More practice for the Final Exam: Ā (Optional, but highly suggested) Write an essay based on the reading you are doing in the NYTIMES on food insecurity (link here). You can choose from one of two prompts: Sample Test 1101 Food Insecurity

Also for Dec 11: Practice AssignmentĀ  (optional) for the Final Exam. I recently introduced you to this book, titled THEY SAY/I SAY. Read the Introduction (you can read all the pages leading up to the Introduction as well ā€” itā€™s all good, but here I am asking you to focus on the Introduction). Then, follow writing prompt number 2 at the bottom of page 15 and write your own version. You should be able to access a free pdf version of the book here:

http://www.drivelearning.org/uploads/4/4/1/1/44110523/they_say_i_say_3rd_edition.pdf

Bring your writing to class to discuss.Ā  Reminder: our Final Exam is Monday, Dec 16.

Dec 11: Notebook Submission Day. See this document for the order. Notebook Day Submission Format

Dec 4 will be the due date of the final draft of your Research/Inquiry Project. Here is the format I will expect you to follow on research paper submission: ENG 1101 Research Submission Format v01

Nov 18: You will have complete both your worksheets for Unit 3, including a 4-paragraph (minimum) proposal for research with sources listed. You must show both of these completed tasks to the Professor for approval today, including your preferred form of final inquiry project: Presentation (15 minutes with documentation and source citation) or 800-word paper with citation. Worksheets 1 and 2 are available for download on our recent blog posting, direct link here.

Nov 13: Your Genre Switch assignment is due. Make sure it is stapled, in proper order, and (please) staple your graded Recipe at the back. You must also complete Worksheets I and II for today. If you have not already done so, hand in your MLA citations of your top 5 influences.

Nov 11: Bring in your genre work in progress. Your MLA citation sheet of your top 5 influences is due today, typed. On the front page of this site is another couple of links to some helpful resources, if you are interested.

Nov 6: Bring in an example of at least one genre (form of writing) that is pertinent to you. (Think of this as “show and tell.”) We suggest you choose a form that is impactful for your future career/future academic major.Ā  On your worksheet, be sure to analyze this genre — use more paper if necessary. You will complete your worksheet by the end of class, and (with the professor’s approval) come up with a formula for your next Genre Switch Assignment. This assignment will be due in its final, typed format (specifications will be outlined next class), on Nov. 13

Also, for Nov. 5. Share your list of the top 5 cultural influence that have really formed you as a person.
Books are preferable, but movies, songs/albums are also fine. You are also creating another, formal version of this list in MLA Citation Format. Do the best you can. Share your efforts in class if you are having difficulty. This Citation list will eventually be typed, and due on Nov. 11

For Nov 4: Bring in your list of top 5 cultural influences — not just favorites, but influences that have really effected who you are as a person. Books are preferable, but, as we discussed, movies and musical albums/songs are also fine. You are attempting to write these in MLA Citation Format. Discuss what is causing you difficulty. The final version of the formal, Citation version of this list will be due Nov. 11.

Also: be prepared to discuss the letters that were distributed in class.

Oct 23: 1) Think about a person close to you to whom you could write a letter. Start it. No one will read it. 2) Come to class prepared to discuss the letters you just read and also to analyze how you truly communicate with the people close to you — in what forms does this communication take place? Are you satisfied with this communication?

Oct 21: Your Literacy Narratives due, typed.

Oct 16: Notebook Check Day. To Do for Oct 16: List the many forms of writing you encounter in your daily life and in your life, in general. Can you think of as many as 50? Also: Work on your Literacy Narrative, which will be due in final form on Oct. 21. Suggestions: Think about the struggles you encountered in learning to read and write and how you overcame them. Who taught you? Who got in your way of learning? Did you get in your own way? What value does reading and writing play in your life today? How has the experience of learning to read and write shaped you as a person? Minimum length: 500 words.

Oct 7: Your ā€œrecipeā€ is due, typed.

Due Sept 23: Your Inner/Outer Dialogues, typed, clearly. See the blog post on the front page for some examples. We can discuss your progress next class. Minimum: 500 words.

Looking ahead — To be completed before Sept. 25: Take the following Orientation from the Library Website: https://library.citytech.cuny.edu/orientation/

And complete the following Library orientation quiz:

Test Your Knowledge

Due Sept 16: On your journeys and in transit: do “Inner/Outer” dialogues. What do you hear around you? What do you hear inside you? Do this a minimum of three different times, and note the time/setting. You can complete these in a portable notebook of any kind. Be prepared to read these aloud in class.Ā  Ā  If you don’t use public transportation much, you may certainly do this in public places like coffee shops, cafeterias, parks — as long as you feel safe enough to be there!

Due Sept 11: Be prepared to write your name on the board this next class and also its phonetic spelling. Read the next Helen Keller piece (The Empire State Building letter) and annotate it as you wish. Write in your notebook reflecting on what — if anything — all the readings that you have been assigned thus far have in common.

Due Sept. 9:Pick one sentence from the Helen Keller essay and write it phonetically (purely how it sounds). Read the Malcolm X excerpt and write a summary of it.

Sept 5: Look up your own name in an etymological dictionary and tell us its literal meaning and source. Also, tell us the story (back story) of your name (how you got it/why).

Look up one of the D words in an etymological dictionary.

Sept 4: Read the essay by Helen Keller. Circle all the vocabulary words you don’t know. Add them up (how many?). Look up two of their definitions and USE those words in real life in conversation with that special person and RECORD how that conversation went.