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1 Introduction CONTENTS INTRODUCTION xv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxxiii 1 Contexts for Teaching Writing The Departmental Perspective Roger Gilles Composition, Community, and Curriculum: A Letter to New Composition Teachers Geoffrey Chase A Supervisor s Perspective David Franke A Cultural Perspective: Teaching Composition at a Historically Black University Teresa M. Redd An Experienced TA s Reflections on the TA Experience Judy Collins Writing and Learning to Write: A Modest Bit of History and Theory for Writing Students Douglas D. Hesse The Importance of Framing the Writing Classroom as a Space of Public Discourse Michael Stancliff Black people tend to talk eubonics : Race and Curricular Diversity in Higher Education Austin Jackson and Geneva Smitherman Rhetorical Situations and Assignment Sheets David Sudol Meeting of Narratives, Meeting of Minds: WPAs, TAs, and Transferring Independence Rachelle M. Smith and Douglas Downs vii

2 Students as Audience Ruth Overman Fischer Memo from a Provost Elaine P. Maimon Seeing the Forest and the Trees of Curriculum Teaching in an Idealized Outcomes-Based First-Year Writing Program Irvin Peckham Constructing Bridges between High School and College Writing Marguerite Helmers Teaching Writing as a Process Davida Charney Constructing Syllabus Materials On Syllabi Victor Villanueva Departmental Syllabus: Experience in Writing Gregory Clark An Honors Course in First-Year Composition: Classical Rhetoric and Contemporary Writing Marvin Diogenes Constructing Effective Writing Assignments Sequencing Writing Projects in Any Composition Class Penn State University Composition Program Handbook Autobiography: The Rhetorical Efficacy of Self-Reflection/Articulation Bonnie Lenore Kyburz Deliberative Writing Graduate Teaching Assistant Handbook, Michigan Technological University Rhetorical Analysis: Terms of Contention Andy Crockett Assignment Prompt Edward A. Kearns Profile Assignment Sarah T. Duerden, Jeanne Garland, and Christine Everhart Helfers viii

3 Picture Exchange: Sharing Images and Ideas in First-Year Composition Donna Reiss Reflecting on Journal Writing Lisa Ede Role-Playing as a Writing-to-Learn Activity Mary M. Salibrici Writing-to-Learn Prompts Edith M. Baker Guiding Students to Construct Reflective Portfolios A Writing Portfolio Assignment Phyllis Mentzell Ryder Portfolio Requirements for Writing and Discourse C. Beth Burch The Importance of Student Portfolio Presentations in Composition Courses Lisa Cahill Group Portfolio Presentations Rochelle Rodrigo Blanchard, Amy D Antonio, and Lisa Cahill Strategies for Course Management Fostering Classroom Civility Lynn Langer Meeks, Joyce Kinkead, Keith VanBezooyen, and Erin Edwards Course Management Guidelines Rebecca Moore Howard Facilitating Class Discussion Margaret M. Lyday A Structure for a Successful Class Session David A. Jolliffe A Strategy for Student-Led Writing and Discussion Julie Robinson Strategies for Discouraging Plagiarism Deirdre Mahoney Working with Groups Michigan Technological University Web Page ix

4 Discussing Time Commitments with Students Deirdre Mahoney Teaching Invention Teaching Invention Sharon Crowley Invention Activity Theresa Enos Invention as a Strategy of Revision Roberta A. Binkley A Model for Invention David Sudol To Whom It Might Actually Concern: Letter Writing as Invention in First-Year Composition Lenore L. Brady Invention Activity Late in the Writing Process Vicky Campo Writing Exercise Connections Susan J. Allspaw Exploring Topics: Rationale for a Class Exercise Michael Stancliff Teaching Organization : Transition Moments, Cueing Systems, and Modes of Coherence Michael Murphy Orchestrating Peer-Response Activities Approaches to Productive Peer Review Fiona Paton Reflection on Peer-Review Practices Lisa Cahill Using Group Conferences to Respond to Essays in Progress Susan K. Miller A Possible Sequence of Peer-Group Responses to a Student s Emerging Text Autobiographical Essay Duane Roen x

5 9 Responding to In-Process Work to Promote Revision Less Is More in Response to Student Writing Clyde Moneyhun One Dimension of Response to Student Writing: How Students Construct Their Critics Carol Rutz Another Kind of Teacher-Student Talk: Conversational Responding and Revising Seth L. Kahn Guidelines for Responding to Student Writing Richard Straub Why Student Conferences Are Important Michael Stancliff Expanding the Uses of Writing Centers Jasna R. Shannon Writing Center Consultations Rebecca L. Jackson Responding to and Evaluating Polished Writing Developing Rubrics for Instruction and Evaluation Chris M. Anson and Deanna P. Dannels What Makes Writing Good?/What Makes a Good Writer? Ruth Overman Fischer Contexts and Criteria for Evaluating Student Writing Jane E. Hindman Portfolio Standards for English 101 Douglas D. Hesse Handling the Confrontative Conference Ruth Overman Fischer Establishing Weighted Criteria for Evaluating Writing Karen Vaught-Alexander Teaching Writing with Technology Overviews and Impressions of Teaching with Technology Overcoming the Unknown Adelheid Thieme xi

6 Asynchronous Online Teaching Donald Wolff Suggestions for the Computer-Mediated Classroom Class Peer Review in a Computer-Mediated Classroom: Using Classroom Projection Capabilities and Messages Laura L. Bush Web Page Place Assignment and Analysis Assignment Patricia R. Webb-Peterson Using the Web to Enhance Students Critical Literacy Skills Sibylle Gruber Working in an Electronic Classroom Julia V. Gousseva Teaching Composition with International Students in an Electronic Classroom Viktorija Todorovska Approaches to Using Computer Technology When You Don t Teach in an Electronic Classroom Timothy D. Ray Constructing a Teaching Portfolio Teaching-Portfolio Potential and Concerns: A Brief Review Camille Newton Thinking about Your Teaching Portfolio C. Beth Burch A Philosophy of Teaching: Backseat Driving Renee T. Thomas Statement of Teaching Philosophy Amy D Antonio Reflection on Teaching Neil A. Waldrop Statement of Teaching Philosophy Jennifer A. Miller Teaching Philosophy Laura L. Nutten xii

7 13 Teaching Matters of Grammar, Usage, and Style A Cautionary Introduction Keith Rhodes And the Question Is This What Lessons Can We, as Writers, Take from This Reading for Our Own Writing? Elizabeth Hodges Empowering Sentences Nicholas J. Karolides Teaching Style Karen Vaught-Alexander Parallel Structures Emily Golson Sector Analysis Patricia Licklider Encouraging Editing Edward A. Kearns Teaching Research Skills First-Year Composition as an Introduction to Academic Discourse M. J. Braun and Sarah Prineas Teaching Research Skills in the First-Year Composition Class Mark Gellis Situating Research: Writing Research Proposals in First-Year Composition Joyce A. Simutis An Assignment for Encouraging Research Jeanne Gunner Citing Ourselves: Students as Specialists and Scholars Donna Reiss INDEX EDITORS xiii