Reading & Writing with Professor B.: Recent Episodes
Professor Boccanfuso
A supplement to online learning that offers lectures in short, easy-to-digest pieces on topics related to reading and writing college-level essays.
This short lecture focuses on the parts of an introduction and a conclusion and includes some tips on how to successfully write them, as well as some pitfalls you should avoid while drafting.
The thesis is the backbone of any essay. It's the main idea, the central argument, and the guide for what information follows it. In this episode, I'll review what a thesis is and how to approach writing one.
If you tend to forget what you read as soon as you finish reading, you're not reading actively! In this episode, I touch on two methods for active reading, a process designed to engage the reader with the text in an effort to absorb and retain more information: the SQ3R method and the QCQ method. Try them out and see which works best for you!
An overview of the writing process. Writing isn't just putting words on paper (or into a document); it's a step-by-step process of reading, note-taking, brainstorming, planning, drafting, and revising.