Author Archives: JSylvor

Enjoy these six-word memoirs, crafted by you and your classmates!! Stressful subway studying sessions: Need coffee. Chicken, chicken, and some more chicken. So sleepy, subway’s my second bed. Connect to connect to connect again. Things became more clear to me. … Continue reading →

For your fourth and final project of the semester, you will be finding a creative way to re-visit and re-present the topic you explored in your Analytical Research Paper. Though I called this a “Digital Re-Mix” on our syllabus, some … Continue reading →

Reading the proposals you submitted on Monday suggested to me that many of you either chose to disregard the requirement that your topic be connected to our course theme, Identity and Representation, or simply don’t understand what those terms mean.  … Continue reading →

Whether or not you are in the habit of reading the news on a regular basis, please take some time to look through some current news sources.  (Choose sources that are publishing their own journalism, not offering a digest of … Continue reading →

Please take some time between now and the end of the day on Friday, October 19th to reflect on the experience of sharing your audio essay and listening to your classmates’ essays. In a post of 350-450 words, share your … Continue reading →

Read “Rethinking the Shitty First Draft” by George Dila. How does his approach to first drafts differ from Anne Lamott’s? Which approach best describes your strategy for drafting an essay? Why? Be sure to use specific examples in composing your … Continue reading →

The bookstore received a shipment of additional copies of Join the Conversation today (Wednesday.)   Those of you who don’t yet have the book should be able to purchase it there beginning tomorrow (Thursday.)  If you have any difficulty locating the … Continue reading →

Please take care of the following small tasks before Wednesday’s class session: — Create an introductory post on our class blog. In approximately 300-400 words, describe yourself. Include an image that represents or captures you in some way, and explain … Continue reading →

This will be our course blog for English 2100: Identity and Representation.  Be sure to bookmark this site and confirm that you have been added to the blog as an author, so that you will be able to post to … Continue reading →