Office: Bowman 311 (inside 310, the Writing Center)
540-828-5604
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Dr. Alice L.
Trupe Office: Bowman 311 (inside 310, the Writing Center) 540-828-5604 |
ENG 315:
Teaching Writing
Spring 2008
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Email me at atrupe@bridgewater.edu. Course Requirements and Assignments Resources for Professional Development: National Council of Teachers of English Virginia Association of Teachers of English Heinemann, publisher of many books you'll enjoy, along with many resources for literacy teachers |
This course is designed to be useful to prospective teachers at levels K through college. We will use books on writing geared to teaching at both elementary and secondary levels. My premise is that the same philosophy of literacy learning applies, no matter what the level, because human beings learn to use language in much the same ways throughout their lives: through exposure, practice, feedback, experimentation, for the learner's own purposes, in specific social settings. Research on process and workshop approaches, and on assessment practices, undergirds this philosophy. Texts:
Inside Out: Strategies for
Teaching Writing, 3rd ed., by Tom Liner, Dawn Latta Kirby, and
Dan Kirby. Heinemann. ISBN 0325005885
The 9 Rights of Every Writer: A Guide for Teachers, by Vicki Spandel. Heinemann. ISBN 0325007365 Wondrous Words: Writers and Writing in the Elementary Classroom, by Katie Wood Ray. National Council of Teachers of English. ISBN 0814158161 STUDENT WEB PAGES:
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