Please read Colson Whitehead’s “City Limits” for our class meetings this week. You can find the reading in our packet.
Author: Prof Jewell
Annotated Bibliographies–due Friday, Nov 1
Please post your annotated bibliographies here! Re-read the prompt to make sure you’ve met the assignment (remember you only need six sources, not eight!). Be sure to tag the “Annotated Bibliography” category when posting. And please put the name of your genre in the title of your post!
Annotated Bib example
Due Monday, Oct 14: Rhetorical Analysis of One Text in your Chosen Genre
Here is your opportunity to practice the rhetorical analysis we started in class! After reading the Annotated Bibliography prompt, do some research and thinking before you decide which genre you want to become an expert on in Unit 2. Then, choose a text that falls within that genre and rhetorically analyze it in this post. (Check out the Annotated Bibliography prompt again to review the features within and surrounding your text that you should consider when doing your rhetorical analysis).
Be sure to identify your chosen genre in your post’s title. Oh–and check the “Rhetorical Analysis” category when publishing your post.
For extra credit, respond to 3 of your classmates’s posts, offering ways you think they could enrich their rhetorical analysis and/or recommending other texts within their genre that they might consider for their annotated bibliographies.
Revised Daily Schedule
Thurs, Oct 10: Laura Bolin Carroll, āBackpacks vs. Briefcasesā (in our Course Packet)
**Mon, Oct 14: Open Lab assignment due (Rhetorical Analysis of One Text in Chosen Genre)
Tue Oct 15: āBackpacks vs. Briefcasesā contād (re-read essay for class). Students to continue research on chosen genre in preparation of our library visit.
Thurs, Oct 17: LIBRARY VISIT: We will meet in front of the library (Namm, 4th floor) at 10:00
Tues, Oct 22: Martin Luther King, āI Have a Dreamā
In class, we will practice writing summaries and continuing our practice of rhetorical analysis
Thurs, Oct 24: āI Have a Dream,ā contād.
**Tues, Oct 29: Peer Review Annotated Bibliographies. In class, bring at least 5 full annotations of your genre texts to class (review the Annotated Bibliography prompt). Please print out two copies for class today.
Thurs, Oct 31: Reading TBD; students to continue working on annotated bibliographies
**Fri, Nov 1: Annotated Bibliographies due on Open Lab
Annotated Bibliography Prompt (and related assignments)
Literacy Narratives
Due September 19–Please post your revised literacy narratives!
Think of a title that encapsulates your piece. Please click on the “Literacy Narratives” category when posting.
Peruse your classmates’s posts. What can we learn about reading and writing as a result of these shared pieces?
Personal Experience Essays!
DUE Sept 12: Please post your personal anecdote/experience essays here! Be sure to consult the Unit 1 Assignment sheet (I passed this out in class and I also sent it as an attachment via email) for specifics about the prompt.
For help on writing a post: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/blog/help/writing-a-post/
