Category Archives: Uncategorized

Although we have all put in our textbook orders for Spring, 2017 (thanks, Jason!), for those of us using Open Access texts in FYW courses, it is still (almost) not too late to make a few changes to our course … Continue reading →

Please join the FYW Program @ City Tech for a series of Roundtable Discussions related to developing a shared framework for thinking about, talking about, and teaching college writing at City Tech. ALL ARE WELCOME :: PLEASE BRING YOUR IDEAS, SUGGESTIONS, QUESTIONS, AND CONCERNS WHEN: … Continue reading →

Midterm Grades and Midterm Exams for FYW Courses at City Tech Faculty are required to confidentially inform students of their midterm grades based on work submitted prior to October 31, 2016, which is the date when midterm grades are due (2016 City … Continue reading →

The City Tech ENG1101 Final Exam Committee recently distributed via departmental e-mail some sample exams that instructors may want to consult in planning for the midterm exam for ENG1101 courses.  These sample exams can be used as a midterm exam … Continue reading →

Please join us for the first FYW workshop of the year to discuss the development of a shared framework for thinking about and teaching writing at City Tech and the roles and concerns of SEEK writing tutors within that framework. … Continue reading →

FYW@CityTech Digital English Handbook Good Writing Made Simple Rules of Thumb The Purdue OWL    

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

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 →

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