City Tech OpenLab



NYCCT -- New York City College of Technology (“City Tech”) CUNYSEMESTER: Fall 2017 ?COURSE: ENG 1101 English Composition I Section LC32 Rooms: Voorhees 323 (Lecture) and Voorhees 326 (Lab). Tues 10:00AM–11:15AM (Lect); Thurs 10:00AM–11:15AM (Lect) and 11:30AM–12:20PM (Lab) Professor: Sarah Schmerler? Email: sschmerler@citytech.cuny.edu? Office Hours: Thurs 1–2PM Rubric of Class Instruction -- Our Assignment Schedule and? Real Time Writers? Hour (RTWH)/Reading Hour/Lab Schedule Schedules may be altered at any time during the semester. OpenLab’s ASSIGNMENT PAGE is the most up-to-date resource, and you are responsible for checking it. This is a roadmap, below, of the work ahead. Note: any decision to alter our instructional roadmap is far from arbitrary! It?s based on feedback that you, the students, give me, as well as on materials and timely resources that become available to us during the semester. It’s also based on my estimate of when we will meet for our Library Orientation, which may change. To repeat: this schedule does not exempt you from checking our dedicated class website () and the ASSIGNMENT Page in particular, as well as your emails, and working with your in-class buddy to stay on top of whatever classes you may have missed. Class Day/Date Order of Class Work, Lab Work, and Topics Homework/Due dates/ Required Materials At all timesOur website is: must check regularlyClass 1. Aug 29 Intro to Professor?s pedagogical style and approach to writing (kinesthetics, et al) Generating vs. Editing -- How to begin learning the Two-Step Writing Process (and what it will do for you in the long run); I Don?t Have to Fix You because you are not broken; The Importance of Reading and How to Read; There are Many Truths To Do In Class: Complete one or more short readings from the Oulipo Group; one or more 10-minute writing exercises based on literature of “constraint.” Note: a second “constraint” exercise may be assigned as homework. You will be responsible for this during Lab Hour on Class 2. Be prepared to consult the “Assignments Section” of our OpenLab site tonight.Read: Our short essays out loud – time permitting. Set and Begin to Practice Rules of Conduct for Writing Lab (“Writer?s Lab is a Safe Space,” etc…) We will begin to learn to Circle. Read/Paraphrase/Respond. This skill will be self conducted after we get the hang of it in future Labs/Classes (see below).Immediately: Join and Check OpenLab; check our Course Site for Materials, Syllabus, and Requirements. Purchase notebooks/journals for in-class writings and other class-participation assignmentsComplete second “Constraint” exercise, if given, in your journals (handwritten) for next class; Read “First Day Story” section on Open Lab and read at least two comments and contribute by the end of this weekClass 2. Read what we have written in previous class (Constraint Exercises and First Day Stories) and for homework, aloud, to our fellow RTW?s. Listen closely to, and thank them for, their response. Go over RTWH Rules during Lab Hour.Professor will Distribute and Assign “Notes on Beauty” by Peter Schjeldahl (handout) Write short essay in class that begins “When I see something beautiful I...” Intro to Lab Room. Move to General Bldg. Rm 208. Our new space where we: Create a Reading Room/Podcast Space. Circle up. At least 5 class members will read in Reading Room (Lab) time in G208. Go over rules of Listening and Engagement again. Everyone must/will speak in some short way. Those who do not Comment or Compliment or Critique will be “Meta Commenters/Reporters” and will give us a quick overview – or simply their impressions of – the Process. Note: This Lab format will repeat. Let’s learn to Circle / Read / Hear / Mirror / Rephrase / plete “First Day Story” activities on OpenLab by the end of this week; Write your second “Constraint Essay” (handwritten in journal) for next classRead: “Notes on Beauty” by Schjeldahl. Note your favorite and least favorite points in the essay. Be prepared to explain why in class, and to compare and contrast Schjeldahl?s view with your own for next class. Class 3 Assign 500-word Beauty Essay. Discuss freewriting. Discuss the twilight place between Generating and Editing where Selections are made from our freewriting; discuss: how do these selections begin to form Topics? First-draft short essay on Beauty will due date on or around Class 6 TBA -- check OpenLab for all due dates. 