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Week 7: Unit 1 Due 10/11

October 4, 2021 / Caroline Chamberlin Hellman / 0 Comments

The Scents of the Autumn | Dexter and Mason

Transforming your rough draft into a final draft
- How can a piece of writing be improved? What is the difference between revising and proofreading?
- Follow the Writing Process guide for the *quote sandwich* and *essay formatting*
- Quote Sandwich Steps

Complete Peer Review with partner (in class). Share google doc link with partner or email them feedback.
Revise Unit 1 essay with feedback from Writing Center tutor, Professor, peer review partner
Copy and paste your partner’s peer review feedback at the end of your essay document.
Upload your final draft to the Google Drive Unit 1 folder by 10/11 (Major Assignments–> Google Drive–>Unit 1)

Save the Date- Special Event and Extra Credit

September 27, 2021 / Caroline Chamberlin Hellman / 0 Comments

On Tuesday 11/16 1-2pm, there will be a Zoom discussion of City Tech’s award-winning SoHo Memory Project documentary, featuring Prof. Josh Kapusinski (COMD, Moving Pixels Club Advisor), Jonathan Baez (City Tech alum and cinematographer), and Or Szyflingier (alum and director). We will record the event and share out afterwards for anyone who cannot attend, but the live Zoom event will be a special opportunity to hear from alums who did groundbreaking work, and participate in Q&A.

Kyle Spencer, “The Memory-Keeper of SoHo” (2015)
Or Szyflingier and Jonathan Baez, “The SoHo Memory Project” (2020)

SoHo Memory Project: The Documentary | SoHo Memory Project.

Week 6: 9/27, 9/29 (Draft Due in Google Drive 10/3)

September 27, 2021 / Caroline Chamberlin Hellman / 0 Comments

Mentor Texts
- Modeling connection: 2019 LAF student video on Olivarez
- Modeling use of detail
  - Barack Obama, A Promised Land (excerpt) and Interview
  - Mamadou Diallo, “A Rare Gift”
  - What do the details in Obama’s A Promised Land and Diallo’s “A Rare Gift” illustrate?

Resource Library
- Writing Process PPT
- How to Write a Summary PPT
- In addition to Obama and Diallo above, other possible texts for connection:
  - Diana Diaz, “Overnight Pandemic” (2020); Caroline Hellman, “In Defense of the Classroom” (2020); Mike Bunn, “How to Read Like a Writer” (2011); Toni Morrison, “The Reader as Artist” (2006); José Olivarez, “Maybe I Could Save Myself by Writing,” “(citizen) (illegal),” and “Mexican American Disambiguation” (2018)

Deliverables
- Schedule appointment at Writing Center before final draft of Unit 1 is due Friday 10/8
- Upload your Unit 1 Rough Draft to the Google Drive by Sunday 10/3

Author: Caroline Chamberlin Hellman (Page 5 of 7)

Week 7: Unit 1 Due 10/11

Save the Date- Special Event and Extra Credit

Week 6: 9/27, 9/29 (Draft Due in Google Drive 10/3)

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