Quinsigamond Community College
Web Resources for Teachers of Basic Writing
Course materials
- English 100 on the Web Online course at Albuquerque Vocational Technical Institute
- English 99 on the Web Online course at Albuquerque Vocational Technical Institute
Purdue OWL Resources
"ESL Resources: Handouts and Exercises for Students and Teachers." Purdue University's Online Writing Lab. 2002. <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/index.html>
"OWL Handouts: Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling." Purdue University's
Online Writing Lab. 2002. <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/index.html>
Available for educational purposes under
Terms
and Conditions of Fair Use.
"OWL: Workshops and Presentations: PowerPoint." Purdue University's Online Writing Lab. 2002. <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/pp/index.html>
Curriculum / Classroom Notes
"Curriculum Development: Basic Writing." The Bedford Bibliography for
Teachers of Writing. 2000. <http://www.bedfordbooks.com/bb/curr6.html>
This is an annotated bibliography of
significant articles and books in the field.
"Essentials of English." NCTE Positions and Guidelines. 1998-2001. <http://www.ncte.org/positions/essentials.shtml>
Faucette, Rosemary. "A Metaphorical Introduction to
the Writing Process." Reprinted from Ideas Plus Book 15. NCTE, 1997.
National Council of Teachers of English..
<http://www.ncte.org/notesplus/ideas_classroom/play-doh.shtml>
"Teaching Basic Writing." McGraw-Hill Higher Education: English. 2002. <http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/english/tbw/>
Grammar
Ruggiero, Cheryl. "Grammar for Teachers." Virginia Tech English Department. 2001. <http://www.english.vt.edu/~grammar/GrammarForTeachers/>
"Some Questions and Answers about Grammar." NCTE Positions and Guidelines.
November 2002.
<http://www.ncte.org/positions/grammar.shtml>
Uehling, Karen S. "Teaching about Language." McGraw-Hill Higher Education: English.
2002.
<http://www.mhhe.com//socscience/english/tbw/uehling/Teaching%20about%20Language%20(1).htm>
Weaver, Constance. "Teaching Grammar in the Context of Writing." English Journal. November 1996. <http://www.english.vt.edu/~grammar/GrammarForTeachers/readings/weaver.html>
Assessment
Crank, Virginia. "Asynchronous Electronic Peer Response in a Hybrid Basic Writing Classroom." Teaching English in the Two-Year College 30.3 (December 2002): 145-155. <http://www.ncte.org/pdfs/subscribers-only/tetyc/0302-dec02/TE0302Asynchronous.pdf>
Haswell, Richard. "Minimal Marking." College English 45.6 (1983),
166-70.
<http://www.english.vt.edu/~grammar/GrammarForTeachers/readings/haswell.html>
Maki, Peggy. AAHE Assessment Forum. 2002.
<http://www.aahe.org/assessment/>
"The Neglected R: Report of the National Commission on Writing in America's Schools and Colleges." National Commission on Writing. April 2003. <http://www.writingcommission.org/prod_downloads/writingcom/neglectedr.pdf> (44 page PDF document)
"9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning." AAHE
<http://www.aahe.org/assessment/principl.htm>
Suskie, Linda. "Fair Assessment Practices: Giving Students Equitable Opportunities to Demonstrate Learning." AAHE Bulletin (May 2000) <http://www.aahe.org/Bulletin/may2.htm>
"Writing Assessment: A Position Statement." NCTE Positions and Guidelines. 1998-2001. <http://www.ncte.org/positions/writing_assessment.shtml>
Plagiarism
Lang, James M. "Dealing with Plagiarists." The Chronicle of Higher Education. 14 May 2002. <http://chronicle.com/jobs/2002/05/2002051401c.htm>
Harrington, Susanmarie, and Linda Adler-Kassner. "Plagiarism: the Challenge of Teaching Rhetorically in Basic Writing." Teaching Basic Writing. 2002. <http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/english/tbw/harrington/finalmodule.htm>