This in-class essay will be completed in class on Thursday, Sept. 14. You will receive hardcopies of this assignment sheet and the planning sheet in class on Sept. 12.This essay draws on class readings and discussions of Course Resources 7-11.
This article in the New York Times discusses causes for rising levels of stress on campus, the potential stigma surrounding mental illness, and how several campuses are attempting to help their students.
“Colleges Get Proactive in Addressing Depression on Campus”–New York Times
In this essay, Dr. Rachel Ginsburg offers tips targeted at developing three skill sets: Emotional Readiness Changes, Academic Readiness Changes, and Daily Functioning “Adulting” Challenges”
This student’s story describes factors that led to her downward spiral during her first years of college and her successful path of coming out of the experience successful as a student and as a better prepared adult.
“One Student’s Story: A Climb Out of Depression, Doubt, and Academic Failure”-The New York Times
This article, published in 2014 in the Washington Post, raised attention nationwide about an increasing problem of depression among freshmen on college campuses across the country. Though the audience of this article is targeted to parents, many of the issues are relevant to your reading as a student.
We’ve spent class time working on summaries to prepare you for your first assignment. This can be typed or handwritten. I’m attaching the sheet here and also putting it under assignments.
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Today we will look at the components of a paragraph. The information is detailed in your OER textbook, Writing for Success. This is a short chapter! We are most concerned with summaries. This chapter also covers purpose, tone, and audience.
Chapter 6: Writing Paragraphs: Separating Ideas and Shaping Content
For your summary assignment, click on this link to go to the New York Times article and and choose one of the answers to summarize. To get the full source, you will need to choose the topic and click on the + beside it so the full account shows. The + will turn to an X when it is fully displayed.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/02/education/ask-first-generation-students.html
We will have a class handout with additional information, but this is a good overview of the basics for integrating sources into your writing:
This concise New York Times article/blog post offers tips on how to do well in college. These include attendance, socializing, and getting to know your professors.
“Tip Sheet: How to Succeed in College”
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