Course Overview & Annotating Texts
For Tuesday:
Texts:
- Read the Welcome Announcement (click on the reddish text) and perform the task at the end (join OpenLab and this class).
Writing:
- Write a paragraph discussing your academic interests, why you chose your major, what you enjoy reading, listening to, watching, and doing in your spare time, or anything else you want to share (include your pronouns if you wish).
- Write a short paragraph about yourself as a reader and writer. What kinds of readings and writings are you drawn to? What type do you avoid and dislike? Why do you think you lean towards certain types of texts and away from others?
- Post both paragraphs as a comment on our Discussion: Introductions post.
For Thursday:
Texts to read before class:
- Read “How to Read like a Writer” by Mike Bunn.
- Review “RWL” (Reading like a Writer) Power Point by Laura Westengard.
Write during class:
- Write a short paragraph responding to the Bunn essay: identify one specific moment you found useful and you want to try out as a reader. Quote or paraphrase this moment, and explain why this idea appeals to you.
- Be sure to title the post correctly: Full Name, Discussion of “How to Read Like a Writer”
- Save it under Discussions.
- Hit “Publish”!
Looking forward…
Please read/write the following before class on Tuesday:
- Write a short paragraph responding to the Bunn essay: identify one specific moment you found useful and you want to try out as a reader. Quote or paraphrase this moment, and explain why this idea appeals to you.
- Be sure to title the post correctly: Full Name, Discussion of “How to Read Like a Writer”
- Save it under Discussions.
- Hit “Publish”!
- Read “The Memory of My Grandmother” (City Tech student essay) by Anita Jiang. The essay is in a larger journal–you only need to read Jiang’s essay!
- Read “Chapter 7” from the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass.
- For both texts, use the suggestions presented in “How to Read Like a Writer.”
Hello, my name is Tasnim (she/her). I am currently a freshman and this my first semester here at city tech. I am majoring in the cte bachelors program and had decided this because I intend to become a elementary school teacher in the near future. However, since this major does not specialize in early childhood education, I do plan to transfer out next school year. As for hobbies… unfortunately, to be quite frank, i don’t read much but it has been a goal of mine to begin and make a habit of it. On my spare time I like to go shopping, spend time with loved ones, paint, and just relax on my bed etc. Overall, there’s not much else about me but that i wish everyone the best this semester!
I had mentioned previously that I am not a reader but want to become one. I admire those who read for fun or even for self discipline because I don’t have the commitment for that. I have started a few books for example one of them being the first harry potter novel. Enjoying the book is not the issue but that get carried away with the rest of life and never finish it. I love being indulged with mystical and romantic stories so i am drawn to those genres of books. I dislike historical, sci-fi books, or just anything nonfiction because i find it boring. In middle school i used have diary so i used to write a lot but of course not in the best grammar. Writing out my thoughts and opinions is therapeutic and helped me become more articulate.