Introduce class members, course goals, and projects.

Discuss the historical trace project.

Review the rhetorical precis format.

Discuss readings on perspectives on teaching writing:

Bartholomae, David."What is Composition? And If You Know What That Is, Why Do We Teach it?" Composition in the 21st Century. Ed. Lynn Bloom, Donald Daiker, and Edward White. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1996. 11-29. (ER & CD)

Faigley, Lester. "In the Turbulence of Theory." Fragments of Rationality: Postmodernity and the Subject of Composition. Pittsburgh: U of Pittsburgh P, 1992. 25-47. (ER & CD)

Gage, John T. “Why Write?” Rhetoric: Concepts, Definitions, Boundaries. Ed. David Jolliffe and William Covino. Allyn and Bacon, 1995. 715-33. (ER & CD)

Lindemann, Erika. ed. "Why Teach Writing?" A Rhetoric for Writing Teachers. 4th ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2001. 3-8. (ER & CD)

Vitanza, Victor. "Three Countertheses: Or, a Critical In(ter)vention into Composition Theories and Pedagogies." Contending with Words: Composition and Rhetoric in a Postmodern Age. Ed. Patricia Harkin and John Schlib. New York: MLA, 1991. 139-172. (ER & CD)

Discuss readings on the history of composition:

Berlin, James. “The Nineteenth Century Background,” Rhetoric and Reality: Writing Instruction in American Colleges, 1900-1985. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1987, 20-31. (ER & CD)

Connors, Robert J. “The Rise and Fall of the Modes of Discourse.” College Composition and
Communication 32.4 (1981): 444-55. (ER & CD)

Fulkerson, Richard. “Composition at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century.” College Composition and Communication 56.4 (2005): 654-87. (ER & CD)

Lauer, Janice M. “Composition Studies: A Dappled Discipline.” Rhetoric Review 3 (1984): 20-9. (ER & CD)

Stewart, Donald C. “The Status of Composition and Rhetoric in American Colleges, 1880-1902:
An MLA Perspective.” College English 47 (November 1985): 734-46. (ER & CD)

Responses to Fulkerson. (ER & CD)

Response to Connors. (ER & CD)

By Friday, September 8th at 2pm, email class listserv your team's historical trace project.

Read all the historical trace projects and share in the presentation of your own and discussion of others' works.

Discuss readings on overview of process/post-process:

Berlin, James A., and Robert P. Inkster. "Current-Traditional Rhetoric: Paradigm and Practice." Freshman English News 8.3 (Winter 1980): 1-4, 13-14. (ER & CD)

Faigley, Lester. "Competing Theories of Process: A Critique and a Proposal.” College English
48 (Oct. 1986): 527-42. (ER & CD)

Murray, Donald M. "Teaching Writing as a Process Not Product." 1972. Cross-talk in Comp Theory: A Reader. Ed. Victor Villanueva, Jr. Urbana, IL: NCTE. 3-15. (ER & CD)

Olson, Gary A. "Toward a Post-Process Composition: Abandoning the Rhetoric of Assertion." Post-Process Theory: Beyond the Writing-Process Paradigm. Ed. Thomas Kent. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP. 7-15. (ER & CD)

Tobin, Lad. "Process Pedagogy." A Guide to Composition Pedagogies. Ed. Gary Tate, Amy Rupiper, and Kurt Schick. New York: Oxford UP, 2001. 1-18. (Guide)

Discuss readings on expressivist & socio/cognitivist approaches to composition:

Burnham, Christopher. "Expressive Pedagogy: Practice/Theory, Theory/Practice." A Guide to Composition Pedagogies. Ed. Gary Tate, Amy Rupiper, and Kurt Schick. New York: Oxford UP, 2001. 19-35. (Guide)

Elbow, Peter. "Writing and Voice." Writing with Power: Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford UP, 1998. 281-303. (ER & CD)

Flower, Linda. "Writer-Based Prose: A Cognitive Basis for Problems in Writing." College English 41 (Sept. 1979): 19-37. (ER & CD)

---, and John R. Hayes. "A Cognitive Process Theory of Writing." College Composition and Communication 32 (Dec. 1982): 365-87. (ER & CD)

Macrorie, Ken. "The I-Search Paper." 1984. The I-Search Paper. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Publishers. 54-65. (ER & CD)

Murray, Donald M. "Finding Your Own Voice," "Our Students Will Write--If We Let Them," "What Can You Say Besides AWK?" and "The Listening Eye," Learning by Teaching: Selected Articles on Writing and Teaching. Montclair, NJ: Boynton/Cook Publishers. 139-63. (ER & CD)

