Monthly Archives: February 2012

MRE 750 for Mooning Monday

This 750 is dedicated entirely to mudpit work for your upcoming essay. We’ll start digging into research soon enough, but for now I’d like you to access your existing knowledge about your subject. Lead off with a brain dump—what do … Continue reading

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MRE: Invention Work

Okay, guys, I just finished going through the list of potential subjects for your upcoming MRE. I weeded out any duplicates between classes, and any topics that I thought might set you up for research failure in this project. What’s … Continue reading

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Essay Conference

After you turn in your essays tomorrow, please schedule a 30 minute conference with me through http://tungle.me/furuness —which is also available through the Furuness Facetime link on the blog. During the first fifteen minutes, you’ll write a guided reflection letter while I … Continue reading

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C&L Executive Summary IV: ZoSo

(10 point assignment) First, look at your data. Read your log entries, looking for patterns, connections, holes or missed opportunities. Write about a two page summary, using the guiding questions below as a springboard. Remember: every claim must be supported … Continue reading

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750: Process-Writing Prompts for “Fatso”

For this class, we’ll break into small groups for RPG (role-playing game) conversation.  Here are the roles that you can choose from: Discussion director:  develops a list of discussion questions and facilitates the group discussion, keeping everyone on topic and … Continue reading

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