Day 1: Welcome to Brave New World!

This is our assignment space and network hub, as well as the place where I share my musings on a variety of subjects.

In class

1. Read: Syllabus 
2. Fill out this FORM. (This will be the first online activity in your Portfolio)

Annotating

1. Read and discuss (and annotate!) "Annotating" (class packet, page 1).
2. Read: "How to Do One Thing at a Time" (2).
3. Check: Annotations for  "How to Do One Thing at a Time" (3).
4. On your own, annotate "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"(4).
5. With your partner, compare your annotations. See if you agree on 

• What the main point of the reading is
• What are 2-3 important ideas other than the main point 
• What are 2-3 ideas you may want to quote later 
• What words could need to be looked up in a dictionary

    7. As a class, we will annotate an online version of the reading HERE.

Lab 

Complete these two CUNY Test tutorials from John Jay College of Criminal Justice (if you do not finish them, do so for homework):

1. Introducing the CAT in Writing
2. Understanding the directions for the CAT in Writing