Hello Scholars Please continue working independently and in your groups today. Please remember the following due dates: *Sunday November 15th by 11:59 p.m.: rough draft of your Grant Proposal Abstract/ Problem Statement emailed to me by one group member with other members CC’ed on the email. *Monday November 16th by 11:59 p.m.: final draft of your Student’s Choice Assignment submitted in Blackboard Assignments. Next Monday we will discuss your Abstracts with our guest speaker. Thereafter, I will be creating a schedule to meet with each group individually. I will also be available for office hours at  our normal zoom address today from 9:30 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. See you in …

Hello Scholars, Thank you for your excellent participation in today’s class. Please remember to do the following this week: 1. Post your Gantt chart or project timeline in your Group section by 11:59 p.m. tonight, 11/09. 2. Post your Abstract/Problem Statement in your Group section and have one group member email it to me (CC all group members) by 11:59 p.m. Sunday 11/15. 3. If you have any overdue assignments, please contact me by email (ybrener@ccny.cuny.edu) or text (917-650-0515) so we can make a plan. Please continue working in your Grant Proposal Groups. This coming Monday November 16th, we will meet on Zoom with professional …

Hello Scholars, Today we will meet in our Zoom Classroom at 9:30 a.m.. We will talk about the next steps for your Grant Proposals. I will also take any remaining questions about your Student’s Choice Assignments. See you in class! Yolande

Hello Scholars, Please use today’s class for independent study. You can continue working on your Student’s Choice Assignment, critique a member of your Accountability Group (by tonight at 11:59 p.m. please), or meet virtually with your Grant Proposal Group to brainstorm ideas and work on you Group Agreement (due Friday November 6th) or Timeline (due before class Monday November 9th). Here again is the Grant Proposal slide show.  If any of you are using this time to update your Final Portfolio, there is a link to the video of the portfolio-building class in today’s Blackboard announcement. The portfolio section starts about ten minutes in. If you have any questions or …

Hello Scholars, This Wednesday, please use our class time for independent study. I will be available for office hours and to help with any Final Portfolio questions during our normal class times at our normal zoom address. Please review the Student’s Choice draft of at least one of the peers in your Accountability Group by Wednesday November 4th at 11:59 p.m. The final draft of your Student’s Choice Assignment will be due on November 16th. Please complete your Group Agreement for the Grant Proposal Assignment by Friday November 6th at 11:59 p.m., and please email it to me. When you email me any items for your …

Hello Scholars, Today’s synchronous meeting is optional for students who wish to discuss any issues related to their Op-Ed, Student’s Choice, or Final Portfolio.  I recommend that everyone attend, since we have a number of topics to go over this week.  If you do not attend our Zoom session today, please use the time to work independently. See you in class, Yolande

Hello Scholars, Today we will meet on zoom at 9:30 a.m.  We will  talk about remaining issues connected to the Op-Ed Assignment. Then we will start talking about the Student’s Choice Assignment. I’m hoping that this assignment will allow you some freedom to pursue a personal interest either in subject, genre, or both. Please come to class prepared to talk about your proposal, and about what makes a good example of your chosen genre. See you in class!

Hello Scholars, Tomorrow, Wednesday October 14th, we will meet on zoom at 9:30 a.m. The link is in Blackboard. We will start talking about genres and the Student’s Choice Assignment. If you have remaining questions about the Op-Ed, please let me know or bring your questions to class. See you in class, Yolande

Hello Scholars, Please continue working on your Op-Ed Essays. I’ve asked you to submit a First Draft or Free Write in the Op Ed Free Write section in Blackboard, and Annotated Bibliographies for two sources in the Annotated Bibliography section in Blackboard. The current due dates are 10/12, but since we don’t have class on that day, I will adjust the due dates to Wednesday 10/14 at 9 a.m. Our Zoom Classroom will be open today between 9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. for optional drop-in sessions. Please remember you can always schedule meetings with me at other times, and you can always email me at ybrener@ccny.cuny.edu, or text me for short answers …

Hello Scholars, I hope you enjoyed Monday’s excellent library session.  Here are some useful links shared by the librarian:  Library website: https://library.ccny.cuny.edu​ English composition course guide: https://library.ccny.cuny.edu/composition I am also sharing the slide show here, in case you find it helpful. Information Literacy slides.pdf  Due to the popular vote, this Wednesday’s zoom session will be optional and I will be available for the full session from 9:30 until 10:45 a.m. for one on one meetings and questions.  Before our next meeting, please do one or two pages of free writing on the Op-Ed topic of your choice. This means just freely write down …