Prof. Jody R. Rosen | ENG 1101-LC96 | Fall 2024
You know those How it started/How it’s going memes? The end of the semester is never how you imagine it going in Week 1.
When I ask students to share a meme, video, image, gif, some representation of how it’s going a this point in the semester, I share this … Continue reading this post
Now that the semester is almost over and all the work needs to happen in the next week or so, how is it going? How are you getting through?
Please use the comments below to show how you’re doing, share advice, and offer encouragement for finishing the semester. Use writing, … Continue reading this post
Now that Project 2 is due, let’s check in so we’re on our way to submitting the project and writing a reflective cover letter.
What have you completed already for Project 2? What do you have left to complete? What would help you finish–eg something specific from your professor, classmates, … Continue reading this post
For Project 2, you have already begun to draft your introductions and citations plus annotations for each of your four sources. Now it’s time to start writing your conclusions. In a comment here, share what you have drafted already so we can begin sharing ideas, offering insights, and learning from … Continue reading this post
Last week I asked everyone to share their first source for Project 2, the Reflective Annotated Bibliography. If you haven’t done that yet, please do.
This week, please continue to share your sources in comments below. For each, leave a comment with your draft of the citation and annotation. … Continue reading this post
How is it going? What’s working? What needs to change? What goals do you have for the second half of the semester? If this semester is like Plato’s cave, what cave are you emerging from, what is your light, and what are you doing with it?
Let’s take some time … Continue reading this post
Although we are not all researching the same topic, there is a lot of crossover among your topics. We can have working groups to help us through the rest of our Project 2 work.
Please leave a comment below with your research topic and research question.
When I have everyone’s, … Continue reading this post
As you decide on your topic and shape it into a research question, begin drafting the introduction to your Reflective Annotated Bibliography (Project 2). Here are the component parts we’re looking to include in the introductions:
You all have research topics now, or ideas for a research topic, and many of you have developed a research question. You might have already started researching your topic to get a better sense of what question you want to ask, or to have some background knowledge. We’re now going … Continue reading this post
This week, we’re still beginning our research project, the reflective annotated bibliography. As you get comfortable with the details of the project, what you need to know is that you’re going to do some research and share it in the form of a bibliography plus annotations, or notes, about … Continue reading this post
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