Author Archives: Quinn Warnick

Our final week of the semester will be a whirlwind. Here’s how we’ll wrap up the semester: On Monday, we will discuss techniques for revising your controlled research papers, then we will review the procedures for delivering your Big Idea … Continue reading →

I was impressed by the drafts of your Big Idea proposals that I read during class today, and I’m glad to see that so many of you have made good progress on this assignment. This weekend, you should review your … Continue reading →

Next week, your Big Idea should really begin to take shape. By the end of the week, you will have a complete draft of your proposal, ready to be reviewed by your classmates. Here’s how we’ll spend our time in … Continue reading →

I hope our class discussion about people with Big Ideas helped you think about your own Big Idea. I know I was impressed by the range of people and topics that you discovered, and I hope you’ll keep our discussion … Continue reading →

I hope the peer review activity on Wednesday helped you sharpen your focus as you work on finishing up your controlled research paper. The final version of your research paper is due on Monday before class begins. Please be sure … Continue reading →

I hope our week of analyzing effective essays has helped you think about your controlled research paper and identify some strategies that you can use to strengthen your arguments. If you’ve been keeping up with my advice throughout this week, … Continue reading →

I really enjoyed our individual conferences on Tuesday and Wednesday. At this point, all of you have a solid thesis statement (or at least a draft of one), and you should be working on the assignment I gave you in … Continue reading →

Next week we will take a short break from our normal classroom activities for two special events: On Monday, we will hold our class session at the Scarborough-Phillips Library, where one of the university’s librarians will introduce you to the … Continue reading →

It’s been an incredibly busy week, and you have earned a little break. We won’t have any reading assignments this weekend, and I hope you’ll take a few days to relax and recuperate. Here are a few quick updates about … Continue reading →

Next week, we will continue our work on the Annotated Bibliography assignment by exploring two more tools for analyzing and evaluating arguments made by authors. We’ll wrap up the week with a peer-review workshop designed to help you put the … Continue reading →

I hope you enjoyed our class debate today as much as I did. I love seeing so many minds working so hard all at once! By now, you’ve probably come to the realization that summarizing and analyzing complex articles is … Continue reading →

With the literacy narrative behind us, we’re ready to move fully into our next big project: the annotated bibliography, which will prepare us to write excellent research papers. On Monday, I will introduce the four additional articles we will read … Continue reading →

This week, we’ve been reading some excellent literacy narratives and trying to understand what makes them successful. I hope these readings, along with our peer-review activity in class today, have helped you with your own literacy narrative. Next week we … Continue reading →

Congratulations on surviving your first week of college! I know this first week has been hectic and perhaps a little overwhelming, but I think you’re doing a wonderful job so far. Our class discussions have been lively and thoughtful, and … Continue reading →

Welcome to FSTY 1311: Rhetoric and Composition I. This website will function as the online headquarters for our class this semester. Each week, I will post an update to the website with details about coming week, deadline reminders, links to … Continue reading →