1/21 – Martin Luther King Holiday

1/28 – First Class Meeting

“First-Year Writing Gets a New Look.” By Elia Powers. Inside Higher Ed, November 11, 2007. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/11/19/alive (Read the discussion following the article as well)

“Internet Creates Opportunities to Cheat.” By Brittany McCandless. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 16, 2007. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07289/825642-298.stm

“Text Messages May Be Classroom Conduit.” By Charlie Boss. Columbus Dispatch. December 10, 2007.  http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2007/12/10/TEXT.ART_ART_12-10-07_A1_QH8NRUQ.html?sid=101

2/4 – Comp Studies Origins

Brereton, John C. “Introduction.” The Origins of Composition Studies in the American College, 1875-1925. Ed. John C. Brereton. Pittsburgh, PA: U Pittsburg P, 1995. 3-25. Webcampus

Hill., Adam Sherman. “An Answer to the Cry for More English.” 1896, rpt. in The Origins of Composition Studies in the American College. Ed. John C. Brereton. Pittsburgh: U Pittsburg P, 1995. 45-57. Webcampus

Reynolds, Nedra, Patricia Bizzell, and Bruce Herzberg. “A Brief History of Rhetoric and Composition.” The Bedford Bibliography for Teachers of Writing. 6th ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2004. 1-18. Online at:  http://www.bedfordbooks.com/bb/history.html

Nystrand, Martin, Stuart Greene, and Jeffrey Wiemelt. “Where did Composition Studies Come from?: An Intellectual History.” Written Communication 10 (1993): 267-333. Webcampus

2/11 – Comp Studies Today

Mary M. Juzwik, Svjetlana Curcic, Kimberly Wolbers, Kathleen D. Moxley, Lisa M. Dimling, and Rebecca K. Shankland. “Writing Into the 21st Century: An Overview of Research on Writing, 1999 to 2004.” Written Communication 2006 23: 451-476.  Webcampus

Yancey, Kathleen Blake. “Made Not Only in Words: Composition in a New Key.” College Composition and Communication  56 (2004): 297-328. Webcampus

Lowe, Charles, and Terra Williams. “Moving to the Public: Weblogs in the Writing Classroom.” Into the Blogosphere: Rhetoric, Community, and Culture of Weblogs." Ed. Laura J. Gurak, Smiljana Antonijevic, Laurie Johnson, Clancy Ratliff, and Jessica Reyman. June 2004. <http://blog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere/moving_to_the_public.html>.

Canagarajah, A. Suresh. “The Place of World Englishes in Composition: Pluralization Continued.” College Composition and Communication 57 (2006): 586-619. Webcampus

2/18 – President's Day Holiday

2/25 – Rhetorical Theory

Corbett, Edward P. J. “Introduction.” Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student. 4th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. 1-26. Webcampus

Berlin, James. “Current-Traditional Rhetoric.” Writing Instruction in Nineteenth-Century American Colleges. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1984. 58-76. Webcampus

Connors, Robert J. “The Rise and Fall of the Modes of Discourse.” College Composition and Communication 32.4 (1981): 444-455. Webcampus

Kinneavy, James. “The Basic Aims of Discourse.” Cross-Talk  in Comp Theory. 2nd ed. Ed. Vicotor Villanueva. Urbana: NCTE, 2004: 129-140.

3/3 - Process Theories

Murray, Donald M. “Teach Writing as a Process Not a Product.” Villanueva 3-6.

Emig, Janet. “Writing as a Mode of Learning.” Villanueva 7-16.

Perl, Sandra. “Composing Processes of Unskilled College Writers.” Villanueva 17-42.

Sommers, Nancy. “Revision Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers.” Villanueva 43-54.

Hillocks, George. “What Works in Teaching Composition: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental Treatment Studies.” American Journal of Education 93 (1985): 133-170.  Ereserves

3/10 – Product Theories (Grammar, Style, Evaluation)

Connors, Robert J. “Mechanical Correctness as a Focus in Composition Instruction.” College Composition and Communication 36.1 (1985): 61-72. Webcampus

Hartwell, Patrick. “Grammar, Grammars, and the Teaching of Grammar.” Villanueva 205-34.

Elbow, Peter. “Reflections on Academic Discourse: How it Relates to Freshman and Colleagues.” College English 53 (1991): 135-55. WebCampus

Sommers, Nancy. “Responding to Student Writing.” CCC 33 (1982): 148-56. Webcampus

3/17- Spring Recess

3/24 - Basic Writing Theories

Shaughnessy, Mina P.  “Diving In: An Introduction to Basic Writing.” CCC 27 (1976): 234-39. Villanueva 311-318. Also Webcampus

Bartholomae, David. “Inventing the University.” Villanueva 623-54.

