Hello everyone! We’ve made it through the first three weeks of the semester. On Sunday, the final version of your Writing Project One will be due. This is when the semester really gets rolling. We’ll start the materials for Writing Project Two (WP Two) on Monday, and before you know it, we’ll be half way […]
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What’s a Conference? A conference is a brief meeting during which you and I will discuss the initial draft of your paper. I’ll tell you what I notice as the strong and weak points of your draft, and you’ll have the opportunity to ask me questions about your draft. Why Conference? You and I discussing
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As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’m a creature of habit. This means I like patterns, more specifically, patterns that repeat. I suspect this is one of the reasons teaching suits me. As I also noted earlier, COVID has wrecked those patterns. We’re now in the chaos of creating new patterns. I thought for
We’ve finished the first week and the first calendar month of the semester. While we still have some warm weather left, we’re currently experiencing autumn temperatures in Pueblo. It may be hard to believe now, but the semester will progress very quickly, and it will be November before you know it. I’ve completed the first
Second Week, First Draft Read More »
As a creature of habit, I enjoy the various rhythms of college teaching. The first day of a semester is usually the same: I confront four or five classes of students, present them with syllabi, discuss how the course will work, hammer the important points (more on those later), make some incredibly witty and not
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