{"id":148,"date":"2023-01-24T10:44:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T15:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/esl-96-1803-spring2023-your-reading-and-writing-class\/?page_id=148"},"modified":"2023-03-08T15:50:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T20:50:15","slug":"week-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/esl-96-1803-spring2023-your-reading-and-writing-class\/week-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 1: Your story, Jan 26-Feb 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In class Tuesday 1\/26:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Let&#8217;s get to know each other<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Course site on the OpenLab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In-class essay practice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Student information forms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Asynchronous\/ on your own&#8211;complete before we meet on Tuesday, 1\/31.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sign up for BMCC OpenLab (see instructions&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/blog\/help\/how-to-sign-up-and-log-in-to-bmcc-openlab-students-staff-faculty\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) if you haven\u2019t done so yet. Once you are a member, either accept my invitation to join this course or request membership to the course (whichever option you see).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Introduce yourself on the course site. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/esl-96-1803-spring2023-your-reading-and-writing-class\/class-members\/\">here<\/a>. Next, check out what your classmates have posted. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Who Are You?<\/strong> What is your life story? Would you need to write a memoir to explain everything, or would you be able to select one event from your life that helped shape you as a person? For your introductory post, you are going to write a memoir of your life, but there is a catch\u2013you only have&nbsp;<strong>six words<\/strong>&nbsp;to portray yourself however you wish to get a message across. Here is a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0ZOxhHXZW6o\">3-minute video with examples<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sixwordmemoirs.com\/\">a resource site<\/a>&nbsp;if you\u2019d like to learn more about the 6 word memoir and see more examples. <strong>Post your memoir in Conversation\/ Who Are You? by replying to my prompt.<\/strong> Next, check out what your classmates have posted, and comment on their memoirs. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to succeed in this course? What do you think? Please explore our course site. Can you locate the following: course syllabus, announcements, my Let&#8217;s Chat Hours? <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check out our course site on&nbsp;Blackboard + take the Orientation on Blackboard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Watch this two 2-minute videos:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rUO8Qvcs7cY\">Student Success- Time Management<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Watch another 2-minute video:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SMnjShkHCug\">How to Write a Professional Email For Students by Students<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finish in-class work from 1\/27 if you need extra time or were absent: go to Blackboard\/ submit here and take the essay practice + submit the student information form. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In class Tuesday, 1\/31: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Show and Tell <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Communal quiz: Create and take the How to be successful in this class quiz\/ Quiz 1.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brainstorm class topics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Asynchronous\/ on your own&#8211;complete before we meet on 2\/2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Find a source on one of the topics you selected in class on 1\/31.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Post a link to the article and summarize it. Post your work <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/esl-96-1803-spring2023-your-reading-and-writing-class\/2023\/01\/31\/your-article-2-2\/\">here<\/a>. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be ready to tell us about your article in class on 2\/2.  <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 2: Feb 2 <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In class on 2\/2<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Class rules (create as a class)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vote on best topics for the class<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review HW<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Introduction to Perusall + annotating<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Asynchronous\/ On your own before 2\/7<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/esl-96-1803-spring2023-your-reading-and-writing-class\/2023\/02\/02\/conversation-1-is-zoom-crushing-students-spirits\/\">Conversation 1<\/a> on the OpenLab. 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