I’ve written about how to cite block quotes in MLA format before and noted how the Purdue OWL gets this wrong. As demonstrated in the NFGW (our comp 1 text) and in the MLA Handbook: 7th ed (the newest edition in the…
Fun online reading speed test from the WSJ
Thank reddit for sharing a fun online reading speed and comprehension tool from The Wall Street Journal. I just took the test because I like to say I’ve done everything I ask my students to do, and since they shared…
Where to find PC’s on JCCC Campus
Don’t wait until the mad rush of Mid-terms to find places on campus to use computers to finish work ! The Library staff – out of the kindness of their hearts – used to hand out photo-copies of this following…
China and Sustainability: Expert visit to campus
Dr. Yizhao Yang will be visiting campus March 23rd in Craig Community Autitorium at 11am and and 24th at 7pm in the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art Auditorium Flier –
The Choice’s Project
Dr. Maureen Fitzpatrick writes: Dear English faculty & other friends of student expression: Between October 13-October 31, there will be an interactive and evolving display of student and community writing in the Carlsen Center lobby called “The Choices Project*.” This…
Links for responding to grammar and mechanics issues
In text citation basics at http://tinyurl.com/4ramuvg Ellipsis use at http://tinyurl.com/4evw5yl Word count at http://tinyurl.com/49ve7cv Semicolons and Colons at http://tinyurl.com/4cgdfd3 Scare quotes. http://tinyurl.com/4hr7rax Re: Block quotes and other expectations of in-text citation at http://tinyurl.com/678cfsw
Inquiry and the Scientific Method through Comics
I dig graphic novels. I found this at the library for my son, and had to scan some of it. I hadn’t thought of the Inquiry Learning Method I’ve used as related to the Scientific Method, but I hadn’t talked…
Things not to say to your prof, and other advice.
I expect all of my comp 1 students to have read Mary Pat McQueeney’s “Information for Dual Enrolled High School Students,” and Matthew Schmeer’s “A Few Notes about This Class and How I TEach it” and Dave Davis’s “10 things…
Movie night: Nanking
Found a handful of movies on or about China in the JCCC library, and started with Nanking, a documentary with real footage and photos, and interviews with people – Chinese civilians and Japanese soldiers. Some serious actors read letters and…
We were just talking about this in class
I just regaled my class with stories about how I would get teachers in HS off on a tangent so we didn’t get stuff done, and then we wouldn’t get homework. Explained how that doesn’t work the same way in…