Author Archives: johannah rodgers

Our class tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 18, will be meeting at the library, which is in the Atrium on the 4th floor.  We will meet just outside the library doors and the librarian will then take us into the library and … Continue reading →

Apply to become an OpenLab student blogger or photoblogger! Why should you join the Student Blogging Team? Share your experiences and ideas with the City Tech community | Collaborate with a team of students | Publish your work on the … Continue reading →

Please post your GA assignment as a reply to the Week 10 Assignments post.  You can access that here: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/whatiswritingfall2014/assignmentsclass-schedule/week-10-assignments-hybrid-fall-2014/

Dear Students, Our library session that was scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, 11/11 at 11:30 am, has been rescheduled for the following Tuesday, 11/18.  As a result, we will not be meeting in the library tomorrow, but rather in the classroom … Continue reading →

For any of you looking to read more about commas–and I suspect this may be ALL of you–I hope you will check out Professor Charles Darling’s incredibly useful and interactive website on comma usage.  I think it is a terrific resource: … Continue reading →

Please post the list of the writing issues you plan to work on for the rest of the semester in response to this post, making sure to include at least one, and no more than four issues in each of … Continue reading →

This Group Assignment is in two parts: Part I: What specific questions do you have about sentences in Standard Written English (SWE) that you would like to have answered?  Please post three questions about some specific aspect of the SWE … Continue reading →

Dear Students, I’ve been really impressed with the posts and comments that have been made on our course site to date.  However, I am writing now to ask that you add one more requirement.  If someone posts a comment/reply to … Continue reading →

Please read about commas and periods in your English Handbook.  Please also review the guidelines for  Writing About Texts that you read about in Week 5.  Afterwards, please post and reply to two questions about each issue in reply to this … Continue reading →

Dear Students, I’ve just finished reviewing your wonderful paragraphs about how to write thesis statements.  They were all incredibly informative and useful.  I hope everyone will take a look at them.  I’ve made some comments on some sentence-level issues in … Continue reading →