500 words. Class 4 Watch short movie “Powers of Ten” by Charles and Ray Eames. Short writing assignment. RTWH (?lab?) G208: Read/Listen/Respond Circle Time. Read our work in Progress. 5 student, minimum, assigned. Class will strive to become more like a Podcast/Self Directed each Lab. Discuss: How can we develop these ideas? Possible small groups, time permitting. Write more/expand upon Beauty Essay; develop your topics Check OpenLab for any further reading assignments from periodicals, et al. Class 5 In-Class Discussion/Reading of “First Day Stories.” Start writing another constraint exercise.Note: Be Prepared for First In-Class Journal Check Day so Check OpenLab! Continue second constraint exercise. Complete any further exercises or readings as assigned on OpenLab.Class 6 Journal Check. Students have short one-on-one discussions with Professor. Assign Paper # 2: 500-word constraint exercise During Lab/Reading Hour, possible small group circles. TBA Develop Research Questions to ask our Librarian during Library SessionDue in Class Today: “Beauty” paper. Begin work on next constraint paper. 500 words in length. Check OpenLab for due dates. Class 7 Possible Library Orientation Class. Please Check OpenLab for updates. Check OpenLab for updates, readings, assignments.Class 8 Constraint Exercise 500 words due. Watch two short videos on Helen Keller. Discuss: Is there an eye of the mind? What is the role of imagination in descriptive writing? Read Keller?s “I Go Adventuring” essay from her life story in class. Discuss. Reading Hour: 5 students present. We discuss Helen Keller, et al.Start to develop your ideas for possible research projects. Make a list of Favorite Topics. Discuss in class. Class 9Students complete Inner-Outer dialogue. All work in progress (handwritten in portable journals) that you complete in this assignment is due the following class.Work up dialogues into a 500-word paper/transcript. See OpenLab for info and format.Class 10 Reading Lab: Read Inner/Outer Dialogues. Complete exercises on using quotations in our writing. Quote each others’ essays or each others? dialogues and implement them in a new (i.e., our own, original) context. DiscussContinue to work on 500-word Inner/Outer Dialogue paper/transcript. Due next class. Class 11 Hand in Inner-Outer Dialogues.Discuss resources gained in Library Research session that we can utilize for a return to our “Beauty” essay. Prepare to revise and build this essay into a 500-word essay with quotations, and at least one citation and footnote. Spend time writing in class. Complete grammatical exercises as assigned. Check OpenLab Class 12 Grammar brush up day. Do exercises in class. Discuss proper quotation format and punctuation.Go over format of test(s), do time-budgeting exercises. Possible practice Quiz.Reading Hour. Prepare Research Topics. Prepare for journal check coming up in a couple of weeks.Class 13 Practice Midterm. Reactions. Discuss strategies. What we should look for in our writing; things we would like to improve. Check OpenLab Class 14 Mid-Term Exam. Class 15 Review Inner-Outer Dialogues. Discuss and prepare for upcoming Research Project.Class 16 Alert Students of Mid-Term Grade Statue (S, P, U)Lab Reading Hour. Class 17 Discuss: Movies! Reviews! What makes writing persuasive? Outline four different approaches that critics in the NYTimes use to put forward their opinion to readers. Discuss: How might the writers at The Daily News use different strategies? The New York Post? Look at actual copies of the papers. Free write for 30 minutes on a topic culled from the NYTimes (as per Professor instructions). Bring a copy of a local newspaper to class. If you can’t get one, bring three different reviews of a single movie by three different sources and be prep about them. Take Note of the Sources. Where did you get them? Note: try to pick a film that people are likely to disagree about. It’s more fun to read!! Class 18 Journal Check 2 RTWH: Continue exercises of diagramming articles from the NYTimes with highlighting pens. Look for Description, Analysis, Judgment, and Context. Discuss: What are some of the common pitfalls of writing? Read/review information on sentence variety et al from Online source OWL. Link: owl.english.purdue.edu/ owl/resource/573/1/ provided by Professor. Class 19 Paper topics discussed. Read aloud: Jane Jacobs, “The Use of Sidewalks” from The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) And/or watch Nina Simone. Complete writing exercise.Read remaining