Monthly Archives: October 2017

GA9: Using Textual Evidence

In reply to this post, please write a short paragraph (five to seven sentences) explaining why it is important to use textual evidence in college writing assignments and some of the MLA guidelines for using it, e.g., why ICE is … Continue reading

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GA8: Questions and Answers About Sentences in SWE

This Group Assignment is in two parts.  Before beginning it, please read Professor Rodgers’ introduction to “Understanding Sentences in Standard Written English (SWE)”: Part I: After reading this introduction, what specific questions do you have about sentences in Standard Written English … Continue reading

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How I Learned to Read and Write… Again

  I don’t really remember how I first learned to read and write. I do, but it was very different from many other places around the world. I remember a lot of my teachers being mean mostly because it was … Continue reading

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Dominican English

Ojanny R. Urena Professor Rodgers English Composition I (HD92) 22 September 2017                                                Dominican English   I was born in the Dominican Republic, a Spanish speaking Caribbean country. Therefore my first language was Spanish and although I do have a … Continue reading

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GA7: Draft Thesis Statement for Argumentative Response Essay

Please post your draft thesis statement for your five paragraph letter explaining why you agree or disagree with argument presented in one of the essays we read last week. Please also feel free to post any questions you have about … Continue reading

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GA6.1: Please Post Your Personal Literacies Narrative Essay to Our OpenLab Course Site

Based on the great comments and suggestions from GA6, it sounds like it would be a good idea to collect and share our personal literacies narrative essays. There are several different web-based tools that we could use to do this.  … Continue reading

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Course Notes: Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Re: Summary Writing Need to include title and author according to MLA guidelines. It is best to paraphrase and quote from the text in a summary. Clarity is important: Making sure your reader understands what the author whose work you … Continue reading

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Summary Writing Questions: October 11, 2017

Demba: I have three questions about the summary can we interpret some example in the text using our own words? does it exist a minimum sentences to better summarize a text? by summarize ,can we just use the text writer’s … Continue reading

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GA6: Reflecting on and Discussing Our Collection of Personal Narrative Literacies Essays

GA6: Reflecting on and Discussing Our Collection of Personal Narrative Literacies Essays   You have all written some wonderful essays about reading and writing practices.  While we have spent some time discussing these in class, there is still more to discuss … Continue reading

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Notes to Deborah Brandt’s “Introduction” to _The Rise of Writing_

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