Embracing writing : ways to teach reluctant writers in any college course / Gary R. Hafer ; foreword by Maryellen Weimer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hafer, Gary R., 1957- author.

Weimer, Maryellen, 1947- author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher).

English language.

Report writing--Study and teaching (Higher).

Report writing.

Academic writing--Study and teaching (Higher).

Academic writing.

Adult education.

Interdisciplinary approach in education.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 pages)

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, California : Jossey-Bass, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Embracing Writing is a book that offers fresh versions of various ideas. Free writing isn't a new idea but how Gary recommends you use it in class and in your own writing is. He doesn't preach or hype about how well it and the other strategies he recommends work. He doesn't tell you to try them, but when you do, you discover he's right and you learn new things about approaches you thought you understood. I so appreciate books that get beyond rehashing the ideas of others, books that build new structures out of familiar ideas, and books that challenge conventional thinking about the way things are or the way we think they have to be. "Embracing Writing is about teaching students who don't like to write and don't do it well-that's the book's main focus. It proposes a variety of interesting ways teachers can improve student writing and their attitudes about it-ways that involve the role of writing in the classroom, approaches to rewriting (not revising-Gary makes important distinctions between the two), ways of providing feedback and a whole different orientation to grading. This isn't the way writing is usually taught, in composition courses or any other courses, for that matter. But it's an approach that makes sense and one that offers options to teachers who are regularly or occasionally frustrated by their attempts to teach writing. They are options they may not have considered or perhaps should reconsider. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Write from the Beginning 1

2 Plan with the Syllabus 21

3 Open That First Class with Writing 45

4 Daily Writing: Practice Before Polish 65

5 Make Long Assignments Manageable for Everyone 81

6 Prepare for Rewriting 105

7 Offer Feedback for Classwork 133

8 Giving Feedback During Short Conferences 157

9 The Finals: Portfolio and Conference 183

10 Offer But Two Cheers for Grading Writing 205.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Other Format:

Print version: Hafer, Gary R., 1957- Embracing writing : ways to teach reluctant writers in any college course.

ISBN:

9781118583784

9781118583692

OCLC:

890981786

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.