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How To Use a Colon

Posted in Education, Language and Literature, tagged , , , on September 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »

The punctuation mark, that is, not the part of human anatomy.  A post on that would be all kinds of gross.  Specifically, here’s how I teach the use of the colon: I made up a formula that defines its function. Did you see that?  I demonstrated it in that last sentence.  What exactly does the colon do?  [...]

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Lesson Plan For Teaching Evaluation Writing

Posted in Education, tagged , , , , , on February 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I tried this with my English 101 class last week to great success.  After reviewing the criteria for writing a good evaluative essay (including, ironically, establishing criteria), they read a copy of a review of something (one day I had them bring in reviews of things they liked–I saw reviews of movies, music, cameras, and [...]

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Hilary Hahn Can Write

Posted in Arts, Language and Literature, tagged , , , on September 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I’ve praised virtuoso violinist Hilary Hahn here before, but in this post I want to applaud her for another great artistic skill: her writing. Hahn keeps a journal on her website, where she blogs about touring and concerts, the classical music industry, travel, and some odd and obscure observations about the minute details of life she [...]

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Blogjet d’art

Posted in Arts, Language and Literature, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »

The infancy of the electronic age has been accompanied by instant and ubiquitous prognosticating about the inevitable advent of online art.  What I wonder is this: when will the first great work of literature first appear online?  When scholars and schools of the future look back on the 21st century and study our contribution to [...]

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