What:
Abstract:
Writing centers and writing classrooms have tendencies to focus on a pure linguitic approach to teaching composition. This presentation will explore alternative methods for engaging with students of different disciplines outside of the humanities, including the use of Lego bricks to practice critical thinking, creative writing, and composing rhetoric effectively. Pulling from the concepts of metonymy and deconstruction, using Lego bricks enables students to translate familiar objects to subjects otherwise foreign or barely practiced. We will briefly examine a few exercises instructors or writing coaches can do with their students to see these principles in effect.
Who:
Presented by RTC Masters Student Tucker Nielsen
All are welcome to attend!
When:
Friday, October 6, 2023
Where:
Petersen Library, Walker Arts & Humanities Center
