Hi Class,

Remember that we do not meet tomorrow: October 4.

But we do meet Thursday, October 6. 

Here is the homework once again:

HOMEWORK due Thursday, October 6: Post second draft to essay1 and bring a printed copy for peer review. Must include a thesis, method, discussions of two favorite readings, and four quotations. Post to “Essay 1 – Second Draft.”

IMPORTANT: BRING A PRINTED COPY OF YOUR FULL DRAFT FOR THE IN-CLASS PEER REVIEW!

Cheers,

Prof. Scanlan

Agenda:

—Schedule changes.

—Freewrite: Student choice.

—Discuss instructions and outlines. All of these outlines can become an “A” final paper.

—Four definitions of home—why not use it if quotes are necessary

—Thesis, method, quotation

HOMEWORK due Thursday, October 6: Post second draft to essay1 and bring a printed copy for peer review. Must include a thesis, method, discussions of two favorite readings, and four quotations. Post to “Essay 1 – Second Draft.”

Agenda:

–Freewrite: If you could create your own world, how would it look? Use concrete descriptions.

–Return Quiz 1–discuss ways to improve

–Four definitions of home

–Readings: Rahmani and Liao

HOMEWORK due Thursday: Write a 200 word outline for Essay 1 and post to the category:  “Essay 1 –First Draft Outline.” Pay attention to the essays you like the best and your own IH.

Agenda:

1–Freewrite

2–Discuss Keller’s essay/excerpt

3–Discuss Essay 1 instructions

4–Thesis Blueprint

HOMEWORK: Read Bilal Rahmani and Jenny Liao. In your notebooks, describe each author’s Intellectual Home. Be prepared to speak in class on your findings. These might be your favorite essays so far, so please read them…they might form the cornerstone of your Essay 1.

Agenda,

–Freewrite

–Discuss Intellectual Home

–Quiz 1

–Discuss Gardner and Malcolm X

Homework due Thursday: Read Keller in Readings menu tab. In your notebook answer this question: what is Keller’s Intellectual Home?

***Note: I’ve started to point some of our key ideas in the Notepad menu tab.

Hi Class,

I hope that you got something from our very close reading of Salvatore Scibona’s personal essay.

We will continue to work on the Academic Summary on Thursday.

Agenda for Thursday:

–Freewrite

–Attendance

–Review Malcolm X and E. Santiago

–Discuss Academic Summary strategies for each essay

–Home and Intellectual Home discussion

HOMEWORK DUE TUESDAY,  Sept 13:

Read Gardner (in Readings menu tab); then prepare for Quiz 1 over readings. For each essay we’ve read, be prepared, especially, to discuss the conclusion (explicit or implicit) and each author’s Intellectual Home.

*****Find the definition for Intellectual Home in Notepad

 

Hello Class,

**This class will probably be taught by Prof. Suzanne Miller**

**Note: Prof. Scanlan will address the Coffee house homework next week…students can still submit it.

Here’s today’s agenda:

–Freewrite #2. Three minutes writing on this topic. What is your favorite place in NYC? Why? Spend a few minutes sharing ideas.

–Attendance

–Salvatore Scibona’s “Where I Learned to Read.” Most of the class will explore this essay.

1–Read: Read through the essay taking turns. Each student might 4-6 lines.

2–Characters/Writers: After reading it, list all the names of all the characters, scholars, and writers. Discuss whether we should or should not be familiar with them.

3–Paragraphs: There are nine paragraphs. Each paragraph has a job to do, such as, introduction, example, thesis, personal anecdote, conclusion. Each of these paragraph can fit one (or more) of these categories. What is your favorite paragraph? Can you fit it into a category?

4–Plot: Discuss the idea that there are two stories here: a before and an after.

5–Place: I encourage the class to wrestle with this key question: so, where exactly did Scibona learn to read?

HOMEWORK DUE TUESDAY, SEPT 6:

Read the personal essays by Malcolm X and Esmeralda Santiago (Readings menu tab), then summarize each essay using this 4 point summary blueprint:

1–Author’s name, essay title, and the thesis of the essay [ONE SENTENCE]

2–Author’s more specific thesis using the examples or anecdotes used [ONE SENTENCE]

3–Author’s style (scientific, humorous, journalistic, realistic, personal anecdote) and language (difficult, easy, academic) [ONE SENTENCE]

4–Author’s conclusion (not your opinion of the essay) [ONE SENTENCE]

KEY INSTRUCTION: EACH SUMMARY SHOULD BE ONLY FOUR SENTENCES LONG — ONE SENTENCE FOR EACH POINT OF THE BLUEPRINT.

 

This will not be turned in, please be ready to discuss your summary in class.

Cheers,

Prof. Scanlan

ps. Here’s a screenshot of how to get to the classic editor:

Switch to Classic Editor Image2

1–Click on the three small dots in the upper right corner

2–Click on “Switch to classic editor”

Hi Class,

Here’s the agenda:

1–Freewrite (study place)

2–Attendance

3–OpenLab questions and answers

4–Discuss S. Alexi

5–How to read. See the handout “Five-Part Reading Tool” in the Readings menu tab

HOMEWORK DUE THURSDAY, SEPT. 1

Read Salvatore Scibona’s short essay “Where I Learned to Read” and then post a 200 word paragraph on OpenLab in the Category “Coffeehouse #1” in Virtual Coffeehouse.

Please email me if you have any questions.

Cheers,

Prof. Scanlan

Welcome to Composition 2:

ENG1121 Section D560 

Please familiarize yourself with our OpenLab website. We will refer to it during each class as our academic home. Homework assignments, readings, reflections, and helpful links will all be posted here. In general, I will post the lesson and homework right before class. I will put the homework in a gray box and it will usually be at the bottom of the post.

Right now, the site is in its infancy, but it will grow throughout the first few weeks of class. Take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with the menu headings.

Agenda for Thursday, August 25:

1–Introduction and how are we doing these days?

2–Attendance

3–OpenLab tour

Here are links for signing up and joining my class:

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/blog/help/signing-up-on-the-openlab/

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/blog/help/joining-a-course/

4–Course Policy

5–About this course

6–Education and Home: These two concepts will form the main topic of our first major essay. Discuss the meaning and value of these concepts.

Homework due Tuesday, August 30 — before class

1–Sign up for OpenLab if you have not already done so. Register for my class.

2–Read “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie in the Readings menu tab…scroll to the bottom. And in your notes (either a physical notebook or on your digital device) write down: main characters, setting, narration style (first, second, or third person), basic plot (what happens in the beginning, middle, and end of the story), the main messages, and…did you like this essay?–Why or why not? Students will not turn in this homework; it is meant for discussion.

3–Fill out the Questionnaire below and remember to submit: