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What Have You Learned in College Reading and Writing I and II?

Posted onApril 24, 2017April 26, 2017AuthorEric Drown11 Comments

As I look back over this year, I’m amazed at the list of reading and writing strategies students have practiced. Here it is: Writing Process: Prewriting strategies Drafting strategies: idea-generating drafts, architectural outlines, reverse outlining, slideshow/Pecha Kucha drafting Revision strategies (global) Editing strategies (local) Proofreading strategies Remediation strategies Introduction strategies Conclusion strategies / more conclusion Read More …

#UNEWrites

Posted onApril 14, 2017AuthorEric DrownLeave a comment

Proofread for Stigmatizing Sentence-Level Errors

Posted onMarch 1, 2017January 20, 2021AuthorEric DrownLeave a comment

When you proofread, read your writing aloud, backwards – from the last sentence of the last paragraph to the first sentence of the first paragraph. This disrupts your mind’s desire to attend to the meaning of your words and allows you to focus on the correctness of your language. Pay most attention to stigmatizing errors, Read More …

The Matthew Effect

Posted onFebruary 6, 2017February 6, 2017AuthorEric Drown20 Comments

In “The Matthew Effect” chapter of Outliers, journalist Malcolm Gladwell argues that success is not always a function of exceptional individual talent or effort. Instead, he reveals, external factors beyond the control of individuals contribute to success. While Gladwell uses junior hockey to illustrate his argument, he is making a broader argument about success in order Read More …

How to Get the Most Out of Studying

Posted onJanuary 30, 2017January 30, 2017AuthorEric DrownLeave a comment

There are some great videos here on the implications of brain science for studying. Here’s the first in the series. Find links to the rest of the series here.

Questions About Literacy Narratives

Posted onJanuary 17, 2017February 2, 2017AuthorEric Drown47 Comments

What are literacy narratives (beyond: an assignment often given in writing classes)? For what reasons do people write them (beyond: they’ve been assigned to)? For what reasons might people read them? What are literacy narratives evidence of? What kinds of things can we learn about by treating sets of literacy narratives as data or evidence? How Read More …

Portfolio Elements

Posted onNovember 30, 2016November 30, 2016AuthorEric DrownLeave a comment

As you think about how to structure your ePortfolio, think about how to display your emerging identity as an academic writer in a way that might make sense to a viewer. As you reflect on your learning this semester, remember that you are in the middle of a learning arc. There is no expectation that you Read More …

What Have You Learned?

Posted onNovember 28, 2016November 28, 2016AuthorEric DrownLeave a comment

Please help me understand how you see your progress this semester by writing some short reflective narratives about your experience of the class. Please make it an honest self-assessment, describe your strengths and what you still need to work on, and the one or two most important things you’ll take away from this class. Please reflect Read More …

Observation-Implication-Complication-Conclusion Paragraph Structure

Posted onNovember 15, 2016November 15, 2016AuthorEric DrownLeave a comment

Unlike the TRIAC paragraph structure, which starts with a claim about a topic, considers evidence, and then explores significance, the Observation-Implication-Conclusion (OIC) pattern starts with evidence, moves to significance, and then draws conclusions. Click here for a narrative version of OIC. Use TRIAC when you think your reader will tentatively accept your initial claim before Read More …

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