Author: Carrie Hall

YOUR HOMEWORK FOR TUESDAY:

1. As a comment on your final draft:

Write a paragraph with quote (introduce, summarize and analyze) that explains something about your writing you’d like to work on.  The quote can be an example of your writing that you think you’re doing well, or that you think needs help.

Wait—why should I summarize my own writing? That’s strange!  Well, imagine your reader is reading out of context. You still have to give them some background info, explain what the quote means in context!

2. Read your chapter of the class ebook  below  (and also under “Resources.”) If you click on your chapter, it will lead you to the first page of that chapter.

Write a blog post of about 250 words, quoting from the other writers, explaining what you think ties your chapter together and what you think one of the major problems in education is that you all have confronted. This is a lowkey assignment and you don’t have to worry about grammar and quotation rules. Just get some thoughts down.

Note: it may be easier just to download the book (by clicking on the page with the arrow.) I think it’s a little hard to scroll through on this site.

IAintGonnaLie

EVEN THOUGH YOU DO NOT HAVE PROF. COUGHLIN’S CLASS ON TUESDAY, YOU DO HAVE MINE– AND YOUR ROUGH DRAFTS ARE DUE ONE HOUR BEFORE CLASS. REMEMBER, MISSING ROUGH DRAFTS ARE WORTH TWO MISSED HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS!

1. SIGN UP FOR THE OPEN LAB!
2. Read and annotate the correct copy of the Keith Gilyard chapter (excerpt from Voices of the Self) Look– you don’t have to annotate a ton. I just want you to be in the habit of reading with a pen in hand. Draw related pictures if you want. Underline things that stand out to you. Talk back (“that’s crazy!” “What did you do that for?”) Definitely read this before writing your own essay. It’s gonna help you. I promise.
3. ROUGH DRAFTS OF UNIT ONE ARE DUE ON THE OPEN LAB– as a post (not a comment)– AT LEAST AN HOUR BEFORE CLASS. YOU MUST POST THESE ON THE OPEN LAB (DIRECTIONS BELOW.) Remember– rough drafts equal TWO homework assignments and if you show up to rough draft day without a rough draft you get marked absent! The assignment itself is listed under the UNITS tab at the top of the page (or under MENU if you’re on your phone.) Review this assignment before you start writing!  The RD should be at least 700 words, but I suggest getting as close to 850 as you can– the final draft is due Sept 12.

I will be collecting the triple-entry journal (the homework for Tues Sept 3) and the annotated Gilyard article on Tuesday.

To post on OpenLab: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/blog/help/writing-a-post/

Please note: you need to choose a category. In this case, the category is “Education.”

1: SIGN UP FOR THIS WEBSITE, USING DR. COUGHLIN’S  INSTRUCTIONS (below.)

2. Read and annotate the excerpt from Keith Gilyard’s Voices of the Self that I handed out in class. While you’re reading, mark passages that stand out to you for whatever reason– you love them, you hate them, they make you think.

3. Fill out the “triple entry journal” I handed out in class using quotes from the Gilyard article. At least 5 quotes. There are instructions on there, but to recap: in the first column is the quote (don’t forget page #) second column, summarize the quote in your own words, and third column, respond to the quote. Don’t be afraid to be opinionated! Use slang or a “different English” if you want! Be you!

As I said in class, do step 3 AFTER step 2. If you try to fill out the triple entry journal while you’re reading, you’ll get distracted.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR JOINING: (1) Log in to OpenLab.  (2) Click “Courses” at the top of the screen.  (3) Go to “Find a Course” on the right side of the screen.  (4) Make these selections: School = Arts & Sciences; Department = English ; Semester = Fall 2019; no need for other selections.  (5) Click “Submit.”  (6) Scroll through the courses displayed for “hallRIGHTSfall2109,” click on it.  (7) Under the photo of the guy in the “I know my rights” t-shirt, click “Join this Course!”  That’s it!  You’re in.  Click “Visit Course Site >” at the top right corner and enjoy!

Hi everyone! What a great class! I really liked meeting all of you and telling you weird stories of “Sergei.”

So, as I said in class, your homework is as follows: read and annotate Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue.” I gave you a copy in class, but just in case you lost it, you can find another copy HERE.

Also, please write a response of 250-300 words, responding to Tan’s essay. Print that out and bring it to class. In this response, I would like you to:  write about how your experience has been similar or different to Tan’s. BE SPECIFIC. That is, respond to specific quotes or passages of the text that stood out to you!

email me at Chall@citytech.cuny.edu if you have any questions! Please don’t email me here on OpenLab– I don’t really get those.

Hey, also one other note: If you miss the conference hour (as one student who attended the first part of class did,) it does count as a whole absence!