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
WSU Teaching of Writing Conference 9.10.16
Information about WSU’s Teaching of Writing Conference, hosted by the Rhetoric and Composition Program: https://wsutowconference.wordpress.com
Video: How will this inquiry-based composition class work?
Video I created for my online writing students to explain how the principles of inquiry-based learning will be integrated in our asynchronous class. (New inquiry: when will I have time … Continue reading
Post 7
Originally posted on Maram Khalifah:
I want to start with a small story about my favorite apple pie my mom used to make. That pie was so perfect in every…
Post 7
Originally posted on fv1168:
Just some background information on my paper so far: My question is, why does America have the 7th highest cancer rate in the world? So far…
Project 5 – Turning Mistakes Into Lessons
A thorough and interesting discussion of revising the I-Search project with some great description of features of the I-Search genre: “When revising the project I imagined myself telling a close … Continue reading
Adrienne Jankens 