Bits Week in Review for November 14

Here’s the round-up of posts from last week on teaching composition and rhetoric from Bedford Bits, on teaching English language arts at the secondary level in High School Bits, and on teaching literature and creative writing from Bedford Lit Bits.

• Steve Bernhardt (Bits) talks about students’ annotated bibliographies & the challenge to “get something perfectly correct in detail” in Attention to Detail .
  
  
• Traci Gardner (Bits)  discusses Teaching about Grammar and Traditions with a resource on comics and graphic novels. 
  
  
• Nedra Reynolds (Bits) talks about multigenre and “alternative” writing assignments and reflects on The Long, Slow Revolution, or What's Taking So Long?
  
  
• In his Behind the Textbook series, Barclay Barrios (Bits)  explains what goes into the headnotes that introduce essays in a textbook.
  
  
• Andrea Lunsford (Bits) focuses on Tutoring: What’s in It for the Tutor?
  
  
• Donna Winchell (Bits) explores the complexity of finding argument topics in the news and searching for related claims, support, and warrant in Rushing to Judgment.

A Few Extra Links

• Listen to tutors from Fairfax County High Schools gathered at George Mason for the Northern Virginia High School Writing Tutors Conference.
  
  
• Head on over to Andrea Lunsford's new Facebook fan page and “Like” it!
  
  
• Nominate a colleague for the Nell Ann Pickett Service Award. Deadline: November 15.
  
  
• Mark your calendar for the Tour of TYCA, a taste of each TYCA regional. Online launch: November 25.
   
  
• Check out Writer’s Help, a complete online reference that makes it easy for students to find answers to their questions about writing, and Like Writer’s Help at http://www.facebook.com/Writers.Help.
   
  

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—Traci Gardner

[Photo: Evening watching television by flash.pro, on Flickr]

xxx

Cross-posted as a Note on Bedford/St. Martin’s page on Facebook.

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