Category Archives: teaching

College Comp 9.1: Analogies (Metaphor and Simile)

Posted on October 17, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance Wednesday, Nov 9th: class cancelled Campus Climate Survey Extra Credit Opportunity: Writing Center MLA/APA workshop–Monday at 5 in Ross 0280 Workshop Volunteers Metaphor Homework Metaphor In today’s class I want to focus on analogies (metaphors and similes). … Continue reading →

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College Comp 8.2: Making Data Meaningful

Posted on October 12, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance Confirm Workshop Volunteers Office hours UNECE’s “Making Data Meaningful” Washington Post article Homework UNECE’s “Making Data Meaningful” I want to start today by examining the UNECE’s (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) guide for scientists and statisticians, … Continue reading →

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College Comp 8.1: Logos

Posted on October 10, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance Flu shot? Workshop Volunteers Logos Homework Logos I want to do a presentation today on logos, the rhetorical term for forms of proof. Homework I want you to argue in favor of a statistic this week. Frame … Continue reading →

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College Comp 7.2: Improving Syntax

Posted on October 5, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance Workshop Volunteer Confirmation Style Exercise (Canvas Quiz) Writing Homework Workshop Volunteer Confirmation Let’s do this. Style Exercise Today we will be working from Williams and Bizup’s Style, working on sentence syntax. Williams emphasizing moving from subjects and … Continue reading →

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College Comp 7.1: Paraphrasing and Summarizing

Posted on October 3, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance 3 Workshop Volunteers Paraphrasing and Summarizing Homework Paraphrasing and Summarizing Workshop This semester I have asked you to summarize quite a bit of reading. I think the quality of your reading summaries are inconsistent, and a few … Continue reading →

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College Comp 6.3: Workshopping

Posted on September 30, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance Friday Night Speaker Series Duffett, Ideology, Participatory Culture Workshopping (Maddison and Ryan) Homework Duffett Quiz Questions First, the quiz questions: In what ways have academics traditionally understood fandom? Provide at least two perspectives. (Adorno vs. Jenkins: What … Continue reading →

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College Comp 6.1: Kairos and Stasis

Posted on September 26, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance Reminder: Writing Center workshop on Thesis Statements at 5:00 in Ross 0280 Workshop Volunteers (3) Kairos Stasis Duffett Review Homework Workshop Volunteers To simplify, please email me a copy of your workshop piece, as an attachment (preferably … Continue reading →

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College Comp 5.3: Links, Transitions, and Evidence

Posted on September 23, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance Campus Climate Survey Writing Center on Thesis Statements Look for my feedback (Dulce, Sydney, JaRay, Elena, Hannah) Links, Transitions, and Evidence Workshopping Reviewing Homework Links, Transitions, and Evidence We are at the part of the semester where … Continue reading →

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College Comp 5.2: Reviewing Writing, Direct Quotation

Posted on September 21, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Reviewing Writing Direct Quotation Writing in Class

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College Comp 5.1: Ambiguity, Precision, and Clarity

Posted on September 19, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance Issues with Google Drive Workshop Volunteers Computer Lab Using Precise Language Google Drive We are making progress, but we still have a few issues with setting up the weekly writing reports in Google Drive. Link to the … Continue reading →

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