Tag: Presentation
Engaging Your Class in Peer-Listening During Presentations
Being teachers and instructors, we frequently include oral presentations into our syllabi. Unlike other group or individual activities, Power Point presentations on a particular...
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.
Write Club
Two opposing writers. Two opposing ideas. This assignment captures the essence of Ian Belknap's Write Club as it has students face off in argument based presentations.
Grammar Lesson Presentation
A grammar presentation assignment for small groups on an assigned topic. Each group is required to provide an explanation, examples, and a way for the class to practice the lesson. This assignment also includes a reflective component.
Career Profile
An engaging and easily adaptable assignment for early career students that helps them navigate their college career paths
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Ransom Notes
If you're looking for a different type of in-class activity to get students thinking about word choice, you'll find it with this fun but challenging task.
The Current Event Article
I’ve taught multiple sections of composition over the years and without fail a majority (but not all) of my students have little interest in...
Five Revision Activities
Five revision activities you can use either inside or outside the classroom to show the importance and effects of revision.