Category Archives: Author

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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Signing up for the Blog

Posted on September 4, 2015 by teddysdoggydaddy

To post your work for class, you’ll need to be an Author at the Counterintuitive Fall 2015 blog, and to accomplish that, you’ll need a WordPress username. Step 1. Navigate to wordpress.com/start/account/user. You’ll be presented with a form like this … 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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