Daily Archives: September 10, 2012

Class Summary for Effective Speaking 9/10

For our Effective Speaking class of 9/10, the class had to perform their Self-Introduction Speeches that included your passion, philosophy, and where you see yourself in 10 years. Through this, we got a chance to better know our classmates, and … Continue reading

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revised “fort greene dreams”

ā€œFort Greeneā€ dreams is a story about Nelson George who was a music and culture critic , journalist and filmmaker. this story talks bout his journey from the projects of Brownsville to the hustle and bustle of one of the … Continue reading

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Tutoring for First-Year Learning Community Students (that’s you!)

These tutoring sessions begin tomorrow–I hope you’ll take advantage of this opportunity. Remember,Ā Ā the first 20 students who attend will get $5 cards for the NYCCT Bookstore!  

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Class Summary

Our class on 9/10 started off with the introduction to our peer advisor; Lorna Kowchai. Lorna introduced herself and told us what she would do for us as our peer advisor. She is a student just like us majoring in … Continue reading

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in an essay

Introduction: What the essay is going to be about begins with an introductory sentence: maybe include a quotation, question, interesting idea, fact, or provocative idea that is relevant to your essay; it will depend on the purpose of your essay, … Continue reading

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Forte Green dreams

Forte Green Dreams written by Nelson George is a story that shows the great change Mr. George experienced as he moved from Ā his household in queens to an apartment Ā in forte green. As the story tells he explores Brownsville and … Continue reading

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Fort Greene Dream

The excerpt “Fort Greene Dreams” from the memoir City KidĀ by Nelson George is about aĀ music and culture critic,Ā journalistĀ and filmmaker who has moved to a new neighborhood in Brooklyn called Fort Greene in downtown. Throughout the excerpt, “Fort Greene Dreams” the … Continue reading

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Summary of “Fort Greene Dreams”

In “The Place Where We Dwell” 3rd Edition by Juanita But, Mark Noonan, and Sean Scanlan there is an excerpt called “Fort Greene Dreams” taken from “City Kid” by Nelson George. In this excerpt Nelson George takes us through his … Continue reading

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Summary for ENG 9/5

In classĀ on 9/5Ā spoke about our previous homework assignments which were to wrtie a post describing your life passion, philosphy, or where you see yourself in 5-10 years and post a picture that illustrates that. For homework we also had to … Continue reading

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