Discuss readings on collaboration & social construction in composition:

Bruffee, Kenneth. “Collaborative Learning and the ‘Conversation of Mankind.’” College English
46 (Nov. 1984): 635-52. (ER & CD)

LeFevre, Karen Burke. "Invention as a Social Act." Invention as a Social Act. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois UP, 1987. 31-47. (ER & CD)

Lunsford, Andrea A., and Lisa Ede. "Collaborative Authorship and the Teaching of Writing." The Construction of Authorship: Textual Appropriation in Law and Literature. Ed. Martha Woodmansee and Peter Jaszi. Durham, NC: Duke UP, 1994. 417-38. (ER & CD)

Myers, Greg. "Reality, Consensus, and Reform in the Rhetoric of Composition Teaching." College English 48.2 (February 1986): 2, 154-174. (ER & CD)

Stewart, Donald C. “Collaborative Learning and Composition: Boon or Bane?” Rhetoric Review 7 (Fall 1988): 58-83. (ER & CD)

Trimbur, John. “Consensus and Difference in Collaborative Learning.” College English 51.6 (1989): 602-16. (ER & CD)

Responses to Myers. (ER & CD)

Responses to Trimbur. (ER & CD)

By class, email an electronic copy of your pedagogy project proposal, and bring a hard copy of the proposal to our class meeting.

Discuss readings on critical pedagogy & cultural studies in composition:

Berlin, James A. “Rhetoric and Ideology in the Writing Class.” College English 50 (Sept. 1988): 477-94. (ER & CD)

Ellsworth, Elizabeth. "Why Doesn't This Feel Empowering? Working Through the Repressive Myths of Critical Pedagogy." Harvard Educational Review 59.3 (August 1989), 297-324. (ER & CD)

Freire, Paulo. "The Adult Literacy Process as Cultural Action for Freedom and Education and Conscientização." Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook. Ed. Ellen Cushman, Eugene R. Kintgen, Barry M. Kroll, and Mike Rose. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2001. 616-28. (ER & CD)

George, Diana, and John Trimbur. "Cultural Studies and Composition." A Guide to Composition Pedagogies. Ed. Gary Tate, Amy Rupiper, and Kurt Schick. New York: Oxford UP, 2001. 71-91. (Guide)

Hairston, Maxine. “Diversity, Ideology, and Teaching Writing.” College Composition and Communication 43 (May 1992): 179-95. (ER & CD)

Shor, Ira. "Learning How To Learn: Conceptual Teaching in a Course Called 'Utopia.'" College English 38.7 (Mar. 1977): 640-7. (ER & CD)

Responses to Berlin. (ER & CD)

Responses to Hairston. (ER & CD)

Discuss readings on feminist theory & queer theory in composition:

Elliot, Mary. "Coming Out in the Classroom: A Return to the Hard Place." Feminism and Composition: A Critical Sourcebook. Ed. Gesa A. Kirsch, Faye Spencer Maor, Lance Massey, Lee Nickoson-Massey, and Mary P. Sheridan-Rabideau. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003. 411-24. (Feminism)

Jarret, Susan C. "Feminism and Composition: The Case for Conflict." Feminism and Composition: A Critical Sourcebook. Ed. Gesa A. Kirsch, Faye Spencer Maor, Lance Massey, Lee Nickoson-Massey, and Mary P. Sheridan-Rabideau. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003. 263-280. (Feminism)

Logan, Shirley Wilson. "'When and Where I Enter': Race, Gender, and Composition Studies." Feminism and Composition Studies: In Other Words. Ed. Susan C. Jarrett and Lynn Worsham. New York: MLA, 1998. 45-57. (ER & CD)

Reynolds, Nedra. "Interrupting Our Way to Agency: Feminist Cultural Studies and Composition." Feminism and Composition Studies: In Other Words. Ed. Susan C. Jarrett and Lynn Worsham. New York: MLA, 1998. 45-57. (ER & CD)

Ritchie, Joy. "Confronting the 'Essential' Problem: Reconnecting Feminist Theory and Pedagogy." Feminism and Composition: A Critical Sourcebook. Ed. Gesa A. Kirsch, Faye Spencer Maor, Lance Massey, Lee Nickoson-Massey, and Mary P. Sheridan-Rabideau. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003. 79-102. (Feminism)

Sloane, Sarah. "Invisible Diversity: Gay and Lesbian Students Writing Our Way into the Academy." Writing Ourselves into the Story: Unheard Voices from Composition Studies . Ed. Laura Fontaine and Susan Hunter. Southern Illinois UP, 1993. 29-39. (ER & CD)

