{"id":125,"date":"2021-03-19T20:59:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T20:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingspaces-org.jvn.jad.mybluehost.me\/mvetter\/?page_id=125"},"modified":"2021-09-10T14:46:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T14:46:18","slug":"looking-for-trouble-finding-your-way-into-a-writing-assignment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/past-volumes\/looking-for-trouble-finding-your-way-into-a-writing-assignment\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for Trouble: Finding Your Way into a Writing Assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Catherine Savini<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Volume 2<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Looking-for-Trouble.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of Looking for Trouble: Finding Your Way into a Writing Assignment..\"><\/object><a href=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Looking-for-Trouble.pdf\">Looking for Trouble: Finding Your Way into a Writing Assignment<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Looking-for-Trouble.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chapter Description<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">How can we help students become invested in their writing? How can we help students write interesting papers that we look forward to reading? Students can learn to write interesting papers that develop complex ideas if they begin by \u201clooking for trouble.\u201d This chapter provides students with a step-by-step process for finding their way into assignments by focusing on tensions within texts or between themselves and texts, articulating problems, and raising questions. Given that all good academic writing, regardless of discipline, wrestles with meaningful problems and pursues fruitful questions, you can help students use this approach whenever they are given a writing assignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alternate Downloads:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You may also download this chapter from Parlor Press or WAC Clearinghouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Writing Spaces is published in partnership with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.parlorpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Parlor Press<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/wac.colostate.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WAC Clearinghouse<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catherine Savini Volume 2 Chapter Description How can we help students become invested in their writing? 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