Reading and Writing are Superpowers*
Revise your paper Make all revisions on a new copy of your Google Doc file; keep the original draft with your peer’s comments intact. Make multiple global changes to your paper that improve it’s meaning. Expectations: Improve your summaries of other writers’ ideas about what college is for and what they should study. Make them Read More …
An essay is a meaning-making piece of writing in which a writer seeks to make sense of the world by exploring some particular problem or phenomenon, often through the lens of some particular idea. The essayist tries to make connections among ideas and experiences to create knowledge. As you read your peer’s drafts, write comments to help the writer improve the global dimensions of Read More …
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Last updated: Dec. 6, 2019 * = concept to be tested on the final exam: Decary 209 on Wednesday Dec. 11 starting at 9:45 am and ending at 11:45 I’ll be holding office hours on Monday from 9-11 and Tuesday from 1-3 in my office. The final exam is on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 9:45 Read More …
UNE Portfolio is rolling out to the Departments of Biology and Education this semester. So, we’ll have to share the space on your ePortfolio with other classes by creating some menus and submenus. Here’s how.
Make your article multi-modal by making, finding, and embedding visual and/or audio elements that add to the meaning and utility of your article. Revise the text of your article to reference the new visual and/or audio elements and enable your readers to make use of it to overcome their challenge.
Learning targets: teach yourself how to learn, Search the internet for “how-to” articles to help you learn to write at least two of the formats available for this project. Possible formats: Q & A Top ten list How-to guide Ultimate guide Case study Latest trends Premise knock down (debunking prevalent myths about a topic) Dos Read More …
Learning targets: prewriting, idea development, synthesis, writing fast Make a list of 10 academic challenges that first-year college students might face in their first semester college. Choose three of those challenges to focus on. For each challenge, write a paragraph that describes the challenge in a way that readers will easily recognize it. This paragraph Read More …
Write a web article advising high school seniors how to thrive academically in their first-semester at college. This article can be written in an informal and engaging tone, but should draw on, link to and embed the writers, resources, concepts, skills and habits you’ve studied this semester. Your article should target one particular challenge beginning Read More …
