Peer Review exercises provide an opportunity for students to practice giving and responding to constructive feedback and can also be a great way to build classroom camaraderie. While peer review can also be challenging in practice, some research-based strategies for…
ENG 111 In-Class Activity: Poetry Analysis
I’ve attached an in-class activity. I’ve paired the poem, “Calculations” with another poem, “My Papa’s Waltz.” Feel free to substitute “Calculations” with another bilingual poem and tweak the questions and/or pair this with another poem.
English 111 Resource: A Take-Home Formal Essay Analyzing Drama
Here is a sample English 111 take-home essay assignment about Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun. The author of this assignment, Professor Bollinger, finds that it “works well because it asks students to make predictions based on evidence…
English 110 Sample In-Class Question with Prep Handout
These documents come courtesy of Professor Bollinger and her English 110 course, which is themed around food. She has used this in-class writing question on analyzing a print advertisement, and has used the accompanying handout to prepare students for the…
English 110 Resource: Handout on Essay Formatting
Thanks to Professor Heidi Bollinger for providing this best practice handout on essay formatting! Bollinger_EssayFormatHandout
English 111 Resource: A Study Guide to Arthur Machen’s “The White People”
Thanks to Professor Michael Cisco for providing his study guide to the 1904 short story “The White People.” In Professor Cisco’s words, the story is “a classic weird tale by Arthur Machen.” The text of the tale is available online…
Electives Best Practice: A Chronological Playlist for ENG 242
Below is a chronologically organized list, hyperlinked to clips whenever possible, of music studied in Professor Rounds’s English 242: Writing About Music course in Spring 2014. While the syllabus had grouped musical examples by topic (e.g., pieces with particularly strong…
English 110 Best Practices Handbook
Check out the PDF of the English 110 Handbook, a resource developed by Professors Clarence Robertson and Elyse Zucker, with contributions from several other English department faculty members. You’ll find sample lesson plans, tips on lesson planning, sample final exam…