One: your teacher, with whom you can discuss your issues, ask for referrals, extensions, guidance. Find her during her office hour (Fridays 1 to 2PM on the 4th FL Atrium Bldg in the recreation room). If you can’t go, reach out to her via email.

Two: remember what Brian, the visitor to our class from Student Services told us. You can go to AG-237 if you feel you have ANY kind of special need. If your need is really overarching and feels overwhelming (stress, personal issues, anything), you can go to get counseling on the first floor of Namm, room 108. And finally, if your issue is simply that you need help completing your papers or other assignments: you can go to get English Tutoring Services in AG-31.

Three: let’s elaborate on that last resource — English Tutoring. I will copy below info sent to us about tutoring as well as SEEK info.

Don’t be shy. Please speak up!

+++++++++++INFO HERE+++++++++++++++++

“Writing tutors are available to meet with ALL 1101 Students at the City Tech Learning Center  (Atrium Building Ground Floor AG18, AG27 and AG31) from 10:00am-7:30pm Monday through Thursday, and from 10:00am-5:00pm on Fridays. Students are encouraged to bring a printed copy of the  piece of writing that will be discussed at the tutoring session, a copy of the writing assignment they are writing in response to AND a copy of the course syllabus.”

“SEEK Students: If you have SEEK students enrolled in your class, please encourage them to meet with SEEK Tutors (M402; M-Th 10am – 4pm) on a weekly or twice weekly basis.  All other students can be referred to the Learning Center Writing Tutors (AG27; M-Fri 10am – 5pm). For students who are part of the City Tech SEEK Program, additional writing tutoring is available Mondays – Thursdays 10am – 4pm in Midway 402.”

A couple of our students had a chat with me after class about things — including our in-progress website(s). One was Moesha — and I gave her her own page, called “Moesha’s World,” to do with as she pleases. Check it out, above, on the menu bar. : )

And good luck with your papers.

For both section LC 20 and C376.

On Nov. 7, we will not meet in the classroom. We will meet outside the Library, 4th Floor Atrium Bldg., instead.

LC20: 10:00AM

C376: 1:00PM

Oct. 6: your first 500-word paper is due. The Movie Review. I will accept between 400-500 words in length. Double-spaced, typed.

Oct 24: your second 500-word paper is due. Topic to be announced soon. Double-spaced, typed.

Nov 9: your third 500-word paper is due. Topic will be announced mid-October. Double-spaced, typed. (Note: this assignment also be converted into an oral presentation — at instructor’s discretion.)

Your next (first, actually) Journal Check is on Sept. 26. What’s in your “Journal”? Anything and everything you have written for, or in, class thus far — Do Nows, descriptions of objects, any vocabulary words/exercises, personal handwritten short essays, personal descriptions, literary “constraint” exercises (no “the” or “a”) plus any handouts you have received. You put them all in one place so that the teacher can see them easily. A binder, and in some cases, a spiral notebook with folders will do.

If you haven’t already done so, please join our Course. You can search under my name (Schmerler) to find it if you are having trouble. Here are some step-by-step instructions on how to join OpenLab copied below. If you have problems please write to me but do try to follow the instructions. Thanks! Here you go:

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

And here are instruction on how to join a group on OpenLab:

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