Bits Week in Review for November 6
November 6, 2011
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. I hope you find something you can use in the classroom or your research!
- Susan Naomi Bernstein (Bits) describes “The Day She Learned to Occupy Revision,” and what it means for teaching writing.
- Crystal Farrell (HS Bits) addresses the single biggest obstacle to student achievement in her series on Increasing Student Motivation.
- Traci Gardner (Bits) shares a revision activity to help students Find the Best Features of a Text.
- Doug Downs (Bits) asks, “Which is better: teaching about bibliographic citation styles or teaching the styles themselves?” in Transferable Knowledge About Citation.
- Joanne Diaz (Lit Bits) talks about teaching literature with archival texts in Riding the Metro Haiku.
- In his Behind the Textbook series, Barclay Barrios (Bits) discusses The Challenge of Early Semester Testing.
- Jack Solomon (Bits) examines the widespread cultural tendency to engage in evasive and euphemistic language in Pre-Owned or Preposterous?
- Does your workshop give a class reading? Michael Kardos (Lit Bits) asks about Professionalization and the Workshop.
- Andrea Lunsford (Bits) thinks about the coming changes for the composition classroom and wonders, “What Does ‘Academic Writing’ Mean Today?”
- Holly Pappas (Bits) talks about teaching the research process in “Why Settle for Google?”
A Few Extra Links
- Head on over to Andrea Lunsford’s new Facebook fan page and “Like” it!
- Bedford/St. Martin’s bloggers Nedra Reynolds, Tim Hetland, Holly Pappas, Nancy Sommers, and Traci Gardner in @ProfHacker Teaching Carnival for November.
- Nominate your school for the Diana Hacker TYCA Outstanding Program Awards. Deadline: November 10.
- 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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Cross-posted as a Note on Bedford/St. Martin’s page on Facebook.