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College Comp 9.2: Crafting Analogies

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

Today’s Plan: Attendance Office Hours Workshop Volunteers Analogy Quiz (Canvas) Review Analogy Quiz Homework Office Hours, Workshop Volunteers I’ll be in the office today from 1:15 to 3:00. Please feel free to come by if you want more feedback on … 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 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 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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Write For Market: Developing a Social Media Network with Twitter

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

Today’s Plan: Why Twitter? How does Twitter Work? Developing Your Twitter Profile From Ethos to Activity Developing Your Twitter Feed Why Twitter? As I understand it, Write for Market is focused on helping you launch your careers as creative writers, … Continue reading →

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College Comp 4.2: First Sentences

Posted on September 14, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance A Few Pointers First Sentences Your Questions Homework A Few Pointers Office hours today: 1:15 to 1:45. I can meet later if anyone wants to schedule an appointment. The Weekly Writing Report done right Digital writing and … Continue reading →

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College Comp 4.1: Quotation, Paraphrase, and Plagiarism

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

Today’s Plan: Attendance Weekly Writing Questions Plagiarism Avoiding Plagiarism Homework Weekly Writing Questions As of 10:43 this morning, only 10 people had shared the weekly writing report with me. This is bad. What’s up? If you need instructions for sharing … Continue reading →

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College Comp 2.1: Proposal Project Description

Posted on August 29, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan Attendance Proposal Assignment Proposal as Genre Homework Reviewing the Proposal Assignment Vitals: Length 700 to 1000 words (essentially, 3-4 pages) MLA or APA format with Works Cited / References list and citations where appropriate Submitted as a shared … Continue reading →

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College Composition 1.3: Possible Projects

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

Today’s plan: Attendance That’s not an embedded link Reviewing project possibilities Homework Project Possibilities The majority of class today will be a discussion about possible projects. While I was impressed by the range of topics, and think there’s quite a … Continue reading →

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College Composition 1.2: Identifying a Community

Posted on August 24, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance (11:17) Naming Finals (how to get on a prof’s good side) Clear up quiz confusion, troubleshoot Canvas (11:20) Review sentences (11:30) Syllabus (11:45) Proposal Project (12:05)

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