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What will progress look like for you? How will you know it when you see it?

For the final portfolio, you’ll revise one or two of your essays from this semester. Each essay you revise will be re-graded. I don’t average grades, and you can’t lose any points: your grade will either stay the same, or … Continue reading →

Here are some great Chappelle clips, followed by an invention work prompt to help you develop your comedy notebook. Chappelle often does a kind of compare/contrast humor. He takes a situation and shows how it would go for a black … Continue reading →

Think about what comedy is, and what comedy can do. How is your idea of this changing?   Talk about the evolution of Hicks’s career. How did his material change—and why did that happen? What does it suggest about the … Continue reading →

Nester’s essay considers the unconsidered, exploring the less-traveled path that Morrison might be a “real poet.” What are the less-traveled paths that your essay might explore? Your big question should lead to sub-questions (like Nester asking “Why is it embarassing … Continue reading →