Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Hey Debra N !

I appreciated your comments today about the students in your classes here. I'm drafting a course description for my A.P. English/Language course, which I'll have to submit to the folks at the college board, so I'm always mindful that the course should anticipate the kinds of experiences students would have at the college freshman level. You gave me a useful gage today.
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  1. tonyasmithJune 23, 2009 at 12:47 PM

    yeah I really needed to know what exactly professors are going to expect from my kids. It is helpful to get you honest opinions on this.

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  2. ZachGibbonsJune 23, 2009 at 12:48 PM

    Heyah Mark.
    Comment.

    I completed my AP syllabus two years ago. I found it quite enjoyable when I realized that if you "mess up" they simply send it back with notations for improvement.

    Get as deep as you want.

    I enjoy teaching my AP class.

    Let me know how I can be of help with the syllabus.

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  3. markJune 23, 2009 at 12:54 PM

    Thanks Zach. I'll take you up on the offer.

    The teacher who had this assignment before me (and wrote our first course description) did not make the college board we'll-give-it-back-so-you-can-fix-it policy sound like fun. You seem to have a friendlier attitude about it.

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  4. Deb NicklesJune 23, 2009 at 5:24 PM

    Fantabulous.

    Here at OU, it's often a grab bag! We do have a freshmen rhetorical outcomes page:

    http://www.english.ohiou.edu/undergrad/compcompetencies/

    Let me know more I can do to help . . . I could send you a couple syllabi too . . .

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  5. S. GradinJune 24, 2009 at 7:05 AM

    Tonya,
    It is really hard to have a rule about what all professor's want of your students' writing. I agree with Deb that you should go to the web site and look at those outcomes. As we read Bean (in the notebook Bean) you will see even further how variant the expectations across the disciplines are. I've spent 20 some years working in writing across the curriculum and there is no single answer to your question. However, it is worth also knowing and thinking about the fact that most high school writing is literature based. It is not at the college level. It was maybe 30 years ago. Now the focus at the college level is usually a mix of persuasive, expository writing, and some essayistic. I would be happy to talk with you about this at any point.

    s

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