This working document compiles resources for faculty wishing to incorporate small or large research assignments into first year writing. Research can be integrated into smaller, informal activities, especially to emphasize how to properly frame different types of sources based on Continue reading
Professor Tim Randell uses metacognitive writing assignments to help students engage in self-awareness, reflection, and critical thinking during their writing process. One form of metacognitive writing that he teaches is rhetorical précis, a four-sentence framework that identifies the following elements: Continue reading
The following writing exercise challenges students to find an example of experimental/innovative language use they are familiar with. This can be a poem or song lyric, anything. They then annotate it with commentary informed by class discussions and readings and Continue reading
