Category Archives: Teaching Composition

how to mark student errors

Posted on March 8, 2006 by Michael

Earlier in the quarter, I had a tough time marking errors. Sometimes I wouldn’t mark any in student work; other times, I would mark a lot. Sometimes I would only mark those that I saw were consistant errors. When I … Continue reading →

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Discussion in the classroom

Posted on February 16, 2006 by Michael

I feel like I can foster pretty good discussions in the classroom, and many students will talk and share. I feel like I’m really good at using silence and paraphrasing what students have said. However, I’ve also started to realize … Continue reading →

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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 →

Posted in Conferences with Students, Teaching Composition, Writing Center | 1 Comment