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About davidbdale

My name honors my mother Beatrice (Bea) and my father Dale. I am the author of 299 Very Short Novels and several plays and the Artistic Director of Must See Theater company.

E01: Bloated Paragraphs

Posted on September 9, 2015 by davidbdale

Convert the bloated paragraphs into idea-rich, logically complex sentences. Begin the exercise in class, finish on your own time, publish your results below as numbered Replies. Some paragraphs will resist reduction to a single sentence because they wander among too … Continue reading →

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Grade Levels II

Posted on September 9, 2015 by davidbdale

I wrote two sentences recently that contain a paragraph of material each. They’re not perfect sentences, but their advantages over the paragraphs they represent make them fit models of writing that earns better grades. The magazine Mother Jones publishes a … Continue reading →

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Grade Levels

Posted on September 9, 2015 by davidbdale

Grade Levels for Learners …………… I won’t always be able to tell you why your essays don’t quite achieve the grades you want. Even after you respond well to feedback and make your essay grammatically correct, provide good sources, and … Continue reading →

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Stone Money Deadline

Posted on September 8, 2015 by davidbdale

With Great Power . . . Before I complain about missed deadlines, let me first say this appears to be an extraordinarily talented class (set of two classes). The earliest posts I have had the pleasure to read have been … Continue reading →

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Skyblue’s “Stone Money” Draft (shreddable)

Posted on September 3, 2015 by davidbdale

P1. When first hearing about the concept of Stone Money in class, I could not help but think this is absurd and must be a made up story being told for affect! As I comprehended the lecture and began to … Continue reading →

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A01: Stone Money

Posted on September 3, 2015 by davidbdale

A Counterintuitive Assignment: Stone Money Before you begin writing your first post, read skyblue’s draft from last semester, and my feedback to her post. Before class WED SEP 09, post a reflective response to the story of money on the … Continue reading →

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Professor for Life

Posted on September 2, 2015 by davidbdale
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My Counterintuitive Weekend

Posted on September 1, 2015 by davidbdale

My Counterintuitive Weekend Before you can write counterintuitive arguments, you’ll need to understand counterintuitivity as a concept, but I think that rather than offer you a definition of the term, I can serve you better with some illustrations. The broader … Continue reading →

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