Teaching English in the Two-Year College Dec 2021

Instructional Note: The Heroic Investigator: Modeling a Film and Television Motif for Information Literacy

Benjamin Lawrance Miller ; Jed Shahar

Abstract

This article describes a research assignment for first-year composition students that combines film and television motif analysis and role-playing, thus creating an opportunity for students to write critiques of contemporary institutions.

Journal
Teaching English in the Two-Year College
Published
2021-12-01
DOI
10.58680/tetyc202131662
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first-year composition literacy studies
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  1. Jensen (2024)
    Instructional Note: Creating Digital Research Posters in First-Year Writing Classes
    Teaching English in the Two-Year College

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