Unit 2: Considering Literacy

Is Art Necessary?

I use this slideshow with Audre Lorde’s “Poetry is Not a Luxury,” plus quotes from Marcuse, Plato, and Oscar Wilde.
Synthesize: Psychoanalytic Theory & Surrealism
Synthesize: Phenomenology & Impressionism
Association Tracker

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(Mis)conceptions About Writing
Evocative Object Essay Rubric

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How to “essay”

I like to precede this lesson by having students read Cheryl Strayed’s introduction to Best American Essays of 2013, which offers her thoughts on the genre. Though the slides refer to Strayed’s introduction, you may use them even with students who haven’t read the essay.
Prompts for Radical Revision

This handout is a direct excerpt from “Radical Revision: Toward Demystifying the Labor of Writing,” by Carley Moore, in Writing Based Teaching: Essential Practices and Enduring Questions, edited by Teresa Vilardi and Mary Chang, State University of New York Press, 2009. Writing Based Teaching is quite possibly the best, most directly applicable book on writing pedagogy I own.…
Writing & Reading Strategies: A Pop-Quiz

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Reflective Mission Statement Assignment

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