SWA presentation and Cynthia's Metaphor Assignment

As requested, I am posting my SWA presentation. I hope this proves a useful tool for you as you begin assigning/developing SWAs. Don't forget, there are links to all of the writing prompts that I have developed on the various calendars, in-case you want to use those.

Also, I a attaching a link to the National Writing Program's metaphor assignment that Cynthia used in class because I think it was a really useful exercise.

Finally, someone asked for an example of a successful SWA. As I said, I have never before assigned the SWAs I created for this class, but I do have an example. This was actually created by a graduate student who was completing a 101 assignment created by another graduate student. The assignment was for the student to create a map that traced a theme throughout H.P. Lovecraft's "The Rats in the Walls."  Of course, since the student in this case was a graduate student, the assignment is particularly well done. Nonetheless, I think it demonstrates the small scale nature and creative ways that students can handle such tasks. If I think of any more examples I will post them here.