Last year, in a writing conference conducted over Zoom, a student confessed in her college essay draft that she’s “always been afraid to tell people about where [she] lives.” She went on to reveal that she lived in a trailer park, a fact that she had managed to conceal for most of her life until the pandemic brought her classroom …
Note: The following blog post follows the design elements of Jim Burke’s ideal assignment sheets. For examples of assignment sheets written in this format, feel free to email me! The 6 Academic Writing Assignments, Jim Burke Overview Jim Burke’s most recent book focuses on reconceptualizing writing assignments from a different point of view, one that takes into account not only our …
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