Activity 1
Please explore the main menu (top of screen) on this OpenLab ENG 101 course. Items on this menu provide important information about the class and offer links to services and support available to students.
Activity 2
Explore the sidebar menu to the right on the screen. These links bring you to the Weekly Pages for the semester. A class week begins on Monday morning and ends on Sunday night. You are responsible for completing the posted activities by the end of each week. Many of the activities will be completed during our Zoom class.
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Activity 3
Create a Commonlit account. This is a zero textbook course (ZTC), and some of the assignments will come from this interactive website. To create your account, click here, and enter course code: P4MNTSTF
Activity 4
Here is the Brightspace Orientation if you are still unsure about how to navigate the platform.
Activity 5
Read pages 3-10 “College Success Skills” in the linked Hawaii University OER.
Activity 6
Public Domain
When you are finished, submit through the Class Writing 1 link on Brightspace. To do this, navigate to the Brightspace site for this course. Click on Class Writing Module. Then click on the Class Writing 1 link.
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Activity 7
Click here for a four-minute talk about students and the use of AI.
Activity 8
From Washtenaw Community College OER, read “What Is Critical Thinking” P 75
Activity 9
Click here for a brief overview of first, second, and third-person point of view.
Activity 10
Read the short story-poem “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid
Activity 11
Click here for a reading of “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid
Click here for student reading “Silent Obedience.”
Activity 11
Click this link to short video on “Girl” in preparation for class writing activity. For this activity, students will write a running dialogue of the voices in their own lives that reflect the expectations of others.
Students will share writing in groups.
Public Domain
Activity 12
In-class Writing 2 (homework)
Activity 13
Quiz 1
This quiz checks on your knowledge of basic information about this course. Questions are drawn from this page, the syllabus, the E-learning orientation, and the Course Information page of the course.
Students have 90 minutes to complete the quiz. The quiz will be available from 9:00 a.m. Tues. March 24 through 11:59 p.m., Sunday, March 29, Once the quiz has closed, it will not be reopened and will no longer be visible to students. You must complete the quiz in one sitting. Problems occur when students leave and attempt to return to the test.
To access the quiz, navigate to your Brightspace course. On the homepage, click on the “Review Quizzes” module and select “Quiz 1.”
