Teaching Composition
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Addressing the concerns of both first-year and veteran writing instructors, this collection includes 30 professional readings on composition and rhetoric written by leaders in the field, accompanied by helpful introductions and activities for the classroom. The new edition offers up-to-date advice on helping students avoid plagiarism, improving online instruction, blogging, and more.
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Preface
1. Teaching Writing: Key Concepts, Philosophies, Frameworks, and Experiences
David Bartholomae
Inventing the University
Inventing the University
Gerald Graff
Introduction: In the Dark All Eggheads Are Gray and The Problem and Other Oddities of Academic Discourse
Introduction: In the Dark All Eggheads Are Gray and The Problem and Other Oddities of Academic Discourse
James Slevin
A Letter to Maggie
A Letter to Maggie
Guy Allen
Language, Power, Consciousness: A Writing Experiment at the University of Toronto
Language, Power, Consciousness: A Writing Experiment at the University of Toronto
Dawn Skorczewski
From Playing the Role to Being Yourself
From Playing the Role to Being Yourself
James A. Berlin
Rhetoric and Ideology in the Writing Class
Rhetoric and Ideology in the Writing Class
2. Thinking about the Writing Process
Generating a Draft
Sondra Perl
Understanding Composing
Understanding Composing
Mike Rose
Rigid Rules, Inflexible Plans, and the Stifling of Language: A Cognitivist Analysis of Writer’s Block
Rigid Rules, Inflexible Plans, and the Stifling of Language: A Cognitivist Analysis of Writer’s Block
Considering Audience
Wayne C. Booth
The Rhetorical Stance
The Rhetorical Stance
Peter Elbow
Closing my Eyes as I Speak: An Argument for Ignoring Audience
Closing my Eyes as I Speak: An Argument for Ignoring Audience
Revising a Draft
Nancy Sommers
Revision Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers
Revision Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers
Nancy Welch
Toward an Excessive Theory of Revision
Toward an Excessive Theory of Revision
Crafting Sentences
Robert J. Connors
The Erasure of the Sentence
The Erasure of the Sentence
Francis Christensen
A Generative Rhetoric of the Sentence
A Generative Rhetoric of the Sentence
Ann E. Berthoff
From The Making of Meaning
From The Making of Meaning
Teaching Writing with Computers
James P. Purdy
Calling off the Hounds: Technology and the Visibility of Plagiarism
Calling off the Hounds: Technology and the Visibility of Plagiarism
Steven Krause
When Blogging Goes Bad: A Cautionary Tale about Blogs, Email Lists, Discussion, and Interaction
When Blogging Goes Bad: A Cautionary Tale about Blogs, Email Lists, Discussion, and Interaction
Teaching Visual Literacy
Mary E. Hocks
Understanding Visual Rhetoric in Digital Writing Environments
Understanding Visual Rhetoric in Digital Writing Environments
John Trimbur
Delivering the Message: Typography and the Materiality of Writing
Delivering the Message: Typography and the Materiality of Writing
3. Responding to and Evaluating Student Writing
Nancy Sommers
Responding to Student Writing
Responding to Student Writing
Peter Elbow
Ranking, Evaluating, and Liking: Sorting Out Three Forms of Judgment
Ranking, Evaluating, and Liking: Sorting Out Three Forms of Judgment
Douglas D. Hesse
Portfolio Standards for English 101
Portfolio Standards for English 101
Joseph Harris
Error
Error
Patrick Hartwell
Grammar, Grammars, and the Teaching of Grammar
Grammar, Grammars, and the Teaching of Grammar
4. Issues in Writing Pedagogy: Institutional Politics and the Other
Kurt Spellmeyer
Can Teaching, of All Things, Prove to Be Our Salvation?
Can Teaching, of All Things, Prove to Be Our Salvation?
Maxine Hairston
Diversity, Ideology, and Teaching Writing
Diversity, Ideology, and Teaching Writing
Lisa Delpit
The Politics of Teaching Literate Discourse
The Politics of Teaching Literate Discourse
Muriel Harris and Tony Silva
Tutoring ESL Students: Issues and Options
Tutoring ESL Students: Issues and Options
Juanita Rodgers Comfort
Becoming a Writerly Self: College Writers Engaging Black Feminist Essays
Becoming a Writerly Self: College Writers Engaging Black Feminist Essays
Michelle Gibson, Martha Marinara, and Deborah Meem
Bi, Butch, and Bar Dyke: Pedagogical Performances of Class, Gender, and Sexuality
Bi, Butch, and Bar Dyke: Pedagogical Performances of Class, Gender, and Sexuality
Annotated Bibliography
About the Contributors
About the Contributors