Writing about Writing

About this Book
	Cover Page
	Inside Front Cover
	Title Page
	Copyright Page
	Contents
	Preface for Instructors
	How Writing about Writing Supports WPA Outcomes for First-Year Composition
	About the Authors
Part 1 Exploring Threshold Concepts of Writing through Inquiry
	Chapter 1 Investigating Writing: Threshold Concepts and Transfer
		Why Study Writing?
			Two Stories About Writing
			Conceptions: With Our Thoughts we Make the World
		Threshold Concepts of Writing
			Meta-Concept: Writing is not Just Something People do, but Something People Study Through Inquiry
			Threshold Concept: Writing is a Process, and all Writers Have More to Learn (Chapter 4: Composing)
			Threshold Concept: Writing is Impacted by Identities and Prior Experiences (Chapter 5: Literacies)
			Threshold Concept: “Good” Writing is Contextual (Chapter 6: Rhetoric)
			Threshold Concept: People Collaborate to Get things Done with Writing (Chapter 7: Communities)
		Transfer: Applying Learning to New Writing Situations
			“Near” and “Far” Transfer
			Practicing Reflection to Aid Transfer
		Sources that Informed Chapter 1
		Reflecting on the Ideas of Chapter 1
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Major Writing Assignments: Writing about Threshold Concepts
	Chapter 2 Readers, Writers, and Texts: Understanding Genre and Rhetorical Reading
		Reading and Writing for Conversational Inquiry
		Genres and How Writers and Readers Depend on Them
			What Genres Are
			Genres as Flexible Maps
			Sets and Systems: How Genres Circulate and Respond to Other Genres
			Features of the Scholarly Research Article Genre
		Rhetorical Reading: The Reader’s Role in Conversational Inquiry
			Two Stories About Reading
			Elements of Rhetorical Reading
		Sources that Informed Chapter 2
		Reflecting on the Ideas of Chapter 2
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Major Writing Assignment: Genre Analysis
	Chapter 3 Participating in Conversational Inquiry about Writing
		Walking into the Party
			What Can a Student Contribute?
			Open Questions, Accessible Methods
		Formulating a Research Question
			Finding Existing Conversations Using Databases and Search Engines
			Creating a Research Space (CARS)
		Seeking Answers by Gathering Data
			Analyzing Your Data
			Conducting Research Ethically
		Telling Your Story: Sharing Your Research
			Being Peer-Reviewed and Managing Feedback
			Conversational Inquiry is Collaborative
		Sources that Informed Chapter 3
		Reflecting on the Ideas of Chapter 3
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Major Writing Assignments: Participating in Conversational Inquiry
Part 2 Joining Conversations about Writing
	Chapter 4 Composing: Threshold Concept: Writing Is a Process, and All Writers Have More to Learn
		Shitty First Drafts
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		The Composing Processes of Unskilled College Writers
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Decisions and Revisions: The Planning Strategies of a Publishing Writer
		Response of a Laboratory Rat — or, Being Protocoled
			Framing the Readings
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Revision Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Rigid Rules, Inflexible Plans, and the Stifling of Language: A Cognitivist Analysis of Writer’s Block
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		A Bag Full of Snakes: Negotiating the Challenges of Multimodal Composition
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Did I Create the Process? Or Did the Process Create Me?
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Responding — Really Responding — to Other Students’ Writing
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Major Writing Assignments: Writing about Processes
	Chapter 5 Literacies: Threshold Concept: Writing Is Impacted by Identities and Prior Experiences
		Sponsors of Literacy
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Only Daughter
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Excerpt from Bootstraps: From an American Academic of Color
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Challenging Our Labels: Rejecting the Language of Remediation
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		The Phenomenology of Error
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Should Writers Use They Own English?
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		From Outside, In
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Chinks in My Armor: Reclaiming One’s Voice
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Major Writing Assignments: Writing about Literacies
	Chapter 6 Rhetoric: Threshold Concept: “Good” Writing Is Contextual
		Rhetoric: Making Sense of Human Interaction and Meaning-Making
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Rhetorical Situations and Their Constituents
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Intertextuality and the Discourse Community
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Rhetorical Reading Strategies and the Construction of Meaning
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Helping Students Use Textual Sources Persuasively
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		All Writing Is Autobiography
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		The Value of Rhetorical Analysis Outside Academia
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Major Writing Assignments
	Chapter 7 Communities: Threshold Concept: People Collaborate to Get Things Done with Writing
		Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Learning to Serve
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Reflections on the Concept of Discourse Community
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Learning the Language
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		A Stranger in Strange Lands
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Coaches Can Read, Too
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Identity, Authority, and Learning to Write in New Workplaces
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Galaxy-Wide Writing Strategies Used by Official Star Wars Bloggers
			Framing the Reading
			Getting Ready to Read
			Questions for Discussion and Journaling
			Applying and Exploring Ideas
		Major Writing Assignments
Notes
Glossary
Acknowledgments
Index
Inside Back Cover
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