In my second-level composition course, students have the option of doing extra credit, due the day we finish reading Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. … Read More ›
Tag: creative writing
When I asked if I could use Reacting to the Past (RTTP) in my new English Composition 101 class, and the answer was “yes,” I could … Read More ›
Asking the right question is no easy task. Teachers spend years fine-tuning questions and lesson plans. But when students get these questions, it’s for the first … Read More ›
I’ve been teaching Kate Chopin’s The Awakening (1899) in the Intro to Writing About Literature course for two years, and I’ve found it fits a shorter paper … Read More ›
Moving on from teaching the general theme of women’s oppression in my composition course, as I described in my last post, we’ve turned to a much more … Read More ›
This semester, I approached my Composition students with a new assignment that they themselves had a hand in creating and making possible. As part of … Read More ›
