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Reading Together

Perusall logoWe’ll use Perusall to annotate and read together. Link here to Perusall. Instructions for joining on the Assignments page.

Calendar: link here

Readings

Readings

Below are the common readings for the semester. They are listed in the order they appear on the calendar. You can find the readings in our shared Perusall site where we will annotate/comment on the readings together. Link to Perusall and Perusall Course Code:

Jaxon, Kim, Laura Sparks, and Chris Fosen. “Epic Learning in a ‘Jumbo’ Writing Course.” Composition Studies, vol. 48, no. 2, 2020, pp. 117-128.

Nelson, Jennie. “Reading Classrooms as Text: Exploring Student Writers’ Interpretive Practices.” College Composition and Communication, vol. 46, no. 3, 1995, pp. 411-429.

Sommers, Nancy and Laura Saltz. “The Novice as Expert: Writing the Freshman Year.” College Composition and Communication, vol. 56, no.1, 2004, pp. 124-149.

TBA

Hall, R. Mark. Chapter 2 “Valued Practices for Building a Writing Center Culture of Observation” from Around the Texts of Writing Center Work: An Inquiry-Based Approach to Tutor Education. Utah State University Press, 2017. pp. 15-44.

Wardle, Elizabeth. “’Mutt Genres’ and the goal of FYC.” College Composition and Communication, vol. 60, no. 4, 2009, pp. 765-789.

Thonus, Terese. “Tutoring Multilingual Students: Shattering the Myths.” Journal of Reading and Learning, vol. 44, no. 2, 2014, pp. 200-214.

Baker-Bell, April. Book trailer: Linguistic Justice: Black Language, Literacy, Identity, and Pedagogy.  Video: Inoue, Asao B. CCCC Chair’s Address, 2019.

Matsuda, Paul K., & Cox, Michelle. “Reading an ESL Writer’s Text.” Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, 2011, pp. 4-14.

Wiley, Mark. “The Popularity of Formulaic Writing (And Why We Need to Resist)” English Journal, 2000, pp. 61-67.

Shipka, Jody. “A Multi-Modal Task Based Framework for Composing.” College Composition and Communication, vol. 57, no. 2, 2005, pp. 277-306.

 

Additional Readings you might find helpful as you think through support writers

Szwed, John F. “The Ethnography of Literacy.” Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook.  Eds. Ellen Cushman, Eugene R. Kintgen, Barry M. Kroll, and Mike Rose. Bedford, 2001. pp. 421-29.

Adler-Kassner, Linda and Elizabeth Wardle (Eds). “Metaconcept: Writing is an Activity and a Subject of Study” from Naming What We Know: Threshold Concepts of Writing Studies. Utah State University Press, 2015.

“Activity Theory and Its Implications for Writing Instruction.” In Reconceiving Writing, Rethinking Writing Instruction. Ed. Joseph Petraglia. Erlbaum, 1995. 51-78.

Readings on Revision & Responding

Stommel, Jesse. “The Twitter Essay.” Hybrid Pedagogy. Web.

Hull, Glynda et al. “Remediation as Social Construct: Perspectives From an Analysis of Classroom Discourse.” College Composition and Communication, vol. 42, no. 3, 1991, pp. 299-329.

Baron, Dennis. “From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technology” Passions, Pedagogies, and 21st. Century Technologies, ed. Gail Hawisher and Cynthia Selfe. Utah State Univ. Press, and National Council of Teachers of English, 2000. pp. 15-33.