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Whether the new instructor of first-year composition looks forward to that first class period with anticipation, dread, or a mix of emotions, Strategies for Teaching First-Year Composition offers guidance, reassurance, and thoughtful commentary on the many activities leading up to and surrounding classroom instruction: What preparation do I need to teach first-year comp? How do I construct a syllabus? How do I develop effective writing assignments? Why am I teaching writing at all? What’s the place of writing in a university education? The texts included in this collection respond to these questions and many others with ideas, suggestions, and experiences from both veteran and new teachers.
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Both experienced and new teachers from community colleges, liberal arts colleges, state universities, and research institutions throughout the U.S. contribute over 90 articles to this guide for new teaching assistants and college/university instructors. The essays are grouped into sections on the contexts for teaching writing; curriculum; designing syllabus materials; creating effective writing assignments; teaching students to build reflective portfolios; strategies for course management; invention strategies and activities; peer-response activities; responding to in-process work to promote revision; responding to and evaluating polished writing; teaching writing with technology; constructing a teaching portfolio; teaching grammar, usage, and style; and teaching research skills. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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