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Open Access Rhetorics

Open Access Rhetorics Norton Field Guide (Open Access Edition) Professor Rodgers’ Open Access Rhetoric The Purdue OWL Involved: Writing for College, Writing for Yourself by Charles Bazerman The Informed Writer by Charles Bazerman The Writing Commons Aristotle’s Rhetoric

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FYW@City Tech ENG1101/ENG1121 Open Access Readings and Resources

SOME SUGGESTED FIRST WEEK READINGS “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie [print copies of this reading are available for classroom use] [reading questions] “City Limits” by Colson Whitehead “Active Reading” by Brogan Sullivan “Teaching to the Text Message” by Andy Selsberg … Continue reading

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ENG1101 Writing Lab Hour Roundtables

Please join the FYW Program @ City Tech for a series of Roundtable Discussions about guidelines, resources, and suggestions for planning for and implementing the ENG1101 Writing Lab Hour. ALL ARE WELCOME :: PLEASE BRING YOUR IDEAS, SUGGESTIONS, ASSIGNMENTS, AND SYLLABI … Continue reading

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ENG1121 Learning Outcomes

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/firstyearwriting/files/2015/05/ENG1121.2015.Learning.Outcomes.pdf

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ENG1101 Learning Outcomes

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/firstyearwriting/files/2015/05/ENG1101.2015.Learning.Outcomes.pdf

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Writing Lab Hour Activity: Peer Review: Rhetorical Analysis Narrative Essay (Professor Rodgers)

Assignment/Activity Title Peer Review: Rhetorical Analysis Narrative Essay Name Johannah Rodgers Brief Overview of Assignment/Activity Purpose: To give students an opportunity to interview one another in order to understand the rhetorical context (audience, purpose) of their narrative essays Keywords rhetorical … Continue reading

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Writing Lab Hour Activity: Understanding Complete Sentences in Standard Written English (Professor Rodgers)

Assignment/Activity Title Understanding Complete Sentences in Standard Written English Name Johannah Rodgers Brief Overview of Assignment/Activity Purpose: To help students recognize complete and incomplete sentences in SWE and to understand sentence structure in SWE Keywords sentence, grammar, standard written english … Continue reading

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Open Access Course Materials for Fall 2015 FYW Courses

As always, the First Year Writing Program @ City Tech is looking for new ways to integrate and use Open Access course materials in writing courses.  Here are a few of the latest Open Access resources available: Open Access English … Continue reading

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Midterm Grades and Midterm Exams for FYW Courses At City Tech Spring, 2015

Faculty are required to confidentially inform students of their midterm grades based on work submitted prior to the spring recess.  Although midterm grades cannot be reported in CUNYFirst, there are several other options for doing this:  faculty can record student midterm grades … Continue reading

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Professor Rodgers’ New Textbook Technology: A Reader for Writers Is Now Available!

Technology A Reader for Writers Johannah Rodgers Publication Date – December 2014 Description What is “technology”? Why do we need to study it? How is it related to and involved with a wide-range of socio-cultural and political issues? Technology: A … Continue reading

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