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Literary Analysis Assignment [Composition], Tuli Chatterji
Literary Analysis Assignment [Composition], Tuli Chatterji
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This assignment was used in English 102 Writing through Literature course and was designed to meet LaGuardia’s Inquiry and Problem Solving Core Competency and Written Communication Ability. Students were expected to critically reflect on issues-- such as water crisis, migration--addressed in Linda Sue Park’s novel A Long Walk to Water (2010) and then explore those issues in a global context, for instance, water crisis in Rajasthan, India, or migration from Central America to USA. Discussions prior to the assignment prepared students to study the literary text, both as an end in itself and as a bridge to other academic disciplines. …
Imrad Content Structure For Research Papers, Literary Reviews, And Abstracts For Science Writing, Debra Williams
Imrad Content Structure For Research Papers, Literary Reviews, And Abstracts For Science Writing, Debra Williams
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This activity helps students understand the structure of abstracts and the IMRAD sections of research and position papers, and analyze and synthesize complicated information by responding to specific questions in the abstract.
Writing For The Sciences: Research Paper Assignment, Debra Williams
Writing For The Sciences: Research Paper Assignment, Debra Williams
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Science literature review of research challenging students to analyze and synthesize the methods section of research papers on a specific research issue, supporting their proposal for further research.
Engl 21007: Writing For Engineers, Danielle Carr
Engl 21007: Writing For Engineers, Danielle Carr
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Writing For The Sciences, Debra Williams
Writing For The Sciences, Debra Williams
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Writing for the Sciences Syllabus: A writing course designed to strengthen students' reading, critical thinking, and writing skills in the sciences.
Rhetorical Situations In Science Writing, Debra Williams
Rhetorical Situations In Science Writing, Debra Williams
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Lecture/discussion on rhetorical situations in science writing and audience analysis. Notes are structured as questions.
Fiqws 10113 Composition For Creative Expression- Narrative Medicine, Julia R. Brown
Fiqws 10113 Composition For Creative Expression- Narrative Medicine, Julia R. Brown
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Writing For The Sciences: Research Proposal, Debra Williams
Writing For The Sciences: Research Proposal, Debra Williams
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Proposal for research acts as a frame and guide for the critical research assignment. Challenges students to develop an original research issue and explain their sources' relevance to their research.
Freshman Inquiry Writing Seminar: Literature And Psychoanalysis, Sonja J. Killebrew
Freshman Inquiry Writing Seminar: Literature And Psychoanalysis, Sonja J. Killebrew
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Syllabus, Assignments, & Selected Handouts (Fiqws-Writing / Architecture), Tim Dalton
Syllabus, Assignments, & Selected Handouts (Fiqws-Writing / Architecture), Tim Dalton
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This syllabus and its related course materials draw on readings, videos, and multimodal texts to teach rhetoric and argumentation to first-year writers through a varied exploration of questions of design, aesthetics, and access.
Note: This course was paired with a course in the architecture program.
Writing For The Sciences: Informative Review Paper, Debra Williams
Writing For The Sciences: Informative Review Paper, Debra Williams
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An informative review writing assignment that challenges students to inform the general pubic on a controversial science topic without taking a position. Source files are included.
Literary Analysis Paper [Composition], Lauren Navarro
Literary Analysis Paper [Composition], Lauren Navarro
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This ENG 102 assignment was developed in the context of CTL sponsored Learning Matters Mini-grant awarded to the English Department. The primary purpose was to assist full-time and part-time faculty in the Department with revising ENG 102 course materials to align with the Inquiry and Problem Solving (IPS) Core Competency and Written Communication Ability. This goal was achieved through several workshops, a programmatic benchmark reading, and a two-phase departmental review process that prepared assignments to be submitted to the Learning Matters Assignment Library. The mini-grant has been invaluable in helping to bring both full-time and adjunct faculty into departmental conversations …
English 1101, In The News: Researching And Writing About Social Justice, Syllabus, Colleen Birchett
English 1101, In The News: Researching And Writing About Social Justice, Syllabus, Colleen Birchett
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Writing For The Social Sciences, Maria L. Plochocki
Writing For The Social Sciences, Maria L. Plochocki
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The attached syllabus was used in the course, ENGL 21002 - R: Writing for the Social Sciences. It serves as a schedule and guide to the course, covering reading assignments, deadlines, course policies, and other essential information.
Zero Textbook Cost Syllabus For Lib 3065 (Research Methods And Resources For Writers), Christopher Tuthill
Zero Textbook Cost Syllabus For Lib 3065 (Research Methods And Resources For Writers), Christopher Tuthill
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This course explores the theoretical and practical impact of information research on writing. Students develop proficiency in evaluating, identifying, and using relevant print and web sources to locate business, government, biographic, political, social and statistical information necessary for in-depth journalistic reportage and other forms of research and writing.
Annotated Bibliography Assignment For English 201, Elida Deklein
Annotated Bibliography Assignment For English 201, Elida Deklein
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This assignment will help students of English Composition II to construct an annotated bibliography as a precursor to a research paper.
Fiqws Fall 2018: Phase 2 Assignment Prompt The Exploratory Essay, Sabina Pringle, Missy Watson
Fiqws Fall 2018: Phase 2 Assignment Prompt The Exploratory Essay, Sabina Pringle, Missy Watson
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This phase two writing assignment prompt for FIQWS 10003 - HA1 WCGI History & Culture and FIQWS 10103 - HA1 Composition for WCGI History & Culture (fall 2018) provides guidelines for writing an Exploratory Essay in which students will consider the ideas of course readings and compose an essay that demonstrates their engagement with those ideas. The rhetorical purpose of this assignment is for students to demonstrate the ways in which their thinking about language and literacy has developed so far in the course, using evidence based on interpretations, ideas, and examples as well as passages from four or five …
Aas 267 African American Literature, Anne Rice
Aas 267 African American Literature, Anne Rice
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A survey course that will take us from the early days of enslavement to the present. We will read, analyze, and discuss literary texts written by African Americans, paying particular attention to the political, historical and social context that informs these texts.
The full course site is available at https://aas267.commons.gc.cuny.edu/.
Eng 121 English Composition Ii, Dhipinder Walia
Eng 121 English Composition Ii, Dhipinder Walia
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English 121 is a continuation of the work accomplished in ENG 111. ENG 121 will advance critical reading skills and essay development with an emphasis on writing analytical essays and papers based on research in various academic disciplines.
The full course site is available at https://english121.commons.gc.cuny.edu/.
Fiqws: Writing And Social Justice, Thomas Peele, Caitlin Geoghan
Fiqws: Writing And Social Justice, Thomas Peele, Caitlin Geoghan
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The syllabus describes a FIQWS course in which students explored social justice themes.