Reflecting Out Loud: Exposing Students to Revisions in Teaching
This blog post was originally published on the WSU Teaching Blog on October 20, 2011. This afternoon, after four days of rethinking a small group exercise we began last week, … Continue reading
Ruminating With Our Mouths Open, A Good Habit?: Modeling the Reading/Thinking/Writing Process Over Time
This blog post was originally published on the WSU Teaching Blog on November 22, 2011. Bear with me as I try not to mix any metaphors. Most of the time, … Continue reading
Theme for 1020: Students’ Prior Knowledge as a Starting Point
This blog was originally published on the WSU Teaching Blog on February 11, 2012. Langston Hughes’ “Theme for English B” keeps reappearing in my teaching life. When I taught high … Continue reading
Grade Contracts: One Year In
This blog was originally posted on the WSU Teaching Blog on December 4, 2013. In November 2012, Nicole Varty and I attended an NCTE session on grade contracts. The “progressive” … Continue reading
Continuing the Conversation on Revision and Peer Review: Self-Assessment Throughout the Process
This blog was originally posted on the WSU Teaching Blog on March 21, 2012: Nicole Varty and I recently had the opportunity to present ideas about teaching revision and facilitating … Continue reading
Materials for Teaching Workshop on Supporting Peer Response Across the Semester
Opening questions to tackle our prior knowledge: What are your reasons for using peer response? What is/are the purpose(s) of peer response in your composition class? What strategies for peer … Continue reading
This week’s connections (9.7.16)
Wary of platform overload for my composition students this semester, my external class site is on hiatus, and I’m having them work solely in Blackboard. However, I want a space … Continue reading
