Before class on Tuesday…
- Work on your U1 Major Assignment. (I strongly suggest you write at least 500 words by class time!)
- If you have a laptop or tablet, please bring it during both classes this week, because we’re going to spend most of class writing!
- Review “Citation and Formatting Guide” (City Tech Library).
- Review “MLA Style Introduction” (Purdue OWL).
- Review “Writing Transitions” (Purdue OWL).
- Review “What’s a Paragraph?” by Carrie Hall.
During class on Tuesday…
Write:
- Complete a worksheet titled “My Shitty First Draft”. You can find it under Course Profile > File Library > ENG1101 Handouts > My Shitty First Draft.
- This document will help guide you through writing your first draft of the Education Narrative, which is due 10/12!
- Continue working on your Education Narrative.
Before class on Thursday…
- Continue drafting your Education Narrative.
- If you’d like me to look at your essay, come visit me during my office hour on Wednesday from 1-2pm!
During class on Thursday, we will…
Write:
- Have your copy of “My Shitty First Draft” as well as a copy of your Education Narrative (either digital or paper) on hand.
- We’ll review the worksheet in small groups for a short period of time.
- Next, work on revising Unit 1: Education Narrative on your own for a specified amount of time. We’re going to do a quick peer review, so please spend the time wisely!
- Email whatever you’ve written to the assigned peer. When you receive your partner’s draft, quickly read and respond to the following questions.
- The important educational moment in your life was [fill in the blank]
- Your essay got me thinking about [fill in the blank]
- I was confused here when you wrote [fill in the blank] because [fill in the blank]
- I wanted to know more about [fill in the blank]
- One thing you need to work on to improve your draft is (paragraphs / spelling / transition words between paragraphs / word choice / capitalization of proper nouns / adding quotes to make the narrative stronger)
- Write the answers to the above questions in an email to your assigned peer and me (jpenner@citytech.cuny.edu) before you leave for the day!
After Thursday’s class, do the following…
- Review your partner’s comments. Review the following items online as you work on a second draft:
- For more on quotation sandwiches see the “Quotation Handout” by Carrie Hall. If you need help with citing sources, refer to the City Tech Library’s “Citation and Formatting Guide,” Purdue OWL’s “MLA Style Introduction,” or the City Tech Writing Center at https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/writingcenter/.
- Review the presentation on paragraphing by Prof. Carrie Hall. Then return to your draft and make decisions about how to break up and organize the paragraphs.
- Next, think about your reader and the direction and flow of your piece. Where do you want the reader to pause and reflect? Where do you want to push them ahead to the next idea? Where do you want to remind them of something you said earlier? Where do you want to emphasize something? Use transition phrases to direct your reader and to connect ideas. To help you integrate transitions, consult Purdue Owl’s list of transitions and Purdue OWL’s explanation of how to write transitions.
- Find a place where you can describe a person, place, or action/event using vivid description. Consider all five senses and add at least two to that description.
- Find two places where you can add dialogue and do so.
Looking to next week…
- Continue working on your U1 Education Narrative.
- Read “A Talk to Teachers” by James Baldwin.
- Listen to the Declaration of Independence.
- Read the Declaration of Independence.
- Read The Declaration of Independence Annotated by Randy Barnett.
- Read “38” by Layli Long Soldier.
Websites to review as you write:
- Review “Citation and Formatting Guide” (City Tech Library).
- Review “MLA Style Introduction” (Purdue OWL).
- Review “Writing Transitions” (Purdue OWL).
- Review “What’s a Paragraph?” by Carrie Hall.
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