Monthly Archives: February 2006

note to self – kairos 10.2 just came out

Posted on February 14, 2006 by Michael

When you’re free (ha!), Michael, take a gander here: http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/10.2/index.html

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drag in the classroom – a huge risk pays off

Posted on February 14, 2006 by Michael

In my previous post, I discussed some of my frustrations about my students’ writing. Well, we talked today, and we had great discussions, and I left class beaming. It went wonderfully. We talked about some of the minor grammar problems, … Continue reading →

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frustrations with teaching

Posted on February 14, 2006 by Michael

I just finished reading and grading the papers to one of my freshmen composition class’s papers. I enjoyed some of the essays, but I was also greatly disappointed in quite a few things about them. I obviously didn’t teach works … Continue reading →

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thank god for the writing center video

Posted on February 13, 2006 by Michael

Today I had a conference with one of my international Writing 121 students. When I noticed that he was making a lot of jumps between ideas, jumps that I could easily follow as a working reader, I told him to … Continue reading →

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after our ma writing group meeting

Posted on February 12, 2006 by Michael

We had a really good conversation in our MA Writing Group meeting on Wednesday regarding my thesis topic ideas. It was really helpful and very engaging. In fact, Sarah B. pointed out how my topic was the first thesis topic … Continue reading →

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