Archive for October, 2005
Kish article
Don’t forget to check out an article by Judith Kish in the Fall 2000 issue of The Journal of Basic Writing. Discusses the use of technology to overcome writing blocks; creative computer activities to alleviate the pressure of writing (got from handout from classmates in 411/511).
radical shift in topic
Or not that radical. So, I had been considering that enormity of the topic I was considering, combined with my overly scrunched schedule, combined with the fact that I am fascinated by this blogging research idea, I have decided to switch topics. I had somewhat considered it, but I wouldn’t give myself permission for a [...]
Reaction to Sommers
Sommers, Nancy. “Between the Drafts.” Eds. Corbett, Myers, and Tate. 279-285. The journal I wrote for 511: As I read this article, I began to think back on the conversations I’ve had with peers when I’ve asked, “Oh, have you read [insert name of book or author here],“ and how this is sometimes (thought not [...]
project proposal that i’ll turn into vtb
I have chosen to research and discuss the use of voice in college freshmen composition. I plan to write for teachers of freshmen composition. As Kathleen Yancey points out, writers and teachers are often confused by the concept of voice “because of the lack of a simple definition“ (vii). Various attempts to define voice have [...]
bibliography that i’ll turn into vtb – drafting it
“6+1 Trait (r) Writing Scoring Continuum.” 6+1 Trait Writing. Jan. 11, 2005. Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. 23 Oct. 2005 . Bakhtin, Mikhail. “Discoure and the Novel.” The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays. Ed. Michael Holquist. Trans. Caryl Emerson and Michael Holquist. Slavic Series 1. Austin: U of Texas P, 1981. 259-422. Bakhtin, Mikhail. “The Problem of [...]
Bartholomae
Read David Bartholomae’s “Inventing the University”
Elbow, Landmark Essays on Voice and Writing
Elbow, Peter. “Introduction.” Landmark Essays on Voice and Writing Ed. Peter Elbow. Davis, CA: Hermagoras, 1994. xi-xlvii. Page xx: “five meanings of voice as applied to writing: (1) audible voice or intonation (the sounds in a text); (2) dramatic voice (the character or implied author in the text); (3) recognizable or distinctive voice; (4) voice [...]
ideas…
So, after reading Elbow’s essay, this is where I’m at. Freshmen in college often have the problem of not using their real, authentic voice because they are attempting to use a stilted, academic voice that isn’t natural. The question for a teacher of freshmen composition is this: How do we teach students to use an [...]
Eblow, “Reflections on Academic Discourse”
Elbow, Peter. “Reflections on Academic Discourse: How It Relates to Freshmen and Colleagues.” College English 53 (1991), 2. 135-155. Precis: Peter Elbow, in his essay “Reflections on Academic Discourse: How it Relates to Freshmen and Colleagues” (1991), posits that in addition to teaching academic discourse, freshmen writing instructors should focus on “discourse that renders rather [...]
Yancey
Yancey, Kathleen Blake. “Introduction: Definition, Intersection, and Difference – Mapping the Landscape of Voice.” Voices on Voice: Perspectives, Definitions, Inquiry. Ed. Kathleen Blake Yancey. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1994. Page vii: confusion over voice “arose because of the lack of a simple definition.” Page viii: Also confused because definitions are arguments, and the definitions are incomplete [...]
