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Micheal wrote a new post, Visual Syllabi and Classroom “Tone”, on the site CUNY Humanities Alliance 3 hours, 17 minutes ago
My recent composition courses at LaGuardia have asked how experimenting with a classroom’s tone can contribute to power-sharing pedagogies. One way I have thought through this question is in relation to visual s […]
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Micheal wrote a new post, A FEW FINAL EXAM IDEAS, on the site Visualizing Identity (Fall 2018) 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Here are a few paragraphs the class came up with in response to passages that may be useful for the final exam:
Alex created a superhero named El Coquí, who gained his superpowers after he received a box […]
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Micheal wrote a new post, MATT BARBOT #AskMeAnything, on the site Visualizing Identity (Fall 2018) 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Post your questions for playwright Matt Barbot here as a comment before Friday, Nov. 16.
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Micheal wrote a new post, “INTERPRETIVE PROBLEM” ABSTRACTS, on the site Visualizing Identity (Fall 2018) 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Here are the paragraphs you wrote in response to the “interpretive problems” considered last week. Good work, everyone!
1) Why does Rankine use a second-person speaker in Citizen?
A friend argues that […]
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Micheal wrote a new post, “LENS TEXT” TEMPLATES, on the site Visualizing Identity (Fall 2018) 3 months, 4 weeks ago
One way of using research beyond only summarizing secondary sources is to use a text as a “lens.” In other words, you apply an idea from one text to another. The text you “use” is called a lens text; the work you […]
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Micheal wrote a new post, CITIZEN: SMALL GROUP “INTERPRETIVE PROBLEMS”, on the site Visualizing Identity (Fall 2018) 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Why does Rankine use second-person narration in Citizen?
How does Rankine’s depiction of Serena Williams relate to the book’s broader engagement with themes of American racism?
What effect does Ran […] -
Micheal wrote a new post, “CITIZEN” SPLASH PAGE EXAMPLES, on the site Visualizing Identity (Fall 2018) 4 months ago
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Micheal wrote a new post, IS MAGNETO RIGHT? (PART DEUX), on the site Visualizing Identity (Fall 2018) 4 months, 1 week ago
So, close reading: you’ve come up with an abstract and you’ve outlined a thesis. Now what?
Now your job is to walk the audience through your reading of the text. You’ll need to use evidence from the text to […]
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Micheal wrote a new post, “EXPLODE” THE POEM, on the site Visualizing Identity (Fall 2018) 4 months, 1 week ago
Understanding a poem always requires multiple readings. Let’s practice!
We’ll read Derrick Austin’s “Silver Millennium” and “The Lost Woods as an Elegy for Black Childhood” three times each. Each time, you’ll […]
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Micheal commented on the post, IS MAGNETO RIGHT?, on the site Visualizing Identity (Fall 2018) 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Team Nightcrawler,
In the graphic Novel ” God Loves, Man Kills” one of the main character Magneto was a mutant that had a belief for all mutant kinds. His belief involved doing things in extreme matter where he […]
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Micheal wrote a new post, IS MAGNETO RIGHT?, on the site Visualizing Identity (Fall 2018) 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Despite boasting a 50+ year history, X-Men as a series has always been defined by the conflicting political perspectives of Charles Xavier (a.k.a. Professor X) and Magneto.
Xavier created the X-Men to […]
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Micheal wrote a new post, DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 9/28, on the site Visualizing Identity (Fall 2018) 4 months, 3 weeks ago
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Micheal wrote a new post, SO . . . WHAT KIND OF NERD ARE YOU?, on the site Visualizing Identity (Fall 2018) 5 months ago
Do me a favor: leave a comment on this post to a) prove to me that you can do it and b) let me know what fandom you’re writing about for your self-reflective essay. And in a sentence or so let me know how this […]
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Micheal wrote a new post, Author Interview: Derrick Austin, on the site CUNY Humanities Alliance 5 months, 1 week ago
Last semester, Derrick Austin was kind enough to headline (as he aptly put it) a “queer and fabulous” poetry reading for my Humanities Alliance-supported Writing Through Literature class at LaGuardia Com […]
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Micheal wrote a new post, WELCOME STUDENTS!, on the site Visualizing Identity (Fall 2018) 5 months, 2 weeks ago
STUDENTS!
Welcome to ENG 102: Writing Through Literature——also known as VISUALIZING IDENTITY!
At the very least, this site houses the course’s supplementary materials (in other words, the stuff you don’t […]
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Micheal wrote a new post, Making the Classroom an Object of Inquiry, on the site CUNY Humanities Alliance 1 year, 3 months ago
In working on my syllabi for next semester, I have been thinking about the connections (and disconnections) between constructing non-canonical courses and the actual spaces in which learning takes place. After […]
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Micheal wrote a new post, On the “Romance” of the Humanities, on the site CUNY Humanities Alliance 1 year, 4 months ago
Humanities Alliance affiliates were lucky enough, last month, to engage with a panel featuring LaGuardia students reflecting on their path to studying within the humanities. And—as was clearly evident in the l […]
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Micheal commented on the post, An Interview with Prof. Karen Miller, on the site CUNY Humanities Alliance 1 year, 5 months ago
Great interview. Would love to hear more voices from around LaGuardia!
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