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ENG 420 14.2: Final Presentations

Today’s Plan: Canvas: Two assignments Presentations Visual Rhetoric Crash Course Canvas There’s two new assignments up, the final paper draft (1 point) and the final paper (200 points). Presentations First, let’s look to the syllabus: In our last week, I … 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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ENG 420 9.2: Giroux and Academic Freedom

Today’s Plan: Calendar Update and Final Paper Information Sharing Final Paper Ideas Giroux and Academic Freedom Giroux and Academic Freedom In preparation for today’s class, I asked you to prepare papers that outline a potential research project. It is in … 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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ENG 420 7.1: Nathan’s My Freshman Year

Today’s Plan: Paper Feedback Nathan Homework: Thelin reading Paper Feedback Philosophy and Rhetoric: Plato believed that obtaining justice for one’s self was all-important, and the only way to achieve that justice was through knowledge. True, unbiased, non-persuasive knowledge in specific. … Continue reading

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ENG 420 6.1: From the Past to the Present

Today’s Plan: Discuss essays Homework: Syllabus change (readings swapped) Foundations of Education I want to go around the room and ask everyone two questions: What is your one sentence definition of education? What classical idea resonated with you the most? … Continue reading

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ENG 420: 4.2 Dewey, Pragmatism, Gatto, and The Paper

Today’s Plan: Outline expectations/constraints for the upcoming paper Discuss: Dewey Read: Gatto What is Education? Here is the original description on the website: At the conclusion of the historic stage of readings, I will ask you to compose a 1000 … Continue reading

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ENG 420 3.1: Lanham

Today’s Plan Attendance Summer Research Applications Review Last Class Articles Lanham’s Strong Defense Discussion Post

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ENG 420 2.2: Cicero’s Orator

Today’s Plan : Review Sir Ken Robinson Faulty Foundations Cicero Homework

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ENG 420 1.2: Plato’s Allegory of the Cave

Today’s Plan: Attendance Blog URL’s in Canvas Entry Question: Should Schools Teach Morality Reviewing Plato Reading Philosophy’s hero and Rhetoric’s villain Homework Discussion Post Time Blog URL’s in Canvas For Tuesday’s homework, I asked you to create a blog and … Continue reading

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