City neighborhoods as course themes
by Elizabeth Mannion
I design my ENG2150 course around a novel and historical event that tie to a specific neighborhood and call it Writing New York. The three core assignments are: Literary Analysis essay, group project (Team Mini-Doc), and final Research Essay; the assignments connect to the syllabus theme, which links to the neighborhood. The syllabus is readily adaptable to any neighborhood of the city and works well if a film can also be incorporated (the film provides an extra angle for developing analysis/close reading skills).
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