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Fighting against the formula. How do you critique a “perfect” and yet...
Bloom, Lynn Z., Donald A. Daiker, and Edward M. White. Composition in the Twenty-first Century: Crisis and Change. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1996. Print. I have to remember that this text was...
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Dissertation Idea –– Would Really Appreciate Feedback!
Elbow mentions a changed “writing situation” on page xvi. What if I talked about the writing situation of blogging and collaborative writing? How that writing situation, the openness and sharing, is...
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I have to admit that I love the essay…
I have to admit that I love the essay, with its never-ending possibilities of form, length, theme, and style. I anticipate each New Yorker and English Journal because I know that what I read is going...
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Do you know who your audience is?
Mostly Notes: I am sitting in a lab during our weekly STAR session. Students are working on their own blogs and I am reading another article with one part of my brain and listening to the class with...
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How do you know if your research is valid? This is a MUST READ!
The following sources are fantastic for anyone writing a dissertation: Morse, J.M. & Richards, L. (2002). Readme first for a user’s guide to qualitative methods.Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Here is a...
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You Are Not So Smart
I am reading this incredible book called You Are Not So Smart, and here are some notes. You’ve GOT to check this out. Great for teachers, students, and anyone! In this post, I am simply making a few...
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The Grammar in “Days of Thunder”
Today I read a very interesting article written in The English Journal in the late 1950’s. I wanted to understand why the AP program was created, and this article talked about a shift in the...
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The 1970’s and Trends in Teaching Writing: Source Notes
English Journal (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I am still working on my chapter outline. I’ve made some progress today, but in order to get chapter 6 completed, I had to read several articles from The...
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Do things ever change? Composition studies in the late 1800’s.
The “Castle” (Photo credit: ericrichardson) Source Notes: Late 1800’s Elliot, Norbert. On a Scale: A Social History of Writing Assessment in America. New York: Peter Lang, 2005. Print. In the late...
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To Coach (Teach) … or Not to Coach?
Educational Resource: “Writing process” (Photo credit: Ken Whytock) This post is inspired from an article I read titled, “Use of Writing Samples on Standardized Tests: Susceptibility to Rule-Based...
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