Category Archives: Teaching Composition

on Chapter 1 of Changing the Subject in English Class

Posted on November 11, 2006 by Michael

When I mentioned to Lisa my interest in the intersections of Desire and Composition last week, she suggested I read Marshall W. Alcorn’s Changing the Subjct in English Class: Discourse and the Construction of Desire. So far, I’m liking it … Continue reading →

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misogyny in advertising and sexuality in language

Posted on November 7, 2006 by Michael

Tonight I visited the TA Practicum that Sara Jameson runs. I briefly discussed Jim Berlin’s three types of rhetoric: formalist, expressionist, and social-epistemic, and then explained briefly that I use ads in the classroom as gateway into social-epistemic discussions: how … Continue reading →

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reflections on tyca-pnw

Posted on October 15, 2006 by Michael

Yesterday Sara Jameson and I presented our presentation, “A Compass for the Composition Classroom: Conversing and Consuming in Cyberspace Communities,” at the TYCA-PNW conference, where we asked participants to post to the TYCA-PNW blog. I’m hoping the blog has the … Continue reading →

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slashing and composition

Posted on October 8, 2006 by Michael

I’ve been thinking a bit about my thesis recently, and putting Sirc (art) and Bartholomae (criticism) into concert with each other. For our gender and cultural studies independent study reading seminar, we are reading “Feminity Slashed” by Caroline Howlett, and … Continue reading →

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risky teachers, shifts in thinking

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Michael

In composition we are often trying to get our students to come up with something provocative. I’ve struggled a few times with students who want to write an argumentative paper as a report and a few times with students who … Continue reading →

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