Dear class,

Thanks for your hard work today.  Next class we have our midterm.  While taking a test is no one’s idea of a favorite activity, I hope you see this as an opportunity to practice the skills we have been discussing and working on throughout our semester so far.

For homework, please read (and re-read) the midterm reading, taking notes in the margins and thinking about how you might respond to the reading in written form.  You should bring the reading, with notes in the margins, to Monday’s class.  Review the handout we used today as well – it will come in handy!

Furthermore, please bring the Nicholas Carr reading to class on Monday. We will be discussing it in Writing Lab.  Remember, you’re expected to have read the whole essay by Wednesday 3/22: it would be a good idea to budget time, over the weekend, to get a head start.

Finally, since I’ve cancelled Office Hours today, please contact me if you would like to speak in person early next week about anything.

Best wishes studying!

sincerely,

Professor Kwong

Dear class,

Thank you for the stimulating discussion!  I hope today’s introduction to the Lens essay, and to the topic of online technology, has given you much food for thought.

As mentioned in class, your priority is to finish your final Rhetorical Analysis Essay by the beginning of class Wednesday.  Please upload to the appropriate Dropbox and have a hard copy ready.  See the Assignment Description for details on the requirements: you have all the info you need!

Finally, a reminder that I have to cancel office hours this week.  Please write me if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Professor Kwong

-Finish your final Rhetorical Analysis essay by Wednesday, 3/15 at the beginning of class. Instructions here: ENG1101assignmentRhetoricalAnalysis-2  Once again, make sure you have a copy of your partner’s peer review feedback stapled to the back, along with the draft and notes on what you revised.

-Print and bring Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid” to Monday’s class. You do not need to read it.  REMEMBER, we will not end until 12:45 on Monday! Please plan accordingly.

-Finish reading the Sample Rhetorical Analysis essay. Scan or take a picture of pages 4-5 of David X’s essay.  Include in the margins notes on the big idea of each paragraph.  Submit here by 10 am on Monday, March 13.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Professor Kwong

Dear class,

Thanks for your hard work today.  A few reminders:

1. Please begin revising your Rhetorical Analysis draft, based on the feedback you received from your partner.  I will be sending my own comments on your draft by the end of Tuesday.  Please look for an email in your City Tech account with instructions for accessing those comments.  If you weren’t in class, today, you need to email me so that you can be setup with a Peer Review partner.  

Your final draft will need to include your partner’s Peer Review feedback stapled to the back – don’t lose it!

2.  Please bring the Practice Midterm reading, along with the Sample Rhetorical Essay we discussed today, to Wednesday’s class.  (Practice Midterm available here: Practice Midterm_Hello Stranger reading).  You will be using this reading to write a non-graded practice midterm on Wednesday.

3.  Blog #4 post, on how the re-vision process is showing you one positive and one negative feature of your writing that you wouldn’t otherwise notice, is due at the beginning of class Wednesday. (250 words)

4.  The Literary Arts Festival is still accepting entries through the end of Tuesday 3/7, if you’re still interested in revising and submitting your S+R essay as a Personal Response essay.

5.  On March 13, please note that we are meeting at 10 AM for our 50-minute session, and 11:30 for our 75 minute session.  You still have to show up at 10 AM –  this announcement is only to let you know that we will finish class at 12:45 that day.

Best,

Professor Kwong

 

Thanks for your hard work today.  A few notes:

-Please look over my feedback on Essay 1, and feel free to see me on Wednesday during office hours (1:30-3:30, Pearl 410) if you have further questions.

-Begin writing your draft of Essay 2.

-Complete the Summary and Response: (Re)Shaping Sentences worksheet.

-Bring the Sample Rhetorical Analysis Essay (under Readings), both King readings, and your completed Summary + Response (Re)Shaping Sentences worksheet to class. Reading the Sample RA Essay before class is highly recommended but not required.

-Consider revising Essay 1 and submitting it as a Personal Essay, to the Judith Walter category of the LAF Writing Competition: openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/literaryartsfestival

-Remember, you should expect to spend up to 3-4 hours on homework and prepping for class!

Finally, here’s some notes from our Lab today: the sample Outline on Why We Don’t Write Outlines, and the sample outlines with “bad”/inconsistent Step 2 sentences.

 

Why we don’t outline:

 

• Time constraints

• We think we know what we’re going to say

• As you’re writing, you “think as you go” – the ideas flow better that way

• Outlining is better because… (ensures each paragraph has a point)

 

What’s wrong with the following outlines?  Identify the “wrong” Step 2 sentence.

Oxygen is essential for life.

-It helps keep trees alive.

-People need it to breathe.

-It helps to start fires (OFF-TOPIC – fire threatens life!)

Football practice is exhausting.

-You run until you’re so tired you can hardly move.

-You drive people out of the way until your legs feel like rubber.

-Afterwards you’re so tired you don’t feel like doing homework.  (CAUSE IS NOT EFFECT)

Painting a Room requires care.

-Preparing the room for painting requires care.

-Cleaning up afterward requires care.  (Not about the CENTRAL ACTION; WRONG SEQUENCE)

-Applying the paint requires care.

 

Best,

Professor Kwong