UVU Writing
Garrett Winn's Writing Classes for UVU
PC Language
March 31st, 2008 by Garrett in Resources || No Comments ||

Here is a good site to help you eradicate sexist language from your writing: http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=201

Fun Site on Citing
March 31st, 2008 by Garrett in Resources || No Comments ||

Just in case you get frustrated, head over to http://www.pmla.org/altsource.html for a good chuckle related to “alternative” source citations. Another fun article related to plagiarism: http://www.newsweek.com/id/94543/page/1. This just goes to show you that plagiarism is not just something college teachers think about.

Researched Argument Assignment
March 31st, 2008 by Garrett in Classical Argument || No Comments ||

The assignment sheet is now up for the Researched Argument assignment. I will a printed version of this for class, but for those of you who want a little jump on things, you can print it yourself here. There should not be any surprises here, as we have talked about how this works for the [...]

Thesis Statements
March 11th, 2008 by Garrett in Classical Argument,Resources || No Comments ||

Thesis statements are sorely misunderstood by beginning writers, often exacerbated by well-meaning but inept high school English teachers. And that is where this horrible Thesis Generator comes in http://ozline.com/electraguide/thesis.html Remember, to be truly useful, a thesis must be based on a research question that is problematic and specific. Yes/No questions are much less interesting and [...]