HW Due by 8 am Thursday (after Tuesday’s class, in preparation for Thursday’s class!)

Now that we’re getting a tiny bit more comfortable online — and sharing our fears about this whole distance learning thing —  let’s get to know each other a little better. 

First, read Zayn Malik and the Songs that Bring us to Prayer”  by Hanif Abdurraqib

Second, write a new post on Open Lab  responding to Abdurraqib and the video we watched in class (unlearning my name.)  Basically, what I’m asking is that you write about who you are and where you are from– about 300 words. 

You can do it in whatever way you want! You can talk about how your name or your language makes you who you are, or gives people “permission” to treat you a certain way even though that’s so wrong! You can talk about how school has made you the writer or thinker or student or professional you’re becoming. You can talk about your family’s influence on your literacy — your education, your goals, your belief in yourself, your attitude toward the world. You can also think through how a group has helped define you. As part of it, you can add images or links to videos… whatever you think will help us get to know you and your experiences better. You can even make a video. Or record an audio file and link to it. Or draw something and upload the image. Whatever you want. Remember: we’re all about composing in the 21st century, so feel free to do what you think would be interesting for us to see/hear/learn about. The idea is to get you thinking about how those issues affect you. How they’ve helped shape who you are and who you’re becoming. 

See the resources tab for info on how to write a blog post if you are confused about how to post on OpenLab. You will use the category: intro

Third, make sure you have joined this site and Perusall– instructions for both are above!  If you have any questions, email me at chall@citytech.cuny.edu or come visit me during my office hours, which are Tuesdays and Thursdays right after this class.  I’ll use the same Zoom Link.

In this course (starting next week) all of our course readings will be found on a program called “Perusall.” To sign up, go to “getting started” and create an account. You will need a link to access our course. The course link is: HALL-TZCYQ