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Course Readings

The Teaching of Writing (English 297, Section 1) Fall 2003

Instructor: Bob Broad, Associate Professor of English

Students in this course must read the required texts. Further readings should be chosen according to their value for the particular individual and collaborative research projects we develop.


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Required books


Recommended books

Anderson, Carl. How's It Going? : A Practical Guide to Conferring with Student Writers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2000. 

 Aristotle.  Rhetoric and Poetics.  W. Rhys Roberts, trans.  Introduction by Edward P. J. Corbett.  New York: Modern Library, 1984. 

 Calkins, Lucy McCormick.  The Art of Teaching Writing.  New ed.  Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1994. 

 Christenbury, Leila. Making the Journey: Being and Becoming a Teacher of English Language Arts. 2nd ed. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook-Heinemann, 2000.

 Connors, Robert, and Cheryl Glenn.  The New St. Martin’s Guide to Teaching Writing.  Boston: St. Martin’s, 1999. 

 Daiker, Donald A., and Max Morenberg.  The Writing Teacher as Researcher: Essays in the Theory and Practice of Class-Based Research.  Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook-Heinemann, 1990.

 Elbow, Peter. Writing without Teachers. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford UP, 1998. 

 Emig, Janet, and Louise Wetherbee Phelps. Feminine Principles and Women's Experience in American Composition and Rhetoric. Pittsburgh: U of Pittsburgh P, 1995.

 Graves, Richard L., ed.  Writing, Teaching, Learning: A Sourcebook.  (4th ed. of Rhetoric and Composition.)  Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook-Heinemann, 1999.

 Hewitt, Geof. A Portfolio Primer: Teaching, Collecting, and Assessing Student Writing. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1995. 

 Hewitt, Geof. Today You Are My Favorite Poet : Writing Poems With Teenagers.  Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1998. 

 Kent, Richard Burt.  Room 109: The Promise Of A Portfolio Classroom.  Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook-Heinemann, 1997. 

 Koch, Kenneth.  Wishes, Lies, and Dreams: Teaching Children to Write Poetry.  New York: Harper and Row, 1970. 

 Lensmire, Timothy J. Powerful Writing / Responsible Teaching. New York: Teachers College Press, 2000.

 Murphy, Sandra, and Terry Underwood.  Portfolio Practices: Lessons from Schools, Districts, and States.  Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon, 2000. 

 O'Connor, Stephen. Will My Name Be Shouted Out? : Reaching Inner City Students through the Power of Writing. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996.

 Rupiper, Amy, and Gary Tate. A Guide to Composition Pedagogies. New York: Oxford UP, 2001. 

 Soven, Margot Iris.  Teaching Writing in Middle and Secondary Schools: Theory, Research, and Practice.  Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999. 

 Tchudi, Stephen. Alternatives to Grading Student Writing. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1997.

 Tchudi, Stephen.  The English Language Arts Handbook: Classroom Strategies for Teachers.  2nd ed.  Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook-Heinemann, 1999.

 Tchudi, Stephen, and Diana Mitchell.  Exploring and Teaching the English Language Arts.  New York: Longman, 1999. 

 Weaver, Constance.  Teaching Grammar in Context.  Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook-Heinemann, 1996.

 White, Edward M.  Assigning, Responding, Evaluating: A Writing Teacher’s Guide.  Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s: 1999. 

 White, Edward M. Teaching and Assessing Writing. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1994.

 Williams, James D. Preparing to Teach Writing. 2nd ed.  Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 1998. 

 Yancey, Kathleen Blake. Situating Portfolios: Four Perspectives. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 1997. 

 Zak, Frances, and Christopher C. Weaver, eds. The Theory and Practice of Grading Writing. Albany, NY: SUNY, 1998.


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