Check-ins in ENGL 5900 Wed Mar 3 by allison gernant https://padlet.com/allisongernant/fja5r5xtyv4bf5kd How are you doing? en-us 2021-01-13 21:26:08 UTC 2021-03-03 19:31:24 UTC hello@padlet.com In the next two months, what are a few things you'd like your ENGL 1010 students to KNOW? Could be something about academic writing, could be something else... allisongernant https://padlet.com/allisongernant/fja5r5xtyv4bf5kd/wish/1265222005 I hope that my students can shape and appreciate their own personal relationship to writing instead of always mediating that through classes. 

I always encourage my students to question, to question anything. Question the systems around them, question their authority figures, question their friends. It was the most important thing I learned in art school, and If I can impart anything to my students, I want it to be this.]]> 2021-03-03 18:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/allisongernant/fja5r5xtyv4bf5kd/wish/1265222005 In regards to grief and loss, what are a few ways you wish to wish to approach them in your writing classroom? allisongernant https://padlet.com/allisongernant/fja5r5xtyv4bf5kd/wish/1265228240 I didn't mention it in class on Monday, I want to today. I initially didn't know how to go about addressing it, but I think not addressing it is worse. 

I had a moment of silence in my class on Monday, but I would like for those conversations to be more accessible and open.

I want to make sure that students feel cared for in class by me specifically. This can 

I acknowledged it on Monday and referred them to UW's resources, 

I also held a moment of silence and reminded my students that they are people first, before students. This time in our lives is very hard for a lot of serious reasons, and that is ok]]> 2021-03-03 18:06:56 UTC https://padlet.com/allisongernant/fja5r5xtyv4bf5kd/wish/1265228240 What's something you've read lately that's sparked joy and meaning for you? allisongernant https://padlet.com/allisongernant/fja5r5xtyv4bf5kd/wish/1265234199 I had a surprisingly funny cover letter from one of student's Expos. 

I've been listening to "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer while I walk/run, and it's been so lovely!

I have been reading another book about John Muir that discusses his love for the land and his forward thinking ideas 
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44728/spring-56d223f01f86e

I've been reading Kevin Gannon's Radical Hope.....

Jane Eyre in true 19th century nerd fashion]]> 2021-03-03 18:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/allisongernant/fja5r5xtyv4bf5kd/wish/1265234199 What are some idea about how to best guide our 1010 students to choose their RA topics? allisongernant https://padlet.com/allisongernant/fja5r5xtyv4bf5kd/wish/1265286456 I always instruct them to pick something they're curious about, not something they already know. We talked about topics on Monday that I've set as "off limits," not because of their controversial nature, but because these topics are saturated with data and research and dissertation-sized analysis, and there's no way they could add anything new in 1750 words. 

I did an "expert mode" session on Monday where we (as a class) acknowledged some topics that might be tougher to write about.

I always hope that students treat this opportunity to answer their "I wonder" questions that they may have. I hope they treat the research and idea formulation as playful because that's what it really is in 

I encouraged them to choose a topic that they can shape their  opinion through research]]> 2021-03-03 18:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/allisongernant/fja5r5xtyv4bf5kd/wish/1265286456