excerpts of Jane Jacobs essay (pdf available via group email or via blog). Complete writing exercises in your journals and be prepared to discuss.Class 20 Discuss Jane Jacobs Essay in Reading Hour.? Read aloud from Ta-Nehisi Coates? Between the World and Me (2015) et al.Analyze these two authors? style and approach. Who are their readers? From what point of authority do they speak? Continue to work on your Research Project. Class 21 Free-write for 30 minutes in class on Your Research Paper Topic. Summarize. Discuss this summary in Groups. Discuss. Can we find alternate methods for visualizing our paper’s development? Introduce Mind Maps. Demonstrate on board. Finalize your Thesis Statement. Be prepared to present it. Class 22 RTWH: Divide up into groups. Create Mind Maps for our papers. Get feedback from other members of the group. What problems are we encountering? What solutions can be offered? Reading Hour: 5 students, minimum, present. Discuss Mind Maps. Find one alternative for solving our own problems from another person?s Map. Read/Consult Stephen King’s On Writing (selection)Make a hard copy (second draft) of your Research Paper (yes, it is in progress) for use during next class. Bring to class. Read: Stephen King’s On Writing (selections) Class 23 Review page 90 in Rules of Thumb. “How to Work on a Second Draft.” Review how we diagrammed types of opinion voices from NYTImes and other newspaper/magazine articles. Notice if you lack, or have a preponderance of, one of these voices. Analyze your work. Make decisions about what you really want to say to the reader, and how you want to say it. Edit out anything you feel is redundant or superfluous. Complete last draft of Research Paper. Proofread. Print. Give to a buddy in class to proofread. Class 24 Review “Connecting With Your Reader.” Review “Format for College Papers” pp. 98–100 in “Rules of Thumb.” RTWH: Trade papers in class. Read each other?s papers. Suggest final proofreading changes. Discuss: Sentence variety. Final Research Paper is due soon. Finalize all your work. Do your citations prove your point? Is your citation style accurate? Are your margins and typing conforming to Class 25 Final Research Papers Due. Clean up your Journals. Arrange to Make up any missed class participation-grade assignments with Professor approval. Professor reading: TBD. Professor reading: selections from Bird by Bird by Annie Lamott.or Stephen King’s “On Writing”Final Research Paper due. Clean up your Journals. Make up any missed class participation-grade assignments with Professor approval. Class 26Final Journal check. Longer one-one-one discussions with Professor. Discuss party -- format of readings; things we might want to contribute. Presentation on the art of keeping a notebook/ diary, and other diaristic based art forms. Examples from the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Examples from MoMA’s and the Morgan Library’s archives. Possible guest speaker. Choose an article for class discussion and possible party presentation from recent newspaper reading assignments or magazine (pending Professor approval); be prepared to discuss in class. Practice reading passages aloud. Class 27 Review for Final Exam. Practice Exam. Strategize. Go over procedures -- how can we complete an entire essay within 1 hour?: using extra paper; brainstorming; budgeting time wisely for editing process. Choose party readings for next week. (Make selections from your best work. Optional newspaper or magazine articles that are pertinent to the discussion in class may also be quoted from.) Practice reading aloud. Class 28 Party. Refreshments. Readings by Students (excerpts from journals, essays, et al). Exhibition of private and other notebooks if students wish. Possible Guest. Congratulations! Your work is all complete. Now: get psyched for your Final Exam. Class 29 FINAL EXAM Final Exam. This is an essay written during class time. Open Dictionary allowed. No Homework. Finally. Have a great break! Readings and Other Sources Bird by Bird by Annie Lamott.Stephen King’s On WritingPeter Schjeldahl’s Notes on BeautyJane Jacobs, “The Use of Sidewalks” from The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961)Ta-Nehisi Coates? Between the World and Me (2015)Helen Keller, “I Go Adventuring” and “Letter from the Top of the Empire Building”Nina Simone, Ain’t Got No / I Got (Life)OpenLab -- Computer Room 604 ................
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