Maybe it's not just me. . . replace journal with "informal responses" that students turn in when they are due as homework in 1213. Keep the journal in 1113, but make sure to collect it every week. Require journals to be folders instead of notebooks, though the responses can be either typed or handwritten. move rhetorical... Continue Reading →
Thoughts for next semester OR: what I’ve learned so far. . .
These are mostly notes to help me plan for next semester, so this post will probably be incomprehensible to other people. ENG 1113: Assignment sequencing: personal essay, op-ed text, rhetorical analysis, in-class exam, revision. the rhetorical analysis assignment has been quite difficult for students this semester. rhetorical analysis is a good bridge assignment to 1213,... Continue Reading →
I need
to get out of this writing funk. Everything was progressing along and then. . .BAM. Chapters 1-3 are drafted, I have 2 inter-chapters kinda drafted and ideas for the other 2. . .but chapter 4 looms over me. I just. can't. do. it. Can't bring myself to write anything. It's like I'm overwhelmed by choices... Continue Reading →
essaying the plains 