Homework due Sun. Sept. 8 at 11:59 pm

PRO TIP: There are 3 tasks this weekend. Space out your work. Task 1 – Engage “The Art of Quoting” – About 40 minutes Take the pre-test for “The Art of Quoting” before reading the chapter. Read and annotate “The Art of Quoting” in They Say/I Say. Study for “The Art of Quoting” post-test. Please paraphrase all answers to the questions by putting your Read More …

Reading & Writing Techniques in Everyday Language

Working With Other People’s Words Yield the floor/call up [signal changes in speakers] Take a picture [summarize] Sample [quote] Put another way [paraphrase] Riff on [elaborate] Paint a picture [describe] Frame (verb) [contextualize] Shine a spotlight [draw attention to/bring to the foreground] Put under a microscope [analyze into components] Fill the gaps [infer] Connect the Read More …

What is College For?

Ronald Barnett, The Idea of Higher Education (1991, 155-6): “A genuine higher learning is subversive in the sense of subverting the student’s taken-for-granted world, including the world of endeavor, scholarship, calculation or creativity, into which he or she has been initiated. A genuine higher education is unsettling; it is not meant to be a cosy Read More …

Two homework tasks due Aug. 29 at 11:59 PM

Leftover activity from first class. If you haven’t already, please send me an email that fits the description in the link. Task 1 – About 80 minutes Learning targets: active and critical reading, pre-reading, annotation, studying PRO TIP: Read all instructions completely. Print the transcript to Carol Dweck’s “The Power of Believing You Can Improve.” Read More …