Composition Concepts
Analyzing the Rhetoric of Commercials Using Grant-Davie
This activity would be an application of what the student’s should have learned while reading Grant-Davie’s “Rhetorical Situations and Their Constituents.”
Teaching “Rigid Rules, Inflexible Plans, and the Stifling of Language” by M. Rose
Objective: English 1023 students will read “Rigid Rules, Inflexible Plans, and the Stifling of Language” by M. Rose and gain awareness of the explicit and implicit writing rules and assess their utility.
Introducing They Say, I Say Lesson/Activity Plan
This lesson shows students the value of summarizing opposing arguments using the provided templates.
Skimming Lessons
Requiring only a doc cam and the junk from your backpack, this fun activity helps empower students to confidently tackle difficult readings.
Scavenger Hunts: not just for birthday parties by Sharon Fox
In this workshop we will explore ways to incorporate scavenger hunts into the classroom.
How to Build a Bridge from the Familiar to the Unfamiliar
Teaching a difficult concept? Learn how analogies can make difficult concepts more accessible to your students.
Peer Review Workshop Is Dull?
Re-Position Your Students as Peer Tutors! by Luis Pagnelli Marin
“MLA Game Time” by Sharon Fox
An interactive resource for teaching MLA citations. MLA Game Time Get in to teams of two-three. Using SMH determine how the MLA Works Cited citation should look for each example. The first team to write the citation correctly on the board gets...