Author Archives: vanessaalander

Metacognitive: Due SUNDAY at MIDNIGHT!  

Post responses on your blog by Thursday @10am Does the question deal with a topic or issue that interests me enough to spark my own thoughts and opinions? Is the question easily and fully researchable? What type of information do … Continue reading →

For Tuesday.. Read this… and submit Q&Q’s…

For Tuesday.. You need to have two research journals completed… Post to your blogs… The Research Journal Research is a critical part of college writing, but it is also just a really great way to learn more and be able … Continue reading →

Please read CAREFULLY!  Singer’s Solution to World Poverty.  Keep in mind what we discussed re: rants and we will be doing an exercise in class on Thursday… So you must read it…

This is the corkboard we will be using…

As we begin our next essay, “Gentlemen, Start Your Engines,” I want you to read and assign the following awards… Best Line Best Quote Best Visual Line Best Emotional Line Best Story line Most Intellectually Phrased Most Influential sentence Most … Continue reading →

In Class: We explored our own definitions of our nouns, Google‘s and an formal dictionary definition. We also looked up synonyms and antonyms. We searched the Oxford English Dictionary for the historical uses of our word. Next we found 3-5 … Continue reading →

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In Class: We cut paper for your actual body map. Expanded our writing from Tuesday (5 moments, 1 Moment) down to encompass a 1 minute sliver of time. We created Lost Ad’s for a Lost Banana. Listened to a 4 … Continue reading →