Final Exam is Tuesday, Dec. 17. Last Class Day (attendance is required) is Thursday, Dec. 19. Last Class is a Party. See post!

For Dec 12: Practicing for the Final Exam. (Optional, but highly suggested — use your Blue Book.) 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 10: Practice Assignment  (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 — it’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.  Reminder: our Final Exam is Tuesday, Dec 17.

Dec 10:   Notebook Day. See this document for the order. Notebook Day Submission Format

Dec 5 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 19: Your four-paragraph (minimum) proposal for research is due. If you need to download the worksheets, you can go to the posting on this blog, direct link here.

Nov 14: genre switch assignment due. Two worksheets on Inquiry due for review (not formal submission).

Nov 12: bring in your Genre Switch assignment in progress. Its due date has been extended to Nov 14. Check back here for info on your upcoming Inquiry Project.

Nov 7: Yes, bring in an example of your genre. Get to work on how you will map out your next genre assignment. Complete the worksheet. By the end of class you should (with the Professor’s approval) have arrived at a formula for completing the Genre Switch Assignment.  This assignment will be due in its final, typed format (specs on how to submit it are in this handout), on Nov. 12

Nov 5: Bring in an example of at least one genre (form of writing) that is pertinent to you. We suggest you choose a form that is impactful for your future career/future academic major.  In your notebook, analyze this genre: Who writes this? Why? Who reads this? Why? What does this form of writing look like, sound like? What kind of people/community of people will understand how to read this and care about this?

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. 12

Oct 22: We will discuss letters and how people communicate through them. Be prepared to discuss the annotations and observations you made last class. If you write a letter to someone, you don’t have to show it to us. Just put it in a stamped envelope and take a picture of it before you mail it. You can post the photo to OpenLab (I will show you how next class).

Oct 17: Literacy Narrative due. Here are a few writing suggestions if you are stuck: 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?

Oct 15 : Notebook Check Day. Oct 15: You are working on your “Literacy Narratives” — your relationship to reading and writing  and how you learned and how you were taught and how you feel about language. Confident? Not? No length yet. Probably a minimum of 500 words. It will be due Oct 17.

Due Oct 10: Your “recipe,” typed. Also, in your notebooks: list 50 different forms of writing.

Sept 25: Library Orientation Day. Meet at Library at 8:30AM. Take the OpenLab Library Orientation and short quiz (links were provided, below) before attending.

Due Oct 3 : Write a recipe about your Skill. This is a first draft and it may be handwritten. (Final, typed version will be due Oct 10.)

Due Sept 24: Your Inner/Outer Dialogues, typed, are due. A minimum of 500 words. You will probably want to include more than 2 settings, but ultimately, this is up to you. Use good formatting. See suggestions on front page of this blog. You must put your name, class section # (305) and date at the top or on a cover sheet.

Due Sept 17: More/Continued Inner/Outer Dialogues. What do you hear? What is going on? Sounds, smells, conversations — all count. Inner dialogue — it all counts. Note at least three places and times. You will be typing these up in future. Be prepared to read them.

To be completed before Sept. 26: 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, 12: Start an “Inner/Outer Diary.” Listen. Write what you hear outside you in the surround. Write what you hear you saying to yourself. Do this in transit (the subway, the bus, anyplace). Do this at least three times. Keep track of where you were and when you did this for your records.

Due Sept 10: Re-read the Helen Keller essay. Say what you think is the Main Idea or a Major Idea in this essay. Then give three supporting details for this main idea. Then write a summary of the essay (short).

Read the excerpt from Malcolm X’s Autobiography. Do the same tasks as above for this excerpt. Both these activities may be handwritten in your Notebook.

Take a sentence that you, yourself, have written for this class. Write it phonetically (to the best of your ability). This can also be handwritten in your Notebook.

Continue to use your vocabulary words in real-time speech with someone you know/trust. Be sure to record how this encounter went. This, also, goes in your Notebook.

Due Sept 3: Read your first Helen Keller essay. Annotate. Circle vocab. Look up five words you don’t know. Use at least two in real conversations with real people you know. Record your actions and their reactions.

Complete necessary course tasks including: activating your CUNY email; registering on OpenLab and joining our course site; activating your library card; getting the Merriam-Webster Dictionary app on your phone, et al.

Due Aug 29: Write in your notebooks on the concept of:  summer is over, and the new term is starting. You may not use the word “the.” No length limit.

Look up the literal meaning of your name. Use an etymological dictionary, and/or consult your family.