Tag: Choice

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Hacking Our Game Jam

My Writing II classes were only halfway through our game-themed writing class when the pandemic disrupted education across the nation…

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3 Ways This I Believe Essays Support Writing Instruction

What’s New? I use This I Believe essays for both semester of my first year writing classes. In the fall…

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Reflections On Teaching Professional Writing

As I contemplate the start of a new semester and prepare to craft student learner outcomes for my professional writing…

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American Literacy: Exploring the values underpinning a writing class

This semester my Writing I students and I embarked on a journey exploring our American Literacy using the documentary American…

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Using Student-Developed Standards To Assess Writing

I was going to write an update about using conference grading, and I will, but today my heart is still…

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Why I Made My Composition Classes Textbook-Free Zones

This semester I finally moved to make both of my general education writing classes textbook-free zones. I have long been…