Writing Program Conversation: How We Teach a Reading

Writing Program Conversations: A Recommended Teaching Resource

Instructors working with the food theme in English 16 might find this video useful. Let us know in the comments.

Writing Program Conversation: Google Docs in Composition @ LIU

Please join Professor Tom Peele (English) and Norm Sutaria (Information Technology) for this Writing Program Conversation.

9:30 to 10:30 AM
Tuesday, April 17
Spector Lounge
H Building, 4th Floor

RSVP Deborah Mutnick, 718.488.1110, deborah.mutnick@liu.edu

Writing Program Conversation: Syntax

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Please join us on Monday, March 19, 2:30-3:30 p.m., in the Spector Lounge for a Writing Program "Conversation" on Syntax: Teaching the Sentence, to be facilitated by Mike Bokor and Sharman Yoffie.

Writing Program Reading/Writing/Research Conversation: The Freshman Composition Project

Attention, English Department Faculty!

Please join the Writing Program series of conversations on reading, writing, and research for a session on the Freshman Composition Project.


Tuesday, February 14
10-11 AM
Spector Lounge 


Find out what we are doing with all those English 14 exams we collected last semester. An abundance of Hershey's Kisses will be provided in honor of Valentine's Day. Please see flier for more details.

Writing Program Conversation: Technology Mashup

Please join us for the next event in "Conversations: Reading, Writing, Research," a series of conversations on reading, writing, and research -- hosted by the Writing Program.

Technology Mashup: iPhones, iPads, Flips, Document Cameras, and MacBooks in the Classroom

Thursday, December 1, 2011
1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
The Spector Lounge
4th Floor
Humanities Building

Presenters: Sharman Yoffie, Tom Peele, Deborah Mutnick, John Killoran, Mike Bokor.


RSVP deborah.mutnick@liu.edu.

Writing Program Conversation: Valuing Student Writing

Please join us for "Valuing Student Writing," a faculty development workshop to be held from 11 a.m. to 12 noon on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, in the Spector Lounge.

Writing Program Conversation: Blackboard

Please join us for a Writing Program "Conversation" on Using Blackboard to Engage Student Writing from 3-4 p.m., Thursday, April 21, in the Robert Spector Lounge (4th Floor, Humanities Building).

For those interested, a PowerPoint lesson is scheduled to follow from 4-5 p.m.

Laptop computers will be provided for use during this event.

Please rsvp to deborah.mutnick@liu.edu.

Click image to see flyer for this event.

Conversations Event (Writing Program): Reading vs. Google

Please join us for "Reading vs. Google: Teaching Reading in the New Millennium," the first of the semester's series of the Writing Program's Conversations: Reading, Writing, Research.

Professors Patricia Stephens and Deborah Mutnick (both of the English Department will be leading a discussion about how to engage students in reading beyond Google.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
The Spector Lounge
4th Floor
H-­‐Building

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Writing Program Reading/Writing/Research Conversation

Please join us for the first of a series of Conversations (formerly known as the Brown Bag Lunch Series) on Reading, Writing, and Research.

Vocabulary Acquisition:
How I Teach My Students the Meanings of New Words
Professor Sharman Yoffie, LIU Writing Program ESL Coordinator

Thursday, November 4, 2010
1:30 -2:30 p.m.
Spector Lounge
Humanities Building, 4th Floor

"What does __________ mean?"
"Well, that depends."
"On what?"

Why does new vocabulary matter so much when college students read challenging texts? Can we assume that our students know what certain words mean, words that seem obvious to us as instructors? How can we find out if students comprehend words or not? What should our approach be when they don’t know or misinterpret the meaning of a word?

Kindly RSVP to Deborah Mutnick at deborah.mutnick@liu.edu.

The Writing Program Brown Bag Lunch Series

Please join us for a series of conversations on teaching writing and reading.

Bring your lunch. Dessert and beverages will be served.

RSVP deborah.mutnick@liu.edu

Linking and Sequencing Assignments
Mon., March 8, 1-2 pm, H-Building, 4th Floor Lounge
Michael Sohn

Reading Strategies in the College Classroom
Patricia Stephens & Deborah Mutnick
Tues., March 30, 12-1 pm, H-Building, 8th Floor Faculty Lounge
Wed., March 31, 1-2 pm, H-Building, 4th Floor Faculty Lounge

Moving toward ePortfolios*
(Create your own e-portfolio--bring digital documents [syllabi, photos, CVs])
John Killoran & William Burgos
Mon., April 19, 1-2 pm, Pratt 614
Tues., April 20, 12-1 pm, Pratt 614

*Please plan to eat before or after this "brown bag lunch " since no food or drink is allowed in the Pratt 614 computer lab.