OU FIRