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Red Sox 2021 Opening Day Thoughts

Posted on April 1, 2021 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Yes I’m Still Complaining about Mookie So tomorrow’s opening day. Ho hum. I find it a bit difficult to be excited about this 2021 Red Sox team. Frankly, I’m still mourning the loss of Mookie Betts, whose trade feels to … Continue reading →

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ENG 319 11.W: Closing Project 2, Introducing Project 3

Posted on March 23, 2021 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Closing Project 2 Introducing Project 3 For Next Class Closing Project 2 I’d like to go over some of the results from the survey and share a few closing thoughts. Addicted to Normal I’d like to start us … Continue reading →

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ENG 225 Week 11: Sicart Revisions, Final Project

Posted on March 23, 2021 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Sicart Revisions Final Project Possibilities Final Project Proposal Form Wrapping Up Project 2 Office Hours Friday Sicart Revisions I have graded the Sicart papers. Due to COVID, I did not invest as much time in them as I … Continue reading →

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ENG 225 8: Analyzing Data, Writing Methods, Drafting a Report, and Planting a Seed

Posted on March 9, 2021 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Analyzing Data Writing/Examining Methods Planting a Seed Before the Start of Break Analyzing Data Soon we should have all of our data collected/submitted. The Thursday class has until tomorrow to get their work done. Once completed I will … Continue reading →

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ENG 319 8.M: Project 2 Final Expectations

Posted on March 8, 2021 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Reviewing Papers (I still have 3 to do) Expectation #1: The Reflection Expectation #2: The Letter Random Introductory Thoughts As I indicated when we started this project, I was working to develop a space/time in which we could … Continue reading →

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ENG 225 Week 8: Conducting Primary Research

Posted on March 2, 2021 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Reviewing Week 7 Methodologies Developing and Testing Week 8 Methodologies Williams and Bizup, Characters and Actions (Time Permitting) For Next Class Reviewing Week 7 Methodologies I’m going to spend X minutes per team reviewing their corpus collection methodology … Continue reading →

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ENG 319 8.M: Ore/Kendi/Coates Write Ups, Paper Responses, Analyzing Articles

Posted on March 1, 2021 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Double Back to Pew Center Responses Analyzing Articles Double Back to Pew Center On Friday, I shared a link to the PEW Center, and I mentioned that the final results of one of the polls “was complicated,” and … Continue reading →

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ENG 319 7.F: Coates & Kendi Write-Up; Building Our Corpus

Posted on February 26, 2021 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Write Up #5 Building Up Our Corpus For Next Class Coates and Kendi Write-Up Two things that I will likely want to highlight: This. Which maybe becomes more meaningful when we consider the ethos of the source. And … Continue reading →

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ENG 225 Week 7: Developing a Research Methodology

Posted on February 23, 2021 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Annotation Turn in Activated in Canvas Methodology as Recipe Reviewing the Homework Team Sign Up Methodology Brain Storm Team Sign-Up and Methodology Development The Chaos of Team Collaboration and One-Day a Week Groups For Next Class Annotation Turn-In … Continue reading →

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ENG 319 6.F: Project 2

Posted on February 19, 2021 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Project Two Calendar Project Two Opening Tracks: Jimi Hendrix’s “How would you feel?” NWA’s “Fuck the Police” Ice Cube’s “The Product” Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name Of” See the liner notes to Evil Empire (1996), … Continue reading →

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