John Hill’s
Rhetorical Prose
Find Yourself. Express Yourself. Be Rhetorical.
“The sun was never reserved for a few people. Let it shine on you!”
Gholdy Muhammad
“Life is literacy and revision is life lived.” Bronwyn Lamay
"Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined."
Toni Morrison
Graduate Scholarship
My graduate work at Arizona State University focused on academic empowerment through student-centered literacy.
Connecting an individual’s story and personal identity to literacy creates engaged readers and rhetorically effective writers.
Framing all literacy as emanating from the self encourages self-exploration to find the self, reimagine the self, and express the self.
John’s Blog
My blog is the everyday extension of my academic work and interests.
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Rhetorical Reels
My lectures, conversations, and links to great content can be found here. Check out my video library and my YouTube channel.
Lectures
My lectures for Rio Salado College courses and Heritage Academy Maricopa classes can be found here!
Podcasts
Podcasts can be found here! Click, listen and enjoy!
The Power of Story and Revision in Literacy
We find our story. We write our story. We revise our story.
Revision is the key to any recursive act of writing. Revision is similarly a key in reimagining the self in relation to a text and in written expression.
Revision is the essence of student-centered literacy, allowing you to shape and be shaped.
Pedagogy
My teaching philosophy and the research that supports it is student-centered.
The ability of students to connect to their story is the foundation for being engaging readers and writers.
By connecting to story and identity, a student can express a unique voice and literacy ability to be acknowledged and valued.
Student Spotlights
Student Spotlights
Student Spotlights
My feature articles on standout students at Heritage Academy Maricopa and their achievements are spotlighted in our school’s newsletter and several have been published by InMaricopa Magazine.
You can find every article here!