Ode to Authors
In her research titled Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, this author questioned, "Does grit matter beyond West Point?"
Who is Angela Duckworth?
In our English course, we use the following essay format and citation guidelines for our writing.
What is MLA?
Filters from websites like Google, Yahoo News, Washington Post, and many, many others impose a kind of confirmation bias because they:
show you information and search results that match up with your previous online activity
filter out information and search results that don't match up with your previous search activity.
What are called 'filter bubbles'?
In our "Immigration & Assimilation" section, this video describes the difference between an asylum seeker and refugee.
What is Immigration 101: Refugees, Migrants, Asylum Seekers...What's the difference?
This is an example of one weird English rule,
Me and Mike went to the store (incorrect); Mike and I went to the store. (correct)
What is the "Me vs. I" rule?
In her article "Why Millennials Refuse to Get Married," this author asserts that "fewer millennials are choosing to marry...a reflection of modern social attitudes that reject the institution as outdated."
Who is Meg Murphy?
To help you discover your writing topic, you can use any of the following techniques:
Freewrite, Lists, Mind Maps, W-Questions, Venn Diagrams.
What is brainstorming?
As you actively read a text, you write questions and reactions in the margins of the text or in digital comments. Writing notes will help you answer the question "What is the text about?"
What is annotating?
In this Powtoon video, it describes Paulo Freire's key concepts in his argument contrasting the 'banking concept' with 'problem-posing' education.
What is Pablo Freire & The Development of Critical Pedagogy?
Another example of a weird English rule:
Who went shopping with you?; With whom did you go shopping?
What is the "Who vs. Whom" rule?
In his seminal essay, "The Banking Concept of Education," this author proclaims, "Education as the practice of freedom—as opposed to education as
the practice of domination—denies that man is abstract, isolated, independent, and unattached to the world; it also denies that the world
exists as a reality apart from people."
Who is Paulo Freire?
In their essays, writers include, usually in one or two sentences, their central topic, their purpose for writing about the topic or their stance on the issue, and the aspects (main ideas) they will focus on in their research.
What is a thesis statement?
When actively reading, readers become consciously aware of their mental activity and are able to describe it and discuss it with others.
What is metacognition?
In this video, from the talk show Mancave, a famous celebrity shares his thoughts with his crew about gender roles for men.
What is Gender Roles in Society: Steve Harvey Shares His Thoughts?
Another great example of a weird English rule:
I need to lay down (incorrect); He wasn’t feeling well, so he lay down. (correct)
What is "lay vs. lie"?
This author, in his autobiographical essay, "My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant," shared, "I decided then that I could never give anyone reason to doubt I was an American. I convinced myself that if I
worked enough, if I achieved enough, I would be rewarded with citizenship. I felt I could earn it."
Who is Jose Antonio Vargas?
Statements or assertions that are errors in reasoning and based on poor or faulty logic. When presented in a formal argument, they can cause you to lose your credibility as a writer.
What are fallacies?
These articles are written by and for experts in a field and generally describe formal research studies or experiments conducted to provide new insight on a topic rather than reporting current events or items of general interest.
What are scholarly articles?
In our section on Social Justice, this video produced by Pdhpe.net, defines key principles of social justice, such as equity, diversity, supportive environments.
What is Principles of Social Justice?
And here again, another weird rule for English:
Either the dog or the cat is responsible for the mess; Neither of the pets is responsible.
What is the "Either vs. Neither" rule?
These authors argue, "Something strange is happening at America’s colleges and universities. A movement is arising, undirected and driven largely by students, to scrub campuses clean of words, ideas, and subjects that might cause discomfort or give offense," in their essay "The Coddling of the American Mind."
Who are Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt?
When applying two or more sources in your paragraphs, you create a conversation about your research topic. You show readers that your argument is based on your active analysis and integration of ideas, not just a series of quotations and paraphrases.
What is synthesizing sources?
Students use this method to evaluate research sources and find information that is appropriate for your research needs. This method includes six criteria to evaluate each source.
What is the BADSOC method?
In author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's video, she talks about how stories can be over-generalized, misrepresented, or left out of history books, conversations on culture, race, etc. in society.
What is The Danger of a Single Story?
This is an example of a perplexing English rule from a poem,
I take it you already know
Of tough and bough and cough and dough
Others may stumble, but not you
On hiccough, thorough, laugh, and through.
What is the "Perplexing pronunciations" rule?