This semester, I am teaching a literature and composition course centered around short stories collections. For this course, I chose writers specific to the region where we are located in Appalachia, with one obvious outlier from Louisiana. Students read Frank Yerby, Ernest Gaines, Crystal Wilkinson, Dorothy Allison, and Ron Rash. As I worked on the syllabus for this course, I kept thinking about the … Read More Short Story Anthology Assignment
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This semester, I am teaching Kathleen Hanna’s Rebel Girl and Carrie Brownstein’s Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl. Since I am teaching two memoirs by musicians who came of age and still work within the punk and indie scene, I wanted students to make zines for one of their projects. I have always thought about having students make zines in class; however, I have never had the opportunity … Read More Zine Assignment in the Composition Classroom
Every semester I debate what types of assignments I want to incorporate into my courses. Over the years, I have moved away from strictly written essays, choosing instead to provide students with a space to use their talents and passion in the creation of projects to convey an argument. This usually takes the form of an Unessay Project where students create anything based on … Read More “Is this what you’re afraid of?”: Banned Books Comics Project
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