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Discussing Films in Class with Slack

by Dana Blair | Apr 9, 2021 | Composition Concepts, Quick Tips

Do you ever have problems generating discussion about readings in class? Don’t want to devote valuable class time to watching a film? Use Slack to #LiveTweet a film.

Glossary Assignment-Understanding Key Terms

by Dana Blair | Feb 13, 2020 | Composition Concepts, Quick Tips

Want a great way for your students to engage with key terms and concepts?

Lesson Plan to Help Students Understand Grant Davie’s “Rhetorical Situations and their Constituents”

by Dana Blair | Mar 28, 2019 | Composition Concepts, Quick Tips

This lesson plan allows for students to think of the rhetorical situation as a compilation of individual sections through group work and stations around the room.

Teaching “Rigid Rules, Inflexible Plans, and the Stifling of Language” by M. Rose

by Dana Blair | Mar 28, 2019 | Composition Concepts, Quick Tips

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.

Skimming Lessons

by Dana Blair | Mar 7, 2019 | Composition Concepts, Quick Tips

Requiring only a doc cam and the junk from your backpack, this fun activity helps empower students to confidently tackle difficult readings.

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