Talking About Genre By Mapping Texts in Composition Courses

Purpose: I’ve used versions of this lesson in the various composition courses I’ve taught. It has quite a few access points for linking...

Finding the Commonalities: Investing Organizational Structures and Formatting of Academic Articles

Purpose: Helping students develop knowledge about organizational structures and formatting common to academic articles, so that can use ...

Purpose: Helping students learn to actively read texts, how to take notes on readings, and gain an understanding of their preferred...

Purpose: This exercise is an attempt to get students to see that what they think they have written is not always what they actually have...

Purpose: Students will focus on finding and strengthening their own voice and balancing their source material/incorporating their source...

Purpose: These student-led group presentations will help students become familiar with information in their research writing text--The...

Purpose: This exercise will show students how to choose a strong thesis for the research paper assignment by teaching them to avoid...

Purpose: A Topic-generating Exercise best suited to a culture-oriented researched essay assignment. This exercise helps students learn...

Affiliated Project: Project 2: Researched Essay Purpose: This activity encourages students to see citation as a rhetorical activity aimed...

What are we doing?* This assignment is developed as part of a composition course that focuses on making connections and transitions...