Before class on Monday…
- 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 Monday…
Write:
- If you attended class on Thursday…
- Continue working on your U1 Education Narrative.
- Be sure to bring your copy of “My Shitty First Draft” that you completed last session and a device to type or notepaper to write on.
- Continue working on your U1 Education Narrative.
- If you did NOT attend class on Thursday…
- Complete a worksheet during class titled “My Shitty First Draft.”
- You will receive a copy from me.
- This document will help guide you through writing your first draft of the U1 Education Narrative, which is due 3/6!
- You will receive a copy from me.
- Complete a worksheet during class titled “My Shitty First Draft.”
Before class on Wednesday…
- Continue drafting your U1 Education Narrative.
- If you’d like me to look at your essay, come visit me during my office hour!
- To earn 10 points of extra credit on your U1 Education Narrative, schedule a session at the Writing Center. You can do this anytime between now and the final draft due date.
- Ask the tutor to email me after you’ve attended–the only way you’ll get those points!
- How do you schedule a tutoring session? Are they in person or online? Look here to answer all your questions!
During class on Wednesday, we will…
Write:
- Work on Unit 1: Education Narrative on your own for a specified amount of time.
- Find at least one 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 at least one place where you can add dialogue and do so.
- Email whatever you’ve written or hand over your copy to an assigned peer. When you receive your partner’s draft, quickly read and respond to the following questions on a worksheet I will provide.
- Be sure to show me the worksheets before you leave for the day and then give the worksheet to your partner!
- This will give you credit for your low-stakes writing grade (worth 30% of your overall grade)!
After Wednesday’s class, do the following…
- If you’d like me to look at your essay, come visit me during my office hour!
- To earn 10 points of extra credit on your U1 Education Narrative, schedule a session at the Writing Center. You can do this anytime between now and the final draft due date.
- Ask the tutor to email me after you’ve attended–the only way you’ll get those points!
- How do you schedule a tutoring session? Are they in person or online? Look here to answer all your questions!
- 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.
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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