Rose, Mike. “The Language of Exclusion: Writing Instruction at the University.” Villanueva 547-70.

Rose, Mike. “Narrowing the Mind and Page: Remedial Writers and Cognitive Reductionism.” Villanueva 345-86.

3/31- Cognitive Theories

Ong, Walter S. J. “Writing Is a Technology that Restructures Thought.” Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook. Eds. Ellen Cushman, Eugene R. Kintgen, Barry M. Kroll, and Mike Rose. New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2001. 19-32. Ereserve

Flower, Linda, and John R. Hayes. “A Cognitive Process Theory of Writing.” Villanueva 273-88.

Bizzell, Patricia. “Cognition, Convention, and Certainty: What We Need to Know about Writing.” Villanueva 387-412.

Dias, Patrick, Aviva Freedman, Peter Medway, and Anthony Pare. “Chapter 7: Distributed Cognition at Work.” Worlds Apart: Acting and Writing in Academic and Workplace Contexts. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 135-150. Ereserve

4/7 - Social Theories (Audience, Collaboration, Intellectual Property)

Ong, Walter S. J.  “The Writer's Audience is Always a Fiction.” Villanueva 55-76.

Porter, James. “Intertextuality and the Discourse Community.” Rhetoric Review 5 (1986): 34-47.  WebCampus

Bruffee, Kenneth. “Collaborative Learning and the ‘Conversation of Mankind.'” Villanueva 415-36.

Trimbur, John. “Consensus and Difference in Collaborative Learning.” Villanueva 461-78.

Johnson-Eilola, Johndan, and Stuart A. Selber. “Plagiarism, Originality, Assemblage.” Computers and Composition 24 (2007) 375–403. Webcampus

4/14 - Computers and Writing

Sullivan, Patricia. “Taking Control of the Page: Electronic Writing and Word Publishing.” Evolving Perspectives on Computers and Composition Studies: Questions for the 1990s. Eds. Cindy Selfe and Gail Hawisher. NCTE, 1991. 43-64. Ereserve

Harris, Leslie D., and Cynthia Wambeam. “The Internet-Based Composition Classroom: A Study in Pedagogy.” Computers and Composition 13 (1996): 353-371. Webcampus

Tim McGee and Patricia Ericsson. “The Politics of the Program: MS Word as the Invisible Grammarian.” Computers and Composition 19 (December 2002): 453-70. Webcampus

Slattery, Shaun. “Un-distributing Work through Writing: How Technical Writers Manage Texts in Complex Information Environments.” Technical Communication Quarterly 16.3 (2007): 311-326. Webcampus

4/21 - Literacy Theories

Heath, Shirley Brice. “Protean Shapes in Literacy Events: Ever-Shifting Oral and Literate Traditions.” Cushman et al.  443-465. Ereserves

Brandt, Deborah. “Sponsors of Literacy.” College Composition and Communication 49.2 (1998): 165-85. Webcampus

Hull, Glynda. “Hearing Other Voices: A Critical Assessment of Popular Views on Literacy and Work.” Cushman et al.  660-84. Ereserves

McCarthy, Lucille Parkinson. “A Stranger in Strange Lands: A College Student Writing Across the Curriculum.” Research in the Teaching of English 21.3 (1987): 233-65. Ereserves

4/28 - Critical and Cultural Studies Pedagogy

Freire, Paulo. “The Adult Literacy Process as Cultural Action for Freedom and Education and ConscientizaÇão.” Cushman et al.  616-628. Ereserves

Berlin, James. “Rhetoric and Ideology in the Writing Class.” Villanueva 717-36.

Shor, Ira. “Monday Morning Fever: Critical Literacy and the Generative Theme of “Work.” Freire for the Classroom: A Sourcebook for Libratory Teaching. Ed. Ira Shor. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 1987. 104-121. Ereserve

Hairston, Maxine. “Diversity, Ideology, and Teaching Writing.” Villanueva 697-714.

Smith, Jeff. “Students' Goals, Gatekeeping, and Some Questions of Ethics.” College English 59 (1997): 299-320. Webcampus

5/5 - Theories of Pedagogy

Berlin, James. “Contemporary Composition: The Major Pedagogical Theories.” College English 44.8 (1982): 765-77. Webcampus

Fulkerson, Richard. “Composition at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century.” CCC 56 (2005): 654-87. Webcampus

Breuch, Lee-Ann M. Kastman. “Post-Process ‘Pedagogy': A Philosophical Exercise.” Villanueva 97-126.

Downs, Douglas, and Elizabeth Wardle. “Teaching about Writing, Righting Misconceptions: (Re)Envisioning ‘First-Year Composition' as  ‘Introduction to Writing Studies.'” College Composition and Communication 58 (2007): 552-584. Webcampus

5/12 - Final Exam Week