Author Archives: davidbdale

About davidbdale

What should I call you? I prefer David or Dave, but students uncomfortable with first names can call me Professor or Mister Hodges. My ESL students' charming solution, "Mister David" is my favorite by far.

Portfolio Double-Check

Posted on December 3, 2019 by davidbdale

Portfolio Double-Check On TUE DEC 10, in class, we’ll do a Portfolio Verification Double-Check to verify that your portfolios are complete and that they comply with the requirements, including citation links in your Op-Ed and links to your own work in … Continue reading →

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Reflective—davidbdale

Posted on November 26, 2019 by davidbdale

Core Value 1. My work demonstrates that I used a variety of social and interactive practices that involve recursive stages of exploration, discovery, conceptualization, and development. Insert here a 125-word explanation of how you met the goal. For a fuller … Continue reading →

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Our LTE on Booing the President

Posted on October 29, 2019 by davidbdale

Two Letters Have Already Been Published By the time I returned home from class on TUE OCT 29, two Letters to the Editor had already been published beneath the “Trump Got Booed” Op-Ed. I went ahead and completed one for … Continue reading →

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Better Left Unsaid: SOLUTIONS

Posted on October 17, 2019 by davidbdale

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Hey, Class. I forgot to tell you in class this morning that I have reviewed all your “Better Left Unsaid” posts, selected the best answers from the dozens of responses, and added my own recommendations. They will permanently reside as … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 10, 2019 by davidbdale

Things Better Left Unsaid WORDINESS AND SYNTAX TROUBLE or: Difficult Things You Never Have to Say English is complicated enough without writers getting in our own way. Often we take a perfectly straightforward idea and, to make it sound academic, or because … Continue reading →

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Feedback Loop Closing

Posted on October 1, 2019 by davidbdale
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Feedback Please

Posted on September 23, 2019 by davidbdale

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Feedback, please. I’ve created a new category for your posts. To increase my responsiveness to your need for feedback, do two things. Leave a Reply to your own work detailing the sort of feedback you seek. For example, do you … Continue reading →

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Beagle Riddle

Posted on September 10, 2019 by davidbdale

A shopkeeper says she has two new beagle puppies to offer you, but she doesn’t know whether they’re male, female, or a pair because they’re still at the kennel where they were whelped. You tell her that you want a male, … Continue reading →

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Casting Call

Posted on September 9, 2019 by davidbdale

Your Favorite Professor (that’s me, in case you’re wondering) is self-producing his 10-minute play “Marks and Lennon” as part of an afternoon of short plays for the Philadelphia Free Fringe festival on SAT SEP 21 and SUN SEP 22. I … Continue reading →

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A Word of Advice

Posted on September 9, 2019 by davidbdale

I rarely restrict myself to just one word of advice, but in this case I think I can help out with just two. Click the “READ THIS” link. Before you post your own LTE Draft—Username, you might benefit from seeing … Continue reading →

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