- Read and annotate Amy Tan, “Mother Tongue”. You can find Tan’s essay in our electronic textbook, Join the Conversation, which you can access at Perusall.com, following the instructions provided on the syllabus. Your annotations are due by 12:00 pm on Wednesday, Sept. 6th.
- Please spend some time reading your classmates’ introduction posts here on the blog. Please comment on at least three posts. Share your comments by Friday, September 8th.
Author: JSylvor
Assignments – Week #1
- Read Malcolm X, “Learning to Read”, an excerpt from his autobiography. You can find the reading under the “Texts” tab at the top of our blog. In a short blog post (150-200 words), share your reactions and observations about the text. What details from the text made a strong impression on you? What do you make of the author’s description of what he calls “a homemade education”? Could you identify with any elements of this narrative? Please share your response before our class on Wed. Aug. 30th. Bring the hard copy of the text with you to class.
- Create an introductory post on our class blog. In approximately 300-400 words, describe yourself. It’s up to you to decide what you’d like to share; please also let us know what name you’d like us to use to address you in the classroom and on the blog and what pronouns you’d prefer. Include an image that represents or captures you in some way, and explain why you chose it. This could be a photograph of you, or it could be an image of something else that speak to you and reflects some aspect of your identity. Please post your introduction by Friday, Sept. 1st.
- Using the information I provided on the syllabus, please purchase the electronic textbook we will be using this semester, Join the Conversation. Once you have access to the book, please look through the table of contents, introduction, and any other part of the book that captures your interest. In a comment on this post, please share one observation about Join the Conversation. This could be a general observation about the text, or a specific article that caught your eye. Please do this by Monday, Sept. 4th.
- Replace your “Bearcat” icon with a picture of yourself in your blogs@baruch account.
Welcome!
Hello,
If you are reading these words, you have found your way to our course blog. I can’t wait to welcome you to Baruch in person and to begin our work together. Our first face-to-face class will take place on Monday, August 29th at 12:25 pm in 17 Lexington Ave., Room 1113. Please leave yourself plenty of time to get to class; it may take a while as staff and students familiarize themselves with new routines and procedures, and there is often a wait for the elevators in 17 Lex. Our class on Monday should leave you with a good understanding of what you can expect from English 2100, but if you have any questions in the meantime, don’t hesitate to reach out – either in the comments below or by emailing me at [email protected]. Bookmark this site. This is where you will find your weekly assignments from me, where you can go for information about course resources and policies, and where you will be sharing some of your own writing over the course of the semester.
See you soon!
Professor Sylvor
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