Tag: Extra Credit
The Office Challenge
Office hours can feel long, laborious, and lonely when no one shows up, especially in the beginning of a semester. One way I've found to increase my students' use of office hours is to challenge them to meet with me.
Two Prompts for a Take Home Quiz – Lit
Submitted by John Casey. This document contains prompts for two take home quizzes given to students as extra credit options in a 200-level Survey of American Literature course.
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Types of Plagiarism
Plagiarism is more than just copying and pasting the words of others and this can sometimes be difficult to explain to students. The handout below illustrates the different types of plagiarism and provides examples that can be used for an in-class activity and discussion.
Write Your Own Fairy-tale Handout
This handout is a creative writing exercise I use in my Speculative Literature class when we do a unit on fairy tales,...
Official Call for Submissions
During Office Hours, a website for teachers in higher education, is looking for submissions for practical, usable teaching related content.