Writing across the University of Alberta (WAUA) (Journal)
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Of Words, Souls, and Ravens
Get PDF“Of Words, Souls, and Raven” is a creative piece that was submitted for a WRS course. In this
particular class, students were given many options for their final assignment, one of which was
to compose something about the writing process. In this piece, Amada Yim imagines what it
would be like to have a conversation with Edgar Allan Poe about his most famous work “The
Raven.
Solving My Favorite Math Problem
Get PDF“Solving My Favourite Math Problem” is a delightful narrative about how math can be taught in
the form of a story. This piece was written for a WRS 104 course, in which students were able to
choose any topic in order to create an argumentative research paper. Kai Hamann shows the
readers how learning math can be exciting, creative and fun
Ink & Liberation
Get PDFStudents in a WRS class were asked to write a personal narrative relating in some ways to their writing experience. Chesney Parchment takes the readers on an emotional writing journey, which first begins with personal struggles that eases into a place where writing can be a form of emotional healing
Are Psychedelics Able to Play a Role in Influencing Creativity?
Get PDFIn this particular WRS class, students were asked to come up with a research question and
explore that question in an argumentative paper. Janvi Bali explores whether or not there is a
connection between psychedelics and creativity
Forwards, and to You
Get PDFIn this WRS class, students were asked to apply course concepts to writing they encountered
outside of class. Eassah Agyemang’s creative nonfiction piece focuses on the purpose and
impact of texts that are found around the University of Alberta campus
Rewriting Imperfection
Get PDFStudents in this WRS class were asked to write a personal narrative relating in some ways to
their writing experience. Jillian Morrison takes us back first to her childhood, which was filled
with storytelling, then to her school days, where writing became a source of anxiety because it
was graded. She encourages us to learn from our childhood and to maintain that childlike
wonder throughout our lives
A Critique of John Frow’s Popular Culture Through the Lens of Gamification
Get PDFIn this argumentative paper, Khoi Le analyzes John Frow’s “The Concept of the Popular” in order to illustrate how technologies mediate people’s experiences and how popular culture, which is closely intertwined with technologies, changes over time because of its close connection to technology
The Silence Between the Pages
Get PDF“Silence between the Pages” is a paper that was written in a WRS course in response to a prompt, which asked students to share a story about writing. Students had the option of writing fiction or non-fiction. Yi Zhang, in this particular paper, outlines struggles that individuals sometimes go through with mental health issues, and how writing might play a role in their journey with surprising–and not always positive–results
The Threats of Misinformation on Discourse Communities: How the Internet Ruins Everything!
Get PDFIn this WRS class, students were asked to propose a research project that would extend the
understanding they already have about writing. Using John Swales’ work “The Concept of
Discourse Community,” Evan Hurst examines how perceived hierarchies influence the integrity
of discourse communities, and how the internet’s democratization of information influences
dynamics of discourse communities for novice members