The comments below reflect patterns across at least 90% of the entire class. Whether or not you receive individual comments on your essay draft, it’s likely that one of the tasks below is something you…
The comments below reflect patterns across at least 90% of the entire class. Whether or not you receive individual comments on your essay draft, it’s likely that one of the tasks below is something you…
Here are some of my responses to your diagnostic exercises. This was a very short writing assignment, so I was primarily looking for how you restated and responded to Young’s argument (which, in a meta…
As you collect PDFs and links that you’ll eventually find yourself needing to look up, review, and possibly cite, it’s never too early to get a citation manager in order. Don’t be me—I waited too…
Here are some tasks to help you figure out what to do with your idea generation materials and early drafts. In your breakout rooms, use this number generator to determine which task you are randomly…
Remember, an engaged form of peer review asks you to read like a reader, not an editor or professor. Consider working in a Google Doc for ease of commenting through marginalia and end notes, and…
As we work on drafting essays, we’re also developing our basic writing skills, so here are some paragraphing tips to make this more explicit. Dunleavy’s Medium article explains aspects of organizing paragraphs as well. The…
The Most Common Logical Fallacies infographic posted to Canvas has more information, but one fallacy, the generalization, is when a writer applies a statement or interpretation very broadly, without examining the nuances of the new…
Here are some productivity apps that work for me and might work for you too! I like Todoist a lot! It’s a simplistic bullet-journal style listing system that allows you to just compile to do…
As you begin and progress through your college career, you should start professionalizing your digital presence if you haven’t already. This might include starting a personal/professional Twitter account; locking down some of your more personal…
Our course doesn’t focus heavily on grammar and mechanics, but it’s an important part of writing, particularly at the lower-order concerns (LOC) stage of revision. Here are some resources to help you sort through grammatical…