version 54.0 an earlier release

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Teaching

• Writing and Rhetoric II on-line

  (English 308JW ... "W" for Web)  Offered by the Independent Study program at Ohio University, for full Junior-level credit. All coursework is conducted through the internet and students can enroll from anywhere in the world.   The course is in session during OU quarters and enrollment is continuous when vacancies occur.  (offered since 1996)

  • contact me (sharpe@ohio.edu) for access to the password-protected directories

• Writing and Rhetoric II on-campus

  (English 308J)  Lab-based. This course is primarily intended to improve writing skills -- but students do so while developing strategies for using computers in the writing process. Language proficiency from basic grammar to stylistic polish is emphasized as a platform for higher concerns of structure and insight. Computers are used as both content and tool. Assignments are drawn from a range of styles and forms: descriptive, personal essay, narrative, investigative, comparative, persuasive, analytical, and interpretive. Critiquing of papers examines style, structure, and logic as in any composition course..  (offered since 1995)

   

• Writing and Rhetoric I

  (on-campus Freshman Composition: English 151)  Lab-based. Practice in composing and revising expository essays which are well organized, logically coherent, and effective for their purpose and audience. Topics from personal experience or nonfiction reading. (offered in selected quarters)

   

• Writing and Film

  (on-campus Freshman Composition: Special Topics, English 153)  Classroom-based. This course uses a familiar art to illuminate and improve writing skills.  Movies give students a colorful, energetic source of ideas and content to work with as they practice and experiment with clarity, structure, fluency, and rhetorical control.  (offered in selected quarters)

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Websites

Sites described above

Additional Websites

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Discussion Forums

I design, maintain, and monitor on-line conferences on a dedicated server at OU

Please contact me directly (sharpe@ohio.edu) to visit a conference as a guest

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How to Contact Me

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Timetable

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Revised November 20, 2008
This page is maintained by David Sharpe
Please e-mail comments or suggestions to sharpe@ohio.edu