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Tag Archives: Lifelong Learning

Prompt: Goal-Setting Essay

  The purpose of this essay is for you to explore your relationship with writing and how it fits into the larger picture of your life.   What are your expectations of English 111x? What do you expect to learn and do this semester? What are your goals for this course and for this semester? …

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Observation Unit Plan: Food, Culture, and Language

  Great fun for Lovers of Food! English 111x Unit 1 Observation and Food! A Sequence. Why food? Food is a great way to introduce thinking and writing about culture and language to the class. It opens a natural dialogue between you and the students, and between the student’s themselves– they disclose their cultural backgrounds …

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