Tag: A Writer Teaches Writing
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The Video Essay
Anxiety and Relationship Goals in the Video Essay I teach First Year Writing courses at St. John’s University, and for the first time this semester, I assigned what we called a video essay. I’ve previously asked students to create short documentary films before, but I decided to make the video essay an option after the…
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Rules for Writing
To start off classes this semester, I had the students sit in groups of five. This meant 5 tables of 5 students each. I asked the students to list each member of their group on the board as well as a detail that might help us to get to know them. After they finished doing…
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Feedback and Revision are the Problem
Responding to student writing can be the toughest part of teaching First Year Writing / College Composition. This semester I spent a lot of time writing comments on paper-based texts. I got most of the students to hang on to my comments so they could turn them in with revisions. I do what I can…
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What are you working on? Discussion in the Writing Classroom
In the writing classrooms where I teach, we often sit in a circle and do a “quick share” to begin class where everyone offers a brief comment. Examples of what students might say include a golden line from a reading, a question for our fellow writers, or an observation about a project in progress they…
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A Letter to the Writers in my Summer Composition Course
Hello Everyone! One of the biggest problems for students in my online classes is that they fail to READ CAREFULLY. The world bombards us with texts, and we are getting used to always skimming. I’m guilty too! Take the time to read this letter, the syllabus, and watch the tutorial videos on the course website.…
Bill Torgerson 