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Archive for October 8th, 2013

Writing is Rewriting

Lisa Gerardy, Writing Center Specialist, Kaplan University Recently, Kaplan University Writing Center Specialist, Melody Pickle wrote a great blog entitled Don’t Listen to your English Teacher. In her blog, Melody […]

Writing, Surviving, and Thriving

by Molly Wright Starkweather As a writing center tutor, I see how powerful writing can be for students as they learn and demonstrate learning throughout their college courses. Composing anything, […]

Jame Patterson: Don’t Listen to Your English Teacher

Melody Pickle, Writing Specialist, WAC, Kaplan University Writing Center In this 6 minute interview, James Patterson tells what he has learned so far about writing.  He covers the following ideas: […]

Logos – Pathos – Ethos – Oh My! Podcast 31

By Melody Pickle, Writing Specialist, WAC, Kaplan University Join Kurtis Clements for another Effective Writing Podcast- The Three Appeals of Argumentative Writing as he explains clear strategies for using Logos, Ethos, and […]

Remembering as Passive Activity & Active Passivity

by Molly Wright Starkweather, Kaplan University Since moving to New York, I have seen in local store windows a sticker that says, “We Will Remember.” With each year’s Patriot Day, […]

Wikis: Why and Why Not? Can we use Wikis for Academic Research?

Ann Reich, Kaplan University, Composition Faculty On May 28, 2013, I gave a presentation entitled “Wikis: Why and Why Not?” at the 2013 Conference of the IJAS, The International Journal […]

Providing Feedback on Faith-Based Claims in Persuasive Essays

By Chrissine Rios, Full-Time Writing Tutor, Kaplan University Writing Center When providing feedback on student writing, nothing challenges me more than addressing Bible-backed support for claims in a persuasive essay. […]

Observing Ourselves as Writers . . . Inspiration from Joyce Carol Oates

By Joni Boone I recently viewed this brief and lovely video profile of author Joyce Carol Oates that I encourage you to watch: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/06/video-joyce-carol-oates.html What intrigues me most about Oates’ […]

Celebrating Freedom with Twitter

By Melody Pickle Did you know that the British Communication Act forbids electronic communication “for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another , , ,” When […]

Summer Reading List

Welcome! Here is a peek at what some of the Kaplan University Writing Center and the Composition Faculty have been reading early this summer.  What are you reading this summer? […]