Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Topic: Writing Assignments

10-second review: “But the main insight I have about my own literacy history is that none of the important or meaningful writing I have produced happened as a result of a writing assignment given in a classroom.”

Source: —Lillian Bridwell Bowles, 1995 in KB Yancey, College Composition and Communication (December 2004), 298.

10-second review: Have students write for real audiences and send that writing to the real person.

Source: H Mancina. English Journal (July 2005), 31-35.

Comment: Something to remember when planning writing assignments. RayS.

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