{"product_id":"teaching-writing-as-journey-not-destination-essays-exploring-what-teaching-writing-means-9781641135139","title":"Teaching Writing as Journey, Not Destination:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmerican author Kurt Vonnegut has famously declared that writing is unteachable, yet formal education persists in that task. \u003ci\u003eTeaching Writing as Journey, Not Destination\u003c\/i\u003e is the culmination of P.L. Thomas’s experiences as both a writer and a teacher of writing reaching into the fourth decade of struggling with both.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume collects essays that examine the enduring and contemporary questions facing writing teachers, including grammar instruction, authentic practices in high-stakes environments, student choice, citation and plagiarism, the five-paragraph essay, grading, and the intersections of being a writer and teaching writing. Thomas offers concrete classroom experiences drawn from teaching high school ELA, first-year composition, and a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses. Ultimately, however, the essays are a reflection of Thomas’s journey and a concession to both writing and teaching writing as journeys without ultimate destinations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection I: Accountability, Standards, And Highstakes Testing Of Writing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection II: Being A Writing Teacher\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection III: Being A Writer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection IV: Choice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection V: Citation And Research Papers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection VI: Creative Writing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection VII: Diagramming Sentences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection VIII: Direct Instruction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection IX: Disciplinary Writing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection X: First-Year Composition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection XI: Five-Paragraph Essay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection XII: Genre Awareness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection XIII: Grading\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection XIV: Grammar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection XV: Labrant, Lou\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection XVI: Literacy And The Literary Technique Hunt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection XVII: Plagiarism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection XVIII: Poetry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection XIX: Public Intellectual (Writing For The Public)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection XX: Publishing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection XXI: Reading Like A Writer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection XXII: Rubrics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection XXIII: Teaching English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection XXIV: Writing Process\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Information Age Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51585866301783,"sku":"9781641135139","price":87.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781641135139.jpg?v=1756489564","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/teaching-writing-as-journey-not-destination-essays-exploring-what-teaching-writing-means-9781641135139","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}