Category Archives: FYW Syllabus and Course Planning

COURSE PLANNING TOOLS: FALL, 2017

Welcome to the Fall 2017 Semester at City Tech!  On the First Year Writing @ City Tech Web site, you will find resources for planning your course and developing your syllabus, including sample syllabi and assignments for Introduction to Composition (ENG1101) and Advanced Composition … Continue reading

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Suggested Spring 2017 ENG1101 Reading: “It’s Not Climate Change–It’s Everything Change” by Margaret Atwood

In 2009, Margaret Atwood published an article on the topic of “peak oil” in the German newspaper Die Zeit.  The article was entitled “The Future Without Oil.”  In 2015, Atwood revisited the topic, and her article, by writing about both. … 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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Welcome to the Spring 2015 Semester!

DATE:            January 22, 2015 TO:                  FYW Faculty FROM:            Johannah Rodgers SUBJECT:     FYW Beginning of Term Memo                         ________________________________________________________________ … Continue reading

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COURSE PLANNING TOOLS: FALL 2015

Welcome to the Spring 2015 Semester at City Tech!  On the First Year Writing @ City Tech Web site, you will find resources for planning your course and developing your syllabus, including sample syllabi and assignments for Introduction to Composition (ENG1101) and … Continue reading

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Welcome to the Fall, 2014 Semester!

Welcome to the Fall 2014 Semester at City Tech!  On the First Year Writing @ City Tech Web site, you will find resources for planning your course and developing your syllabus, including sample syllabi and assignments for Introduction to Composition … Continue reading

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FYW May Roundtable Discussion: Understanding and Responding to the Updated Learning Outcomes for ENG1101 and ENG1121

Who: Faculty teaching ENG1101/ENG1121 in the Summer and Fall 2014 Semesters What: Discuss and Learn More About Implementing the Updated Learning Outcomes in Course Syllabi and Assignments for ENG1101 and ENG1121 Where:  Faculty Commons (N225) When:  Thursday, May 22, 3pm … Continue reading

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NYTimes.com PASS for CUNY Students

The New York Times online edition is now available to all CUNY students, faculty and staff! The CUNY account now entitles all people with a cuny.edu email domain to acquire a subscription to the digital NYTimes. Once you have created … Continue reading

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Happy New Year!

In addition to wishing a very happy new year to all of the writing faculty at City Tech, I also wanted to let you know about a few updates to the FYW@City Tech Open Lab Site, which reflect some changes … Continue reading

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