Author Archives: Professor Sean Scanlan

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What is the role of the student? The teacher? This short excerpt from the film The Paper Chase (Dir. James Bridges 1973) illustrates the Socratic Method of questioning students to get them to think critically. But it can be painful. … Continue reading →

Sample One: The First Page–can we do better? First Page-studentsample research Sample Two: This is an excellent student example, but note that the works cited page is not annotated. StudentSampleResearchPaper  

Hi Class, My philosophy is that TIME is your greatest asset, and you must use it wisely to succeed in college. Feel free to customize this recipe: Nov 29: bring in a draft of your annotated bibliography with at least … Continue reading →

Hi Students, Below is a student example that might serve as a model of what you can do. StudentAnnotExample2011   Best, Sean

Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAl7M0Le1Kg Best, Sean

Hi Class, Because of the Library Session (which was helpful) and the Shared Lunch (which was great!), we are pushing the due date for Essay 4 to Tuesday, Nov 15. Best, Sean

Hi Class, Two tasks for Thursday: 1. Read the comparison poem “Yo Vivo En El Barrio Chino,” by Frances Chung (page 75). What do you make of this comparison? 2. In your notebooks, write a paragraph in which you compare … Continue reading →

Hi Class, Here is a handout on improving your conclusions. These five types will be useful for the Music Review essay and for all of our future essays. 5typesofConclusions-f2011  

Hi Class, Here is a copy of the peer review for our Music Review Essay. Music Review Peer #1