Category: composition

+ bloomingdale's, candie's, composition, holiday ad, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, visual analysis

Bloomingdale’s and the Visual Analysis Essay

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When teaching composition, one of my favorite assignments has always been the visual analysis essay. This semester, students must choose one or two advertisements and analyze them, looking at audience, context, message, format, and other items. As usual, reality outside of the classroom always has a way of seeping in to the discussions, even in a composition course. Bloomingdale’s Holiday Catalog Page Last week, … Read More Bloomingdale’s and the Visual Analysis Essay

+ assignments, cellphone, classroom, composition, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, jeanne law bohannon, npr

Embracing Cellphones in the Classroom: My Recent Experiences

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Update: The things I discuss in the post may not be feasible for every classroom due to students not having these forms of technology. I would not incorporate these techniques into my classroom if I felt like it would alienate some students because they did not have access to cellphones, tablets, or laptops. This semester, I noticed that in every class (three) each student had some form … Read More Embracing Cellphones in the Classroom: My Recent Experiences

+ bilingual education, composition, gaines and losses, literacy narrative, richard rodriguez

“Gains and Losses”

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This semester, I am teaching six classes, three of which happen to be composition courses. For their first essay, my students must write a literacy narrative, discussing their own experiences with reading or writing. As part of the module for this essay, I had them read Richard Rodriguez’s “Gaines and Losses.” The essay chronicles Rodriguez’s schooling and acquisiton of literacy, in this case “English” … Read More “Gains and Losses”

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