Lisa Thrush ENG 571 Presentation 1 Success in the Basic Writing
Classroom
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Politics in Basic Writing Empowered Students Schools
responsibilities Technology in writing Important Themes in Basic
Writing
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Politics in Basic Writing Open Admissions No Child Left Behind
Federal funding Student Opportunities Standardized Tests
Accountability of tests in relation to recognizing student
achievement Types of tests Different goals Represent knowledge
Align with curriculum
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Empowered Students Learn from mistakes (Shaughnessy) Enter the
discourse (Bartholomae) The Local Generation gap in the May family
(Brandt 7) Mary Cimarolli (ET 8) Vince (Rose) Further research
Building community (Rigolino and Freel)
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The Schools Responsibility Standards for teachers (Rose)
Curriculum (Rose, Shaughnessy, Lunsford) Teachers role in the
classroom Further Research Andrea Lunsford Mike Rose
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Technology Advances in Writing Class Computers and writing
Students take risks Quality and quantity of writing Computers for
teaching Further research Cynthia Selfe James Lockard and Peter D.
Abrams
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Works Cited Bartholomae, David. Inventing the University. The
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Error. College Composition and Communication 31.3 (1980): 253-269.
Print. Brandt, Deborah. Literacy and Learning: Reflections on
Writing, Reading, and Society. Sam Francisco: John Wiley and Sons,
2009. Lockard, James and Peter D. Abrams. Computers for
Twenty-first Century Educators. (5 th ed.). New York: Longman,
2001. Lunsford, Andrea. Cognitive Development and the Basic Writer.
College English 41.1 (1979): 38-46. Print.
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Works Cited Rose, Mike. The Language of Exclusion: Writing
Instruction at the University. The Norton Book of Composition
Studies. Ed. Susan Miller. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2009.
586-603. Print. ---. Why School. New York: The New Press, 2009.
Print. Selfe, Cynthia L. Technology and Literacy in the
Twenty-First Century: The Importance of Paying Attention. The
Conference on College Composition and Communication of the National
Council of Teachers of English, 1999. Shaughnessy, Mina.
Introduction to Errors and Expectations: A Guide for the Teacher of
Basic Writing. The Norton Book of Composition Studies. Ed. Susan
Miller. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2009. 387-396. Print.
Tarpley, Fred, Ed. Memories of Old ET. Silver Leos Guild,
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