Final Class Today (Thursday August 10th)

​Greetings Scholars, Please meet me today in NAC 1301Z, (the interactive learning classroom on the ground floor of the library) at 1 p.m.. Today we will view your final presentations and do our final fun quiz. Your Literacy Narrative Assignment was due last night by 11:59 p.m.. If you haven’t submitted yet, either in Blackboard Assignments or by email to ybrener@ccny.cuny.edu, please talk to me today before leaving. If you still want to have your baby picture or fun fact included in our final quiz, please make sure you email them to me by 12 midday today. See you in …

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Due by Monday

Greetings Scholars, Please make sure you share your essay with your partner. I will write the list below. Please bring your annotated copy of your partner’s Literacy Narrative draft to class on Monday, either by bringing a printed copy or by emailing it to me so that I can print it.  Here is a checklist: Literacy Narrative Requirements. You can use the checklist and you can also comment freely, particularly on your favorite part of the essay, and anything that could be clearer.  By 4 p.m. today, everyone should have completed the following: One journal entry naming three things you …

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Today’s Conferences (Wednesday August 2nd)

Greetings Scholars, I have been enjoying reading your Literacy Narrative Drafts. Please note that they are only drafts at this time, and the final version is to be finished by next Wednesday after looking at my comments and after doing peer review with a trusted classmate. Please join me today at the time of your appointment. Your one on one meeting will count as your attendance (or absence) today, so please be punctual. You can attend either in person at NAC 5/150 or on Zoom. The Zoom link is available in the email sent this morning and in the Blackboard …

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Today’s Class, Tuesday August 1st

Greetings Scholars, Please meet me today, Tuesday August 1st, at 1 p.m, in NAC 5/150. Today, we will practice using the CCNY Library online, and work together in class to create complete drafts of your Literacy Narratives. There will also be a quiz on yesterday’s words: analysis, hope, cultivation, subverted, poem, inept, critical, theme, skill, and emulate. See you in class, Professor Brener

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