Here comes the fall term!

In just a month, classes will start, so I’m thinking now about how to structure my first-year writing course (FYC). I’ve always taught summary as part of my writing courses–in everything from first-year writing to graduate courses. It’s important, I think, because it’s a way of thinking critically about a text. If you can summarize it, you understand it. And if you can summarize it in fresh words, not just “patchwriting” (plugging in a few synonyms or making... [Read more]