Author Archives: johannah rodgers

Please review the following: Introduction to Summary Writing And before you take the second part of the final exam Monday, Dec. 16, please review these handouts: What Is a Thesis Statement? Some Thesis Statement Tips What Is a Paragraph? What … Continue reading →

You will all perhaps have noticed that I did not ask anyone to post the notes from today’s class.  This was because the class today, as designed, was intended to be a place to workshop your Draft Research Project Overview … Continue reading →

Dear Students, Thanks to the VERY FEW of you who posted GA10 before the due date!  The GA10 assignment asks specifically that you indicate 1/ what your major/discipline of study is, and 2/ which guidelines (MLA/APA/Other?) are used in that … Continue reading →

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I forgot to ask someone to post class notes from today’s session.  Would someone like to volunteer, or shall I pick someone?  If you could let me know, I’d appreciate it. Thanks!

Did you know that you probably speak more than one English? (Roshani) You probably didn’t know that you speak more than one English. Did you know that you probably speak different kinds of English? There are many kinds of English; … Continue reading →

Introductions: we do it all of the time; there are different strategies (question, anecdote, quote, title/author, other?); in newspaper articles, it is common to talk a lot about the first sentence of the article, which is referred to as the … Continue reading →

Students, Below you will find a link to what I think is a really lovely and thought provoking recently published work by the writer J. R. Carpenter, who has published a wide range of electronic literary texts and projects.  This … Continue reading →