{"product_id":"the-college-writing-toolkit-tried-and-tested-ideas-for-teaching-college-writing-9781845534523","title":"The College Writing Toolkit: Tried and Tested Ideas for Teaching College Writing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery writing teacher needs a toolkit of good lesson plans and inspiring assignments. \"The College Writing Toolkit: Tried and Tested Ideas for Teaching College Writing\" is just such a practical resource, offering practical tools for both new and experienced teachers seeking to expand their professional repertoire. The Toolkit provides a collection of tried and tested methods and techniques for eliciting and working on students' writing in a college or university environment. Contributors from all over the world reflect on best practices for teaching writing and for generating writing assignments that help college or university students to learn and to express themselves with confidence, clarity, and originality and in a range of genres. Each contribution is written in a format specifying the theoretical and conceptual framework of the pedagogical activity, its purpose, audience, and intended outcomes. Contributors also describe the situations in which the activity has been tried, what the results have been, and how the activity has been modified accordingly. An important aspect of the descriptions is the contributors' reflections on the value of the activity and their recommendations for applying it for best results in the same and different types of contexts, such as for different types of institutions and audiences of students. Those who incorporate the practices of the Toolkit in their own teaching can therefore benefit from another practitioner's understanding and experience gained from refining an activity over time to enhance its effectiveness. College and university writing teachers can use and creatively adapt these activities to help their students improve their writing process, use writing as a mode of thought and reflection, master writing genres, and write effectively in their course assignments. The Toolkit is a resource for both novice and experienced writing teachers looking to try something different or new in their classes with a knowledge of a previous context in which it has been successful. By using the practical tools in \"The College Writing Toolkit\", college\/university writing teachers can expand their repertoire while gaining experience that connects them to the practices of others in the field in the ongoing expansion and refinement of the tools of the writing trade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 1.\tTools of the Trade: The College Writing Teacher in a New Age  \tPauline Burton and Martha C. Pennington  Part 1. Writing from Personal Experience 2.\tThe Personal Essay as a Tool to Teach Academic Writing \tOlivia Archibald, St. Martin's University (USA) 3.\tSnapshots of Our Literacies \tMichelle Cox, Bridgewater State College (USA) \tKatherine E. Tirabassi, Keene State College (USA) 4.\tEmpowering Basic Writers Through  This I BelieveA\" Essays \tMolly Hurley Moran, University of Georgia (USA) 5.\tLocal Heroes, Local Voices \tPauline Burton 6.\tA Funny Thing Happened To Me: Introducing Oneself Through Humor \tMartha C. Pennington  Part 2. Argumentation and Writing from Sources 7.\tThe  Delayed ThesisA\" Essay: Enhancing Rhetorical Sensitivity by  \tExploring Doubts and Refutations  \tSara Pace, Lamar University (USA) 8.\tLiterature-with-Exposition: A Critical Thinking and Writing Assignment \tGita DasBender, Seton Hall University (USA) 9.\tParaphrase Integration Task: Increasing Authenticity of Practice  \tin Using Academic Sources \tZuzana TomaA', University of Utah (USA) 10.\tTeaching Critique Writing: A Scaffolded Approach \tNahla Nola Bacha, Lebanese American University (Lebanon)  Part 3. Writing for Specific Contexts  11.\tAcademic Discourse Community Mini-Ethnography \tDan Melzer (California State University, Sacramento (USA) 12.\tUsing Writing Across the Curriculum Exercises to Teach Critical Thinking  \tand Writing \tRobert Smart, Quinnipiac University (USA) \tSuzanne Hudd, Quinnipiac University (USA) \tAndrew Delohery, Quinnipiac University (USA) 13.\tWriting the  ProfessionalA\": A Model for Teaching Project Management in  \ta Writing Course \tSky Marsen (Victoria University of Wellington (NZ) 14.\tWriting for an Authentic Audience \tKate Kessler, James Madison University (USA)  Part 4. Interactive and Self Assessment of Writing 15.\tThe Write Path: Guiding Writers to Self-Reliance \tLisa Nazarenko, University of Vienna (Austria) \tGillian Schwarz, University of Vienna (Austria) 16.\tConference-based Writing Assessment and Grading \tRobert T. Koch, Jr., University of North Alabama (USA)  Part 5. Working With Technology in the Writing Class 17.\tScavenger Hunt: A Model for Digital Composing Processes \tSally Chandler, Kean University (USA)  \tMark Sutton, Kean University (USA) 18.\tVirtual Mediation: Audio-Enhanced Feedback for Student Writing \tCarter Winkle, Barry University (USA) 19.\tAcademic Writing in the Foreign Language Class: Wikis and Chats at Work \tAna Oskoz, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (USA) \t Idoia Elola, Texas Tech University (USA)","brand":"Equinox Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742777966935,"sku":"9781845534523","price":63.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845534523.jpg?v=1758386513","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-college-writing-toolkit-tried-and-tested-ideas-for-teaching-college-writing-9781845534523","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}