For those of you who were at Ground Zero, please try to step back and write about what you saw and what you learned. You want to quote people and use their first and last names. Please do not make this a personal essay. Write in the third-person.
For example: And you don’t have to use these examples.
A woman wept, and placed a white flower on a name inscribed on the edge of a 9/11 Memorial pool. “This is my daughter,” she said.
Or: “This is my daughter. She died in the South Tower,” Glenda Jones said as she laid a white rose on the name Maria Jones etched into the edge of a 9/11 Memorial reflecting pool. Then more from Glenda Jones describing her daughter.
Or, The long line outside of the 9/11 Memorial Museum moved slowly, and the area around Ground Zero was filled with people from all around the world. They came to get close, to pay their respects, or try to understand something about the worst attack on the United States in our lifetime.
You can put what you write in this folder in Google Drive:
We will put them together during the next class.
In the meantime, everyone please read this story that I wrote this week.I
It is in the first person. Don’t do that. But look at the way it is organized:
It has a lede (lead) paragraph and then the second paragraph, which we call a NUT Graf, tells you what the story is about or where it is going.
We will go over story construction in class, over and over. This is just a starter.
Any questions, just ask.
Please see the writing assignment below.
We will visit the 9/11 Memorial and Museum on September 10, 2026
It would be a good idea to get there at 1:30. Usually tickets are by reservation, but CUNY students and staff have to do a walk-up and get tickets.
- 180 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10007
- (212) 312-8800
By Subway
- A, C, 1, 2, or 3 to Chambers Street
- A, C, J, Z, 2, 3, 4, or 5 trains to Fulton Street
- 2 or 3 trains to Park Place
- E train to World Trade Center
- R train to Rector Street
- R train to Cortlandt Street
- 1 train to WTC Cortlandt
First Assignment: Due Wednesday 9/9 at 5 p.m.
Please write a short essay that answers the questions:
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Who am I?
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Where am I from?
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Where am I going.
Please try to do it by Wednesday at 5 p.m., and put it in the Drive
Do not submit a PDF.
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Put your name and preferred contact information at the top left.
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Make all your copy flush left.
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Write in paragraphs
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Include a selfie, or photo.