Dear Kenziee, Well, here I am composing my Letter to my #Selfie. I know I might not be the strongest writer, but I am really good at writing to talk. I am the type of writer who doesn’t write to inform necessarily but writes to communicate. I am very good at the more casual […]
Dirks – Navigating Genres
Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page Kerry Dirk. “Navigating Genres.” Writing Spaces, Readings on Writing, Volume 1, a peer-reviewed open textbook series for the writing classroom, and is published through Parlor Press. 2010, 249-262. Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. […]
Dasbender – Critical Thinking
Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page Gita DasBender. “Critical Thinking in College Writing: From the Personal to the Academic.” Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 2,, a peer-reviewed open textbook series for the writing classroom, 2011, 37-50. Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you […]
Discourse Communities
Ann M. Johns is a distinguished writer, after all, Johns’s director of multiple programs at SDSU. Though Ann Johns has many writings and accomplishments we could talk about I would like to focus on Discourse Communities. In this work, Johns talks about communities. Now when thinking about communities I automatically think about a town and how […]
Finding Your Way Exercise
I think the biggest type of writing that I do that isn’t school-related is texting. I know that this might not be the type of formal writing that this exercise is looking for but it’s the best I got. I think my knowledge about people comes a lot. When composing a message you have to […]
Critical Thinking Intake
After completing the critical thinking assessment I have a lot more confidence in myself than I did before. I have never been the strongest writer. I specifically struggled with spelling. (it’s my worst nightmare. No one can ever understand when I am texting them) Though I know this struggle I have been able to combat […]
Unit Reflections
For each major essay assignment, you will complete a long-form reflection about your experience writing the paper. Your teacher will provide specific instructions for these reflections.
Weekly Reflections
Weekly Reflections are longer, more thoughtful posts that you will complete about every week of the semester. Topics for these posts will vary by instructor, but they will usually be completed outside of class and have a specific word-count requirement.
Daily Writes
These are 5 minute or less quick writes that we’ll complete in class most days. This will also include any in-class writing about the readings that we do. If you don’t bring your tablet/laptop to class every day or if you prefer writing on paper during class, you’ll need to type up and post these […]