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Crafting Our American Creeds

As I’ve noted before I embarked on an American literacy themed class in the Fall of 2019 and built the…

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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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Conference Grading 3.0 and the 3 Rs

As I wrap up my third semester of conference grading (which included a half semester of pandemic teaching), I am…

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Why (and how) I Teach Rhetorical Analysis

I love teaching rhetorical analysis, because it is so rewarding as a writing teacher. I also love teaching rhetorical analysis…

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The Case For Narrative Argument

When I first began teaching college-level writing in 1999 I taught the modes because that seemed to be the prevailing…

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Collaborating On A Class Reading List (and what to do with it)

What’s New? All my writing classes (from first year writing to graduate level) use open online texts as resources and…