Matt Barton & Karl Klint Volume 2 Chapter Description Collaboration is a vital part of learning; indeed, it’s a vital part of most professional careers, but many students struggle with group projects because the process can be chaotic and the results unpleasant. With this chapter, you can help students explore a variety of free, easy-to-use […]
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Matt Barton & Karl Klint Volume 2 Chapter Description Collaboration is a vital part of learning; indeed, it’s a vital part of most professional careers, but many students struggle with group projects because the process can be chaotic and the results unpleasant. With this chapter, you can help students explore a variety of free, easy-to-use
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Michael J. Klein & Kristi L. Shackelford Volume 2 Chapter Description Formatting can be a challenge to teach and learn. This chapter provides you with an overview of how the Modern Language Association (MLA) format choices in typography, spacing, and image placement adhere to the standards of basic design. By understanding the theory the MLA
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Alex Reid Volume 2 Chapter Description Blogging offers unique opportunities for first year composition writers to develop personal motivations and rewards for writing. This chapter will help you encourage students to find an approach to the unique rhetorical features of blogging as a genre. Students may need detailed assistance as they get started in the
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Paul Lynch Volume 2 Chapter Description The English word “essay” comes from the French verb essai, which means something like “to try” or “to attempt.” Originally, essays were thought experiments, and an essay’s author did not worry about having a main point or a formal structure. This chapter explores this history and describes the difference
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Catherine Ramsdell Volume 2 Chapter Description This chapter focuses on the importance of storytelling to successful personal and professional communication in the 21st century. Because narration transcends experience, and because stories “can be found anywhere from a movie theatre to a corporate boardroom, everyone should know how to tell a good story.” While the chapter
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Janice R. Walker Volume 2 Chapter Description Citing sources for an academic writing project can seem a bit like trying to hit a moving target—the rules keep changing (they’re more like guidelines anyway). Teaching citation can be especially difficult, then, given multiple styles necessary for multiple disciplines and the occasional style changes; however, what doesn’t
Everything Changes, or Why MLA Isn’t (Always) Right Read More »
Kyle D. Stedman Volume 2 Chapter Description The word annoying in the title of this chapter draws attention to the rhetorical nature of a writer’s choices when citing sources, emphasizing that readers may feel emotions like annoyance (or worse) when authors fail to cite in the ways expected by the audience. This chapter humorously describes
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Randall McClure Volume 2 Chapter Description How do you, as a teacher, help students in the process of moving into the virtual library for their research needs, while respecting and understanding the information behaviors they practice and prefer? Growing up in the digital age, students often come to our first year writing courses with a
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Karen Rosenberg Volume 2 Chapter Description As a writing instructor, you want to help students reflect on and refine reading practices that are so crucial to writing and academic success. An examination of the elements of a rhetorical reading strategy—conceptualizing reading as part of an academic conversation, reading actively (and what this looks like), figuring
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