m2h blogs by Marcia Hansen

in 8010 Theory and Practice
On page 8 of my Allyn & Bacon textbook, the authors claim, “Readers read because they share the writer’s interest in the problem and want to deepen their understanding.” Yes, but.
Where’s the joy?
Sure, this is a section called, “Shared Problems Unite Writers and Readers,” and that’s all good, but [...]

in 8010 Theory and Practice
One of my assignments due today is to provide Friday lesson plans for Donna’s English 1000 class. Below is my lesson plan.
Why did I choose these activities?
Recently, in the writing lab, I have helped students figure out what they wanted to say in their papers by helping them make a [...]

in 8010 – Theory and Practice
For my Theory and Practice course this semester, I must submit a sample writing assignent for first-year composition. Below is my first draft of the assignment for class tomorrow.
Born to Shop: The costs and consequences of shopping
Consider one of your previous shopping trips. Where did you go? How [...]

cross-posted to 8010, Comp Teaching
While I was unfamiliar with Linda Flower’s term Writer-Based prose on a theoretical level, I am quite acquainted with it on a practical level. Often students arrive at the writing lab where I tutor (this one, not this one), with really great content still in their heads, rather than written [...]

My computer is an old clamshell iBook SE in Lime. I use OS 10.3.7 and I love the doc at the bottom of my screen that lets me quickly access several programs including Safari, Mail, iTunes, etc. (MAC users know this, but my PC friends might not).
Anyhow, by accidentally moving icons around [...]

in CCR 711, Network(ed) Rhetorics
The collected responses to Why weblogs? are very encouraging; however, this post also made me think of an even more basic question I will undoubtedly have to answer if I want to teach writing in a computer classroom here at Mizzou:
Why would you want to teach writing in a computer classroom?
Possible [...]

cross-posted at Comp Teaching and filed here for future reference.
I found a whole stash of articles on Developing a Teaching Philosophy at Lore.
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In Composition and Theory, Pedagogy.
Students received a welcome e-mail message from Chancellor Deaton today. I want to collect part of what was in his e-mail below and think about what he said. If his message is taken literally, then what impact does it have on how I teach composition next semester?
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File in (and cross-posted to) Comp Teaching
In Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire discounts the “banking concept of education,” whereby “knowledge is a gift bestowed by those who consider themselves knowledgeable upon those whom they consider to know nothing” (para. 6). In the banking method, then, students are deemed successful if they are able [...]

This post is for my 8010, Theory and Practice course at MU. The course blog is called Comp teaching. Below are the questions that we were to answer before we started reading any of the assignments.
The Function of First-Year Composition (FYC)
At a minimum, I think the function of a FYC class is to [...]