Category: Class OpenLab Assignments (Page 2 of 2)

An aspect of academic writing that I believe that I’m improving on is going in depth when writing my analysis. When I wrote my first essay, I just wrote what I understood from the text and never built on it, leaving it to be somewhat vague. I took the constructive criticism and applied it to my essay, which I got a higher grade and less comments on. However, I do find my grammar to be the only aspect of academic writing that I still struggle on. I usually write how I speak, and I don’t proofread as much as I should. I should work on that with the research essay before it affects my grade significantly. Despite this, I do enjoy writing thesis sentences and integrating quotes into my essays. These two can be challenging, which is what makes it enjoyable. Once you find the perfect quote for each body paragraph and write a clear, concise thesis, the essay becomes so much stronger. It makes writing it a bit more easier and the topic that you are presenting clearer to the audience.

Since the beginning of the semester I feel like I’ve improved on learning how to start my introduction. I also feel like when I don’t procrastinate my body paragraphs can be really good. One aspect of academic writing that is still challenging for me is writing the topic sentences without sounding repetitive.  Another aspect of college writing that I still feel that is challenging is my conclusion because I don’t know what to put besides my thesis and briefly mentioning the main source I use. One aspect that I actually enjoy doing is the introduction because I remember when I first started college I  used to not do well in the introduction or i would take a while to write it and now Its the easiest thing for me to do.

Extra Credit OpenLab Assignment (FYLC Site)

(NOT REQUIRED)

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/fylc/writing-as-reflection/

The following prompt is not required for our course. If you do choose to take this opportunity, your grade will replace one of our two in-class Reading Quizzes. To get credit, you must post on this FYLC site and comment on two other students’ posts.

It’s mid-semester! We invite you to continue telling your story about becoming a college student at City Tech. Research has shown that first-semester students often worry about their transition in to college and how, eventually, students become comfortable and find a community of people with whom they are close and feel they belong.

Please describe how you have experienced your first months at City Tech. Aim to write 300-500 words and be sure to illustrate your post with examples from your own experiences in classes, seminars, lectures, study groups, and labs. What happened? How did you and others involved think and feel? How did it turn out?

We hope this process will help you think about your transition experience. Once you have posted your own story, please take time to read and comment on at least two of your peer’s stories.

DIRECTIONS:

• To create your post please click the plus (+) sign at the top of the FYLC page!  (or on the banner at the very top of the page click First Year Learning Communities , then select “add new” post from the dashboard) https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/fylc/writing-as-reflection/

• Once you have finished writing your post, select your FYLC faculty member as a category. Note: You are Sears & Chutroo.
• Read and comment on your peers’ writing. You can post on writing from courses other than ours!
• If you are looking to read stories from one specific FYLC, select a faculty “category” at the bottom of the page.

ENG 1101 OpenLab Assignment 2

(REQUIRED)

On this class OpenLab site, reflect on your experience in this class; specifically reflect on what you have learned about writing. Your post should address all of the questions below and should be at least one paragraph long.

• Identify one aspect of your writing that has improved since the beginning of the semester.
• Identify one aspect of academic writing (college writing) that is still challenging you on assignments.
• Identify one aspect of academic writing that you enjoy.

DIRECTIONS:
To create your second post, click the plus (+) sign at the top of the course page  and select “add new” post from the dashboard. Write and then hit “Publish.”

My First day of college at city tech was full of excitement and a little bit of anxiousness .It was cool to walk in to my first class and see a whole bunch of new faces. Before I even started at city tech I went to a class in the summer where I actually met two of my friends. And one of my friends actually has the same classes as me. Also I had a couple of issues with my financial aid because I thought that I handled it my senior year of high school but actually I only put my other schools that I thought I was going to attend but I ended up at city tech, and I didn’t have any financial aid. But it all worked out in the end and I’m very happy about that because I know I wouldn’t want to pay out of pocket for college. My experience so far in city tech has been good and I actually thought that it would be different because when I made the transition from high school to college I thought I would look at everything differently. I really like my professors they teach very well and they make it pretty easy for me to understand as a first year college student. Also I like the freedom that I have because when I was in high school I didn’t have any freedom to go out to eat or doing anything else for that matter. But college has made me more happy in that sense and I like the fact that I can meet a lot of new people and a lot of people may have the same major as me and that can lead to some new friendships.

For this assignment, you will write about your first weeks at City Tech and post them on the OpenLab site on our FYLC group page. (Yes….yet another project you have to join). This project page is public to OpenLab members but will not be visible to people outside of the Open Lab community. Here is the link to the task you must complete:

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/fylc/2017/07/25/our-stories-becoming-a-college-student/

Here is the assignment but do not post here. Post on the FYLC site:

From First Year Learning Communities:
“We invite you to tell a story about your first few weeks at City Tech. Research has shown that first-semester students often worry about their transition in to college and how eventually students become comfortable and find a community of people with whom they are close and feel they belong.

Please describe in a short story how you have experienced your first few weeks at City Tech. Aim to write 300-500 words and be sure to illustrate your post with examples from your own experiences in classes, seminars, lectures, study groups, and labs. What happened? How did you and others involved think and feel? How did it turn out?

We hope this process will help you think about your transition experience. Once you have finished writing please take time to read and comment on at least two of your peer’s stories.

To create your first post please click the plus (+) sign at the top of the FYLC page!

Once you have finished writing your post please select your FYLC faculty member as a category.

Then feel free to look around and read and comment on your peers’ writing!

(If you are looking to read stories from one specific FYLC select a faculty “category” at the bottom of the page)