situation in which you became engrossed in something you were studying, learning, or experiencing.
Reading Lucy
Compare your experience at BHS with Jennifer Egan’s. What would you do if you went back to BHS on your own?
Jennifer Egan’s use of sources:
- Egan’s writing, followed by a quotation.
- Egan’s writing, a colon, and a quotation
- (the colon signals an example)
- Egan’s writing with a quotation directly included in the sentence
- a comma might be included within the quotation marks even if it’s not part of the quotation–it’s to make the sentence grammatical.
- commas and periods go inside the quotation marks, semicolons and colons don’t, question marks and exclamation points sometimes do. EXCEPT when a parenthetical citation follows
- How often can Lucy write to Alfred “when are you coming home?” before he gets bored?
- a list–quoted without quotation marks, gives us a sense of what it looked like on the page.
- uses a colon to set off a longer quotation as well
- block quotation rules:
- start a new line
- indent it one inch on the left, not at all on the right.
- keep the spacing the same.
- if it’s prose paragraphs, use regular formatting
- if it’s poetry or something that takes a particular form, maintain that form
- if you want to use only part of a passage, use an ellipsis to indicate that something is missing: “First it’s 4. . . then it’s 6…. You see, I’m a shipfitter and I’m making up some more kingposts and booms.”
- quotations in quotations: “double quotation marks” on the outside (beginning and end), and ‘single quotation marks’ inside for quoted material included in the passage.
- if a quotation includes an error, show you’re smart by including the mistake and then including [sic]
- if you need to change anything in the quotation to make it work grammatically or to clarify previously included information, use square brackets to indicate the change
Any time we include a quotation, we want to:
- introduce it
- quote it
- interpret it
- analyze it
- apply it to our argument
drafting a summary of happiness (and sadness)
According to Brian Merchant in “The Happiest and Saddest Places in NYC, According to Twitter,” researchers at the New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) have used Twitter to determine that the happiest place in NYC is Times Square and the saddest is Maspeth Creek, Brooklyn.
details:
–about the study
-when it took place, and for how long
-used 600,000 tweets for their study
-how tweets were used to determine happiness/sadness
–why researchers think these were the results
–parks=happy, transit hubs=sad
Map of the Benson & De Beauvios property from BHS
![IMG_0687[1]](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/beinginbrooklynf2013/files/2013/10/IMG_06871.jpg)
1-What is the map’s call number?
Pierrepont- 1820(1868). Fl
2-What is the map’s title (if available)?
Map of the Renson and De Beauvios property in Brooklyn belonging to H.B Pierrepont, 1868
3-Which collection does the map belong to?
Manuscript
4-When was it made?
1820
Physical description of the map:
5-What size is the map (approximately)?
36”
6-What colors does it use?
Purple, Black ink on cream color paper but may be the color changed from white to cream because the map is kept for a long time in BHS.
7-What materials were used to make the map?
Paper, Ink and Ruler
8-Who made the map?
W.C Pierrepont
Map content:
9-What location does the map depict?
Brooklyn Heights
10-What details does it include?
Property of the Pierrepont family during that time.
11-What time period does the map depict? Is this the same as the time when it was made?
1828 and it was published in 1868.
12-What is familiar to you about the location depicted in the map?
It is around our campus.
Interpretation and Reflection:
13-What is the purpose of the map?
To tell the land owned in feet’s and acres by longitude and latitude around Brooklyn.
14-Why did it survive prior to becoming part of the archives at BHS?
It was passed down, the Pierrepont family wanted to keep record of their land.
15-Why did BHS incorporate it into its collections?
Because its ancient and it shows the history of this Neighbourhood location.
16-What is familiar or unfamiliar about the map?
It is near city tech area and also some of the places name have changed and some of the places didn’t even exist anymore.
17-What additional information would you want to better understand the map?
Texture to be a little darker and a legend to understand it effectively.
18-Where is City Tech in relation to this map?
City Tech is not on the map but to our calculations it would be located on the North East side according to the compass in the map.
Maps at Brooklyn Historical Society- “The Heart Of Brooklyn”
1-What is the map’s call number?
BA-[194-3].F1
2-What is the map’s title (if available)?
The Heart Of Brooklyn
3-Which collection does the map belong to?
Flat Maps
4-When was it made?
In the 1940’s
Physical description of the map:
5-What size is the map (approximately)?
14 inches by 22 inches
6-What colors does it use?
Gray, Pink, Green, Orange, Red, Blue, White, Yellow, Purple
7-What materials were used to make the map?
Paper
8-Who made the map?
It was printed by Hagstrom Company,Inc.,N.Y.C.Map Makers,Map Publishers. It was made by the Brooklyn Trust Company
Map content:
9-What location does the map depict?
Brooklyn Heights
10-What details does it include?
Retail stores, Theaters, Business and Finance, Automobile parking
11-What time period does the map depict? Is this the same as the time when it was made?
It depicts the 1940’s and it seems it was made around the same time
12-What is familiar to you about the location depicted in the map?
All the streets and designed areas seem similar to current
Interpretation and Reflection:
13-What is the purpose of the map?
To attract people to the area of Brooklyn for tourism
14-Why did it survive prior to becoming part of the archives at BHS?
It is very informative and was probably useful from when it was made until today
15-Why did BHS incorporate it into its collections?
It has to do with Brooklyn
16-What is familiar or unfamiliar about the map?
Everything is familiar street-wise. The style of cars and clothes is from an older time
17-What additional information would you want to better understand the map?
A scale
18-Where is City Tech in relation to this map?
The intersection of Johnson and Pearl street
Cover letter for Project 2
Please write a letter addressed to me that will help me understand your work on Project #2. It should answer the following questions in any order you like:
1-what are you most proud of in your essay?
2-what in your essay still needs work?
3-what in the assignment gave you the most trouble?
4-what stands out to you from completing this assignment?
5-is there anything I should know about you as a writer, student etc that will help me as I read your essay?
If you have not yet submitted your essay, please explain why, when you will, and use the letter as an opportunity to let me know what’s giving you trouble.
