Author: Chris Friend
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Enacting Genres, Grammy-Style(s)
Looking at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards through the lens of genres helps explain why Beyoncé amazed but didn’t win Best Album.
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Discourse Communities: Building Identities, Sharing Expectations
John Swales listed the six characteristics that qualify groups as discourse communities. Here’s why they matter and how to understand them.
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Personal(ized) Writing
Writing is a human invention that allows humans to connect and shape ideas. Removing the personal element (esp. with ChatGPT) ruins writing.
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Complicating Literacy
Children develop their primary literacy at home and secondary literacies at school. Here’s how technology complicates that process.
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Navigating Writing Assignments
Assignments challenge students to find creative solutions to complex problems. Here’s why that’s good and how to embrace the challenge.
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Participation, Introvert Style
Participation often terrifies introverted students. But they actually offer three unique contributions to class. Learn how here.