English 830 Teaching Writing

Readings  (for those of you who want to get ahead, the readings are set for the spring term.  You should begin with the Glenn & Goldthwaite book)

Anson, Chris, Joan Graham, David Jolliffe, Nancy Shapiro, & Carolyn Smith. (1993). Scenarios

    for Teaching Writing. Contexts for Discussion and Reflective Practice. Urbana, IL:

    National Council of Teachers of English. (ISBN 0814142559)

DeSena, Laura Hennessey. (2007). Preventing Plagiarism: Tips and Techniques. Urbana, IL:

    National Council of Teachers of English. (ISBN 978-0-8141-4593-7)

Glenn, Cheryl & Melissa,A.Goldthwaite. (2007). The St. Martin's guide to writing 6th ed.

    NY: Bedford/St. Martin's. (ISBN 978-0-312-45133-2)

Golub, Jeffery N. (2005). More Ways to Handle the Paper Load:  On Paper and Online.

    Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. (ISBN 0-8141-3210-3)

Moore, C; & O'Neill, P.  (2002). Practice in Context: Situating the Work of Writing Teachers. 

   Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.  (ISBN 0814136613)

Tate, Gary, Amy Rupiper, & Kurt Schick. (2002). A Guide to Composition Pedagogies. New York:

     Oxford University Press, 2001. (ISBN 0195125363)

The Composition Studies Reading List and a few other optional readings

Atwell, N. (1998). In the middle: New understandings about writing, reading, and learning. Portsmouth, NJ: Boynton/Cook Publishers.

Belenky, M. Field. (1986). Women’s ways of knowing: The development of self, voice, and mind. New York: Basic Books.

Berthoff, A. E. (1984).  Reclaiming the imagination: Philosophical perspectives for writers and teachers of writing. Upper Montclair: Boynton/Cook Publishers.

Britton, J. N., Burgess, T., Martin, N., McLeod, A., & Rosen, H. (1979). The development of writing abilities (11-18). New York: Macmillan Education.

Bullock, R. H., Trimbur, J., & Schuster, C. T., (Eds.) (1991). The politics of writing instruction: Postsecondary. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Publishers.

Calkins, L. McCormick. (1983). Lessons from a child: On the teaching and learning of writing. Exter, NH: Heineman Educational Books.

Connors, R. J. (1997).  Composition-rhetoric: Background, theory, and pedagogy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.

 Elbow, P. (1973). Writing without teachers. New York: Oxford University Press.

Enos, T. (Ed.). (1987). A sourcebook for basic writing teachers. New York: Random House.

Faigley, L. (1992). Fragments of rationaltiy: Postmodernity and the subject of composition. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.

Gere, A. Ruggles. (1987). Writing groups: History, theory, and implications. Carbondale: CCCC’s, Southern Illinois University Press.

Graves, D. H. (1983). Writing: Teachers and children at work. Exeter, NH: Heineman Educational Books.

Harris, J. D. (1997). A teaching subject: composition since 1966. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall Books.

Harste, J. C., Woodward, V. A., & Burke, C. L. (1984). Language stories and literacy lessons. Portsmouth, NH: Heineman Educational Books.

Kintgen, E. R., Kroll, B. M., & Rose, M. (Eds.). (1988). Perspectives on Literacy. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press.

Liner, T., Latta Kirby, D., & Kirby, D. (2003).  Inside out.  Portsmouth, NJ: Boynton/Cook.

Macrorie, K. (1984). Writing to be read. Upper Montclair, NJ: Boynton/Cook Publishers.

Moffet, J. (1968). Teaching the universe of discourse. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Publishers.

Murray, D. M. (1968). A writer teaches writing: A practical method of teaching composition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Publishers.

North, S. M. (1987). The making of knowledge in composition: Portrait of an emerging field. Upper Montclair, NJ: Boynton/Cook Publishers.

Rose, M. (1988).  Lives on the boundary: The struggles of America’s underprepared.  New York: Free Press.

Rouen, Duane, Veronica Pantoja, Lauren Yena, Susan K. Miller, & Eric Waggoner. (2002).

    Strategies for Teaching First-Year Composition. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of

     English.  (ISBN 0-8141-4749-6)

Rosenblatt, L. M. (1968). Literature as exploration. New York: Noble and Noble.

Shaughnessy, M. P. (1977). Errors and expectations: A guide for teachers of basic writing. New York: Oxford University Press.

Villaneuva, V. Jr. (Ed.). (1997).  Cross-talk in comp theory: A reader. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.