Tag: Analysis
College Writing, Procrastination, and Music
This multi-genre assignment asks students to first explore how much they know their tendencies to procrastinate in a personal essay, then to interview a peer about their respective writing processes, and finally, to compare their own personal essay and an analysis of their interview in a cover letter.
Emailing in Academic Context
An assignment that asks students to compose several short versions of an email for different audiences and perform a brief analysis of the differences between the emails.
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Raising the Stakes: Group Projects as Competitive Contests
Group projects regularly cause trepidation but structuring them as competitive contests leads students away from generic and predictable outcomes.
Post-It Notes Activity
This is a great first-day exercise used to create a sense of community as well as clarify questions or misconceptions about the course. It can also be used mid-semester as a check-in for the class.
Creating Usable Syllabi
We're all familiar with the frustrations that come from students not reading the syllabus. But I've come to realize the problem isn't one of whether or not the syllabus is read, but one of if and how it's used.