Research Proposal Intro Teaching writing of any sort in a classroom environment can be a tricky endeavor to navigate through. This is in part because of the subjectivity involved in “learning” to write; the multiple variables involved in an instructor’s own experience of learning to write, and their specific sense of writing as a craft. […]
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Project 2: Student A
Dear A— Thank you very much for your essay! It was a pleasure to read. We’ve talked throughout the quarter about the specific strengths found in your writing, such as your knack for writing a good introductory hook and your ability to transition between big ideas. Both of these strengths are very much present here. […]
Who Offers You the “Writer” Identity?
The myth of genius authorship pervades, always. From the moment students are taught the basics of writing—the standard structures in which to say something in their writing—they are faced with a kind of unconscious model to mimic. Be that example essays of “ideal” scholarship or the supplementary literature they are given to think about and […]
Expanding Considerations of Style
Citation Garza, Edward Santos. “Style Makes the Writer: Expanding Considerations of Style in the Writing Center .” Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, Squarespace , www.praxisuwc.com/ edward-santos-garza-143. Summary In “Style Makes the Writer: Expanding Considerations of Style in the Writing Center,” Edward Santos Garza argues for the emphasis that should be placed on style in student writing, […]