My notion of writing pedagogy (much vaguer a few months ago than it is after having practiced it to some extent) mostly consisted of informing, and in many ways enforcing, “writing structure.” The holy 5 paragraph essay, or the elements of traditional rhetoric that have been taught to us since well before adolescence. So in […]
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Blog Post 1: Surprised That Went So Well
Before my first day of teaching ENG 101, I expected to have a class comprised of students who wholly did not want to be there, and would reject whatever I said because “We don’t like reading or writing, and why Ms. Too-Young-To-Be-My-Professor is any of this important?”. I expected the class to be constructed in […]