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Baby Steps: Making the Research Paper an Achievable Challenge
Research Paper on Microsoft (Photo credit: acordova) Although we, as educators and lifelong learners, know the value of writing a research paper, I have yet to hear a class cheer with joy when given...
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Felt Overwhelmed Lately?
Nothing brings out resistance from students in English class like initiation into the tedious and often frustrating details of learning to cite sources in papers. The transition is from one mindset to...
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Sometimes the Mind of a Child Solves Complex Problems: Part One
Hopkinsville, KY is blessed to have five Challenge houses so far, with resident ambassadors living in each where they “live out their faith within an under-resourced neighborhood,” as the brochure at...
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Sometimes the Mind of a Child Solves Complex Problems, Part II
Thanks to my wife, Tandy, the photos in this installment are a good reconstruction of how things went with the LEGOs. First, I emptied the 40+ LEGOs onto the coffee table in front of the living room...
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The Mystery Not Solved
In the fall of 2007, I had an 8:00AM English 101 class. A lady who appeared in her 40s started warmly and enthusiastically, and I was excited about her interest in the class. It’s also exciting when...
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P’s and Q’s and Pocketbooks
Since 2006, I’ve assigned a theme on a financial topic for the English 101 concept theme. Why not? What good does it do to translate a proudly earned diploma into more income only to wonder where the...
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Matching Earrings
There I go again. I’ve hammered away in writing class, “A citation in the body of your paper should match the first word of an entry on the works cited page.” It’s exciting stuff I know. “This keeps...
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It’s How a Story is Told
The 2004 movie Troy is Hollywood’s version of the Trojan War. A student chose it for her film paper and brought her draft to me to discuss. In it, a big chunk gave a plot recap of what started the war,...
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You Can’t Trim the Fat off a Hog You Don’t Have
If you are a vegetarian or avoid pork, don’t let the title stop you. This article won’t incite carnivorous cravings—at least I don’t think so. My brother-in-law Clark is a long time vegetarian, and...
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Plan B and Plan A
The ideal is Plan A, right? In a perfect world, the plan would be formulated, and the designated parties would expedite flawlessly – every time. Occasionally this happens: “We did it just like we...
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