Some more thoughts on a flexible, achievement-oriented assessment system for an Intro to Poetry class. For more context on this post, you may first wish to read: Rationale First Group of Assessments: The Basic Stuff This post focuses on Bookshop, which is the term I’ve picked for short craft annotations on a book selected by […]
To make sense of this post detailing achievements for a student-centered or game-based Introduction to Poetry Writing course, you may want to first read the post which makes a case for a new system of assessment. Before I jump into achievements, I’m going to refer a couple times to this term, which will be included in […]
This spring, I’ll have the opportunity to teach two introductory poetry writing classes, one at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and one at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. I’ve taught this course five times now, and every time I’ve loved it. But one thing I have always struggled with […]