Reflective essay "Revisiting 'Confronting the Essential Problem." Feminism and Composition: A Critical Sourcebook. Ed. Gesa A. Kirsch, Faye Spencer Maor, Lance Massey, Lee Nickoson-Massey, and Mary P. Sheridan-Rabideau. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003. 234-6. (Feminism)

Reflective essay "Reflections on 'Feminism and Composition: The Case for Conflict'" Feminism and Composition: A Critical Sourcebook. Ed. Gesa A. Kirsch, Faye Spencer Maor, Lance Massey, Lee Nickoson-Massey, and Mary P. Sheridan-Rabideau. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003. 342-4. (Feminism)

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pedagogy presentations

By class, email an electronic copy of your pedagogy project, and bring a hard copy to our class meeting.

MEET IN ML311 for

pedagogy presentations

Discuss readings on race theories & class theories:

Brodkey, Linda. "On the Subject of Class and Gender in 'The Literacy Letters.'" Writing Permitted in Designated Areas Only. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 1996. 88-105. (ER & CD)

Gilyard, Keith. ed. "Higher Learning: Composition's Racialized Reflection." Race, Rhetoric, and Composition. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Publishers, 1999. 44-52. (Race)

Goodburn, Amy. "Racing (Erasing) White Privilege in Teacher/Research Writing About Race." Race, Rhetoric, and Composition. Ed. Keith Gilyard. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Publishers, 1999. (Race)

Prendergast, Catherine. "Race: The Absent Presence in Composition Studies." College Composition and Communication 50.1 (Sept. 1998): 36-53. (ER & CD)

Powell, Malea. "Blood and Scholarship: One Mixed-Blood's Story." Race, Rhetoric, and Composition. Ed. Keith Gilyard. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Publishers, 1999. 1-16. (Race)

Villanueva, Victor Jr. "On the Rhetoric and Precedents of Racism." College Composition and Communication 50.4 (June 1999): 645-61. (ER & CD)

Discuss readings on rhetorical approaches to composition:

Bitzer, Lloyd F. “The Rhetorical Situation.” Philosophy and Rhetoric 1.1 (1968): 1-14. Rpt. in Contemporary Rhetorical Theory. Ed. John Lucaites, Celeste Condit, and Sally Caudill. New York: Guilford, 1999. 217-25. (ER & CD)

Christensen, Francis. “A Generative Rhetoric of the Sentence.” Notes Toward a New Rhetoric: Nine Essays for Teachers, 2nd Edition. Ed. Bonniejean Christensen. New York: Harper, 1978. 23-44. (ER & CD)

Corder, James. “Argument as Emergence, Rhetoric as Love.” Rhetoric Review 4.1 (1985):16-32. (ER & CD)

Covino, William A. "Rhetorical Pedagogy." A Guide to Composition Pedagogies. Ed. Gary Tate, Amy Rupiper, and Kurt Schick. New York: Oxford UP, 2001. 36-53. (Guide)

Lindemann, Erika. ed. "What Do Teachers Need to Know about Rhetoric?" A Rhetoric for Writing Teachers. 4th ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2001. 37-59. (ER & CD)

Sullivan, Dale L. “Attitudes toward Imitation: Classical Culture and the Modern Temper.” Rhetoric Review 8.1 (1989): 5-21. (ER & CD)

Discuss readings on technology theories:

Haraway, Donna. "A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century." Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature. New York: Routledge, 1991. 149–81. (ER & CD)

Hawisher, Gail E., and Cynthia L. Selfe. "The Rhetoric of Technology and the Electronic Writing Class." College Composition and Communication 42 (1991). 55–65. (ER & CD)

Kaplan, Nancy. "Ideology, Technology, and the Future of Writing Instruction." Evolving Perspectives on Computers and Composition Studies: Questions for the 1990s. Ed. Gail E. Hawisher and Cynthia L. Selfe. Urbana, IL: NCTE and Computers and Composition Press, 1991. 11–42. (ER & CD)

Porter, Jim. "Why Technology Matters to Writing: A Cyberwriter’s Tale." Computers and Composition 20 (2002): 375–94. (ER & CD)

Selfe, Cynthia L. "Technology and Literacy: A Story about the Perils of Not Paying Attention." College Composition and Communication 50 (1999): 411-36. (ER & CD)

By class today, email a copy of your bibliography and complementary materials to the class listserv for me and your peers, and bring me a hard copy of all your composition teaching materials to class.

Deliver composition teaching presentations.

Deliver composition teaching presentations.