How to Flip Without Flipping Out: Some Digital Resources for Teaching the Analog Experience of Writing

Below you will find links to some digital resources I selectively use in my writing courses at Washington College and recommend that you consider for your courses, suitable for teaching writing, argumentation, and style at all levels in the college. But this is not an argument to flip your classroom, per se, even though it looks like one.… Read More How to Flip Without Flipping Out: Some Digital Resources for Teaching the Analog Experience of Writing

09/15/201508/19/2022 Professor MeehanLeave a comment

Zombie Nouns

Helen Sword’s discussion of “Zombie Nouns”: a problem wherein sentences become weighed down with verbs that have been turned into nouns (yes the passive is deliberate), and the subject of the sentence runs into hiding. An extended excerpt from her argument follows: Take an adjective (implacable) or a verb (calibrate) or even another noun (crony) and… Read More Zombie Nouns

10/22/201210/22/2012 Professor Meehan1 Comment

Managing Grammar and Mechanics

Resources discussed: The Guide to Grammar and Writing The Purdue OWL What we often think of as our students’ “grammar” problems are, in fact, usage problems or what a linguist would refer to as “performance” (as opposed to “competence”) errors: mistakes made when translating from a more conversational style of thinking into writing and print.… Read More Managing Grammar and Mechanics

08/26/200908/26/2011 Professor Meehan1 Comment

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How to Flip Without Flipping Out: Some Digital Resources for Teaching the Analog Experience of Writing

Zombie Nouns

Managing Grammar and Mechanics