Author: Eric Drown

A Writing Fellow is a student writing coach embedded in the course. Writing Fellows are trained to assist you as you work to improve your reading and writing skills. We’re lucky to have Michaela Godzik as our Writing Fellow this semester. Michaela understands what it takes to be successful in this course. Use her as Read More …

Audio: https://www.wnyc.org/story/invention-race Transcript: https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/218457/transcripts/462776

Learning Outcomes Active & Critical Reading Writing as a Recursive Process Integrating Own Ideas with Those of Others and Academic Conventions Critique Own Work and Others’ Sentence Level Control Rubrics Active & Critical Reading Writing as a Recursive Process Integrating Own Ideas with Those of Others and Academic Conventions Critique Own Work and Others’ Sentence Read More …

Draft The 7 habits of the creative mind – Habits The 4 devices you can use to connect parts of writing together – TS/IS Voice markers – TS/IS Signal phrases – TS/IS Quotation framing – TS/IS Annotation: name/describe basic, intermediate, advanced strategies Templates for “who cares” – TS/IS Templates for “so what” – TS/IS Naysayers – TS/IS Miller & Read More …

Homework Pro Tips TL;DR doesn’t apply on the course schedule page. Actively read every word of the homework instructions, paying particular attention to the action words (often highlighted in bold). Preview the homework at the end of class (or immediately after) to see how long it’s going to take you to complete it, how challenging Read More …

Good writers know how to ask generative questions – ones that lead to writing, deeper understanding, and idea development. You should learn to write: Questions that prompt you to notice and focus on key words, phrases, concepts, and examples Questions that prompt you to invent examples to test ideas Questions that prompt you to put Read More …