I’ve put the most recent assignments here at the top of the page.

Assignment for Thursday, October 29

Write a paragraph where you describe what topic you want to use for your Final (Research) Project, why you’re interested in it, what questions you have, what you know already, etc.

Assignment #1:

• Either Go to Files on the Open Lab course main page OR click on Handouts & Readings on the top navigation bar.
• Find “Handout: Writing the Summary.”
• The assignment is part of that Handout.

Assignment #2:

• Write a summary for all four readings (Alexie, Malcolm X, Williams, Barry).
• Write an analysis (Description, Evaluation, Response) for two readings:
  • Do either Alexie or Malcolm X.
  • Do either Williams or Barry.
  • To see how to write the analysis, go either to Files on the Open Lab main course page OR click on Readings & Handouts on the navigation bar. Find “Handout; Writing the Analysis.”
• Bring your pocket folder with you. Put the Summary-Responses you did for Week 2 in it. You’ll add the Summaries and Analyses to it at the end of Week 3’s class.

Assignment for Friday, September 18

• Write a Summary-Analysis of these two essays (you’ll find them both under Handouts & Readings on the top navigation bar):
  • Amy Tan, “Mother Tongue”
  • Judith Ortiz Cofer, “The Myth of the Latin Woman: Just Met a Girl Named Maria“
• If you haven’t turned in all of your work for the first three weeks, do one of these things:
  • email it to me at DBlain@citytech.cuny.edu
  • bring it to me in the Atrium Learning Center Writing Tutoring room (AG-31) Thursday, Sept. 17 between 11 and 4.

Assignment for Friday, October 2

• Do Summary and Analysis for two pieces:
  • Naylor
  • Marquez
• Bring in any work you haven’t turned in yet.