Class info for Monday, May20

Today is presentation day!

 

1–Please arrive on time and come prepared to give your presentation.

2–If you submit your final essay today, I will add five points to your total score.

3–Wednesday is the last class of the semester. The final essay is due in class (printed). I will provide an easy extra credit assignment to those who arrive on time.

 

-Prof. Scanlan

Class Info for Monday, May 13

Hello Class,

Here’s our agenda:

 

1–Return Quiz 4 and discuss

2–First page interview/peer review

3–Discuss presentations — Due May 20

4–In-class work

 

Homework due Wednesday, May 15: Bring a complete draft of the Final Essay to class for Peer Review. At minimum, this draft should be two full pages long and have an APA style reference (story, handout(s), interview).

Class Information for Wednesday, May 8

NOTE: I’m giving a reading today at the Open House for the Writing Center/New Creative Writing Minor event today: 2:30-4:00 in L632. This means that I won’t hold office hours today. Email any questions that you have. And stop by the event if you have time–several students will be reading their creative work.


 

Hello Class,

Here’s our agenda:

 

1–Quiz 4

2–Discuss how to search for an interview or conversation using City Tech Library database:

https://cuny-ny.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01CUNY_NY:CUNY_NY&mode=advanced

3–Q & A on Essay 3

4–In-class work

 

Homework for Monday, May 13: Bring in a printed draft of the first page of your essay. It should include:

-Heading

-Title

-Introduction

-Thesis

-Characters and scenes you want to explore

-Ethics you want to explore

-Optional: An APA reference for the interview you want to use. Use Scribbr.com

Class Info for Monday, May 6

Agenda:
–Return Quiz 3 and discuss
–Favorite story of the eight?
–Discussion of ethics and empathy in:
“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson
“Thank You, Ma’am”
“A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings.”
–Preparation for Quiz 4
–Finding an interview
Homework for Wednesday, May 8: prepare for Quiz 4 by studying the ethics and empathy handouts and these four stories:
“On the Road at Eighteen”
“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson
“Thank You, Ma’am”
“A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings.”

 

End of the semester schedule

 

 

May 1 • class discussion of short stories (“The Lottery”)

 

May 6

 

• class discussion of short stories and how to find an author interview

 

May 8

 

• QUIZ 4; first peer review Essay 3
May 13

 

• RESEARCH DAY (meet in class)
May 15

 

• second peer review Essay 3
May 20

 

• Essay 3 Presentation Day; and early submission day for Essay 3

 

May 22

 

• Final Class (Turn in Essay 3 and write extra credit report)

 

 

 

Agenda:
–New Essay 3 Instructions
–Review Quiz 3
–New Term: Empathy
–“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson
Homework for Monday, May 6: Read “Thank You, Ma’am” and “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings.” Select your favorite story and be ready to explain why you like it.

Class Info for Monday, April 15

Agenda,

 

–Freewrite

–Five Types of Ethics (handout under Readings menu tab)

–Discuss stories

 

Homework for Wednesday, April 17:

–Prepare for Quiz 3: Review the four stories on relationships, the ethics handout, and our vocabulary for short stories.

–Read “On the Road at Eighteen” by Yu Hua. Come to class prepared to talk about the characters, plot, and ethics. I posted a PDF of this story in our Readings menu tab.

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