9/13

  **SESSION #1 TUE. 9/13 **

 Course Syllabus

 Slides on the Course Introduction and Online Resources

A quick set of slides of our online resources and overview of the course

 In-Class Online Activity: Writing Sample -- Writing on a Movie

We will be doing this activity in our class session on Tue. 9/13. If you attend class and participate, you will be finished with this assignment.

**If you miss class, you can make this up to get some feedback on your writing.

On Google Forms, GRADED  CHECK / CHECK PLUS / CHECK MINUS DUE TUE. 9/13 (11:59 pm)

 Class Notes Session #1 -- Introduction to the Course

9/15

  **SESSION #2 THU. 9/15 **

Links to 2 World's Fairs:

 Dubai Expo 2020

 The 1939-40 New York World's Fair

 The Writing Process

 Group Work -- Kinds of Writing

 Reading: Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue"

 Group Work on Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue"

 Class Notes Session #2 -- The Writing Process and Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue"

9/20

  **SESSION #3 TUE. 9/20 **

 Standard LaGuardia Grading Symbols

These are some common writing errors with examples and codes used in the LaGuardia English Department.

 LaGuardia Writing Center, B-200

The Writing Center in B-200 can let you work with amazing tutors to solve 'hotspots' in your writing.

 ENG 101 In-Class 'Essay Map'

 The Online Writing Lab at Purdue

This is great website for help with specific writing issues (like Run-ons and Comma Splices)

 Online Activity: Using Quotes: The Basics

We will be doing this activity in our class session on Tue. 9/20.

If you attend class and participate, you will be finished with this assignment.

**If you miss class, you can make this up online.

On Google Forms, GRADED DUE WED. 9/21 (11:59 pm)

 Reading: Shirley Geok-Lin Lim's "Two Lives"

 Groupwork on Shirley Geok-Lin Lim's "Two Lives"

 Class Notes Session #3 -- Using Quotes: The Basics and Shirley Geok-Lin Lim's "Two Lives"

9/22

  **SESSION #4 THU. 9/22 **

 ESSAY #1 -- READING A PERSONAL ESSAY (DUE 10/11 and 10/20)

This is our first formal GRADED essay for our course.

"¢ A Preliminary Draft (for peer editing) is due on Tue. 10/11 for class. **PLEASE TRY TO PRINT A COPY FOR THIS CLASS TO HELP YOUR PEER EDITOR MARK UP YOUR PAPER.**

"¢ A Revised Draft is due on Thu. 10/20 (11:59 pm) for grading.

Before the 10/20 deadline, please upload your Revised Draft to:

"ƒ"ƒ"ƒsubmit101.lagcconline.com

Don't worry: We'll go over how to submit work before this deadline in an upcoming class!

In Word or Google Docs, GRADED PRELIMINARY DRAFT DUE TUE. 10/11 (2:15 pm) -- BRING 2+ PAGES TO CLASS FOR PEER EDITING!

 Combining Sentences Handout (Part 1)

Our 1st handout on grammar will help you stop RUN ONs and COMMA SPLICES and and understanding 'connecting words' that use COORDINATION.

 (Answer Key to In-class Exercises)

For the Combining Sentences with Coordination handout

 Reading: Taneisha Grant's "To Speak Patois"

 Groupwork on Taneisha Grant's "To Speak Patois"

 Class Notes Session #4 -- Combining Sentences with Coordination and Taneisha Grant's "To Speak Patois"

9/29

  **SESSION #5 THU. 9/29 **

 Starter Word File for Essay #1

 Sample Essay #1

 Online Activity: Analyzing a Sample Essay #1

We will be doing this activity in our class session on Thu. 9/29.

If you attend class and participate, you will be finished with this assignment.

**If you miss class, you can submit late online work up to 2 weeks after the original deadline.

On Google Forms, GRADED DUE FRI. 9/30 (11:59 pm)

 Analyzing a Sample Essay #1

 Robert Moses, Selected Letters, COURSE PACK, pp. 65-72

 Reading: Robert Moses, "The Saga of Flushing Meadows"

 The Saga of Flushing Meadow (Online)

 Reading Activity "The Saga of Flushing Meadow"

 'The Valley of Ashes' in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

This famous novel includes a description of the the 'Corona Dumps,' where Citi Field is today

 Group Work -- Some Historical Materials on Flushing Meadows and Robert Moses

 Class Notes Session #5 -- Sample Essay #1 and Robert Moses' "The Saga of Flushing Meadow"