Otis M. Walter–”Plato’s Idea of Rhetoric for Contemporary Students” »

By Katt on Jul 10, 2007 in Blogroll, First Year Composition (FYC), Recommended Reading, Rhetoric | 0 Comments

Walter, Otis M. “Plato’s Idea of Rhetoric for Contemporary Students: Theory and Composition Assignments.” College Composition and Communication. 35.1(Feb 1984): 20-30. (Available through JSTOR)
Otis M. Walter’s informative article “Plato’s Idea of Rhetoric for Contemporary Students: Theory and Composition Assignments” suggests several ways Plato’s theory of rhetoric can be incorporated into a contemporary college writing classroom [...]

Teaching the Annotated Bibliography »

By Katt on Feb 19, 2007 in Blogroll, First Year Composition (FYC), Hows and Whys, Lesson Plans, Pedagogy | 2 Comments

I don’t pay much attention to the statistics on my blog except to note what searches my blog pops up under (and then only because these make good blog entries). But I’m going to direct this blog specifically at the search results on my blog at the moment. Apparently the time has come when those [...]

An Annotated Bibliography for Teaching College Composition »

By Katt on Jan 14, 2007 in Blogroll, First Year Composition (FYC), Pedagogy, Recommended Reading | 0 Comments

I got an email today from a friend begging for advice on a good book to read before beginning the teaching of college composition. Since I know a few of you are new to the teaching of college composition, I thought I would start an annotated bibliography of texts that might help you along. The [...]