Writers,
Thanks for writing and reading your words in today’s class. Before I see you on Thursday, please (1.) post on our discussion board (instructions below) and (2.) read two poems.
Homework
1. Post your free write on the Discussion Board: Writer’s Notebook Entry 1. The instructions (which were also given in class): respond to one of the Writer’s Notebook Prompts on the prompts for Journaling on our OpenLab site. You can post what you wrote in class or write a new response.
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- The discussion board: Discussion Board: Writer’s Notebook Entry 1
- The two sheets with journaling prompts to choose from are HERE and HERE (from class) Respond to only one prompt.
- Respond to the person who posted before you.
2. Read the following in preparation for our class on poetry on Thursday:
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- Billy Collins Introduction to Poetry
- Soldier, Layli Long. Obligations 2
- This poem is optional: Amanda Gorman The Hill We Climb (video and text)
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- That’s it for homework. Below are links to resources used in today’s discussion. These are not assignments, just links for further reading:
- Jalal al-Din Rumi, “Don’t Go Back to Sleep”
- What is a Writer’s Notebook? Three Sources
- Baldwin, James. Paris Review Interview: No. 78
- Butler, Octavia. “Furor Scribendi”
- Didion, Joan. “On Keeping a Notebook”
Write on! Email with questions: jsears@citytech.cuny.edu
