Monthly Archives: September 2014

Dear Students, In reading through your generally excellent RWA2 responses to Sherman Alexie’s essay, I noticed that many of the most interesting paragraphs contained in the assignment read like draft paragraphs.  As a result, for this group assignment, I’d like … Continue reading →

For anyone interested in doing an extra credit assignment, here is one! First, please watch the 12-13 minute video on the following website: http://thewritingcode.com/   and WHILE YOU ARE WATCHING it please take notes in order to respond to the following … Continue reading →

Please feel free to post any and all questions that you have about the Week 3 Assignments as a comment to this blog post. Since we did not have any time to discuss the Week 3 Assignments in class AND … Continue reading →

Please leave a comment to this post in which you write one paragraph describing HOW you brainstormed for the Personal “Literacies” Narrative Essay and a second paragraph describing YOUR SPECIFIC APPROACH/FOCUS for this essay. Regarding HOW you brainstorm:  Did you … Continue reading →

Dear Students, Each week, I will ask one of you to post your notes from our Tuesday class session, and to make a list of ten to fifteen keywords discussed.  Since I did not ask any of you to post … Continue reading →

GA2.1:  Please read through Professor Rodgers’ responses to student questions in the GA1.2 blog post.  If you find that your questions have still not been answered, please post your question(s) there. GA2.2:  Please read through the introductions that your classmates have posted … Continue reading →

Dear Students, There are three types of weekly assignments for this course:  the Learning Journal (LJ), the Reading and Writing Assignment (RWA), and the Group Assignments (GA).  Most of you have already completed the GAs for this week ;) by … Continue reading →

Dear Students! I’m thrilled to see that so many of you have been able to a/ navigate the CUNY IT system infrastructure and b/ sign-up for the Open Lab!  Welcome!!!!  I hope everyone has taken the time to admire Barry’s … Continue reading →

Dear Students, I’m very sorry that we ran out of time today before we had a chance to discuss the Week 1 Assignments.  Obviously, the main thing I can say about this week’s work is, “do your best.”  We are … Continue reading →