In “Growing Up in Baltimore,”, published before “Letter to My Son,” Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses the environment that shapedĀ his early years. This includes the effects of the optimism created by the Civil Rights Movement, the fear created by crack epidemic, and his romantic memories of the music, sports and comic book heroes of the 80s. The video ends with a tribute to his later home, New York City.
Writing For Success: Chapter 12.2: Developing a Final Draft of Your Research Paper
This chapter is one we looked at thoroughly in class. There is advice for word choice and checklists that discuss how to approach revision. The material echoes techniques we’ve done throughout the semester. Keep working!
Here are transition sheets you’ve received. I’m including them again for easy access:
Transitions for Integrating Sources
https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/brain-on-the-page-fall-2017/2017/09/19/essay-1-transitiā¦egrating-sources/
Transitions for Beginnings, Middles, and Ends
https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/brain-on-the-page-fall-2017/2017/09/19/essay-1-transition-words-for-beginnings-middles-and-ends/
Before comming to college i wasn’t comfortable writing essays and papers but i didn’t mind doing them. One aspect of my writing that has improved since the begining of the semester is the tone through out my essays. One aspect of academic writing that still challenging me is writing more words because i will run out of ideas and informations. One aspect of academic writing that i enjoy is learning more from the sources.
This lively video by comic artist Tim Urban discusses pitfalls and costs of procrastination and also gives tips for rising above the all-too-common habit that wreaks havoc on so many students’ lives.
Yes…we will also reflect on where YOU are in your research writing process.
Here is Handout 5: The Timeline
You will also get a hard copy in class on Tuesday
This “planning sheet” is organized as an outline more than the previous planning sheets.
Here is the Interview Assignment distributed in class on Tuesday, Oct. 31. The typed transcript is due on November 7!
In this essay, we will look primarily at the section on interviewing as a means of conducting primary research that will offer your unique contribution to a subject and will prove meaningful if done with integrity. This article by Dana Lynn Driscoll appears in Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 2. (2011)
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We will look at the following resources in class:
General tips for conducting productive interviews:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/559/04/
Tips for writing better interview questions:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/559/06/
These resources from the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) offer tips for ethical interviewing and tips for setting up and starting your interviews. We will also practice interviewing skillsĀ in class!
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