prof.
pablo peschiera |
your
travels, your stories Teaching
Assistant: Daisy Hernandez |
course
description |
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| This
course is designed to help you with your writing, most important of all.
The theme of the
course is travel, so we will read essays about traveling—some writers
write about distant places, some write about places not so far away. Some
writers contemplate their landscapes and experiences, reflecting on history
and their relationship to place and people, while others move through their
landscapes and experiences quickly, like a hero in an action movie or a
detective in a mystery novel. All of them share these qualities of good
writing (see Goals of the Course): an understanding of the context of their
writing, critical thinking about what they’ve observed and experienced,
evidence of their writing process, and a knowledge of the conventions of
standard English. We will read both to enjoy the subject and to discover
evidence of the four above qualities of good writing. We can write about
places we’ve visited, or places we’d like to know more about,
and you’ll have options with each essay assignment. We will learn
to research and research to learn. I will be writing alongside you, and
I will share my writing with you.
Welcome to the course!
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