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ENG 123 14.1: Final Presentations

Today’s Plan: Attendance Gradebook Questions Final Presentation Expectations Visual Rhetoric Crash Course Calendar Vote Final Presentation Expectations The final component of this class asks you to transform your longer research project into a concise presentation of 5 minutes. You have … Continue reading

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ENG 420 14.1: Peer Review #1

Today’s Plan: Calendar Peer Review Criteria Calendar and Final Paper Expectations First, let’s take a look at the calendar. I also wanted to visit the final paper expectations: Final Research Paper: Final research papers should be 12 to 15 pages … Continue reading

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ENG 420 13.1: Final Papers, University in Ruins

Today’s Plan: Booth’s Craft of Research Bill Readings’ University in Ruins Homework Booth’s Craft of Research As students are drafting papers, I like to share the following exercise from Wayne Booth’s The Craft of Research. I often use this exercise … Continue reading

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Red Sox 2017 Thoughts

Yes! Another baseball season. Last year was better than I expected–Rick Porcello’s turn around and the early emergence of Steven Wright gave the Sox a deeper rotation than we might have excepted (even if David Price’s performance was something of … Continue reading

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ENG 123 Digital Video Workshop

Today’s Plan Brief Introduction (2 minutes) Principles of Video Composition (5 minutes) Run and Shoot (15 minutes) Upload Videos (5 minutes) Quick Tutorial: Using Moviemaker (5 minutes) Edit Videos (10 minutes) Save, Compress, Share (5 minutes) Quick Favor: Take a … Continue reading

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ENG 123 12.2: Writing an Introduction

Today’s Plan: Attendance Advising and ENG 229 Professional Writing Introductions Peer Review Final Round Advising and ENG 229 Professional Writing Two things: first, a few of you have approached me about serving as an academic advisor. I am more than … Continue reading

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ENG 123 11.2: Peer Review Workshop #1

Today’s Plan: Resources for Surveys Peer Review Sheet Homework Resources for Designing a Survey Since a number of you are working on designing surveys or questionnaires, I wanted to spend a bit of time in class discussing them. Let’s take … Continue reading

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ENG 420 11.2: Surveys and Nussbaum

Today’s Plan: Undergraduate Research Surveys Nussbaum Homework

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ENG 123 11.1: Drafting Material

Today’s Plan: Attendance Annotated Bibliography Scores Calendar Review Workshop Groups Drafting Expectations Annotated Bibliography Scores Two criteria: number of sources (11) and word count (2000). 4 people did not turn in an annotated bibliography. Calendar Review Week Eleven Tuesday, Mar … Continue reading

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9.1: Looking Back (and Giroux)

Today’s Plan: Looking Back Giroux Homework Looking Back A passage regarding assigning difficult texts got me thinking. The passage: An example of what I believe education should look like is teaching important skills while urging creativity is English classes that … Continue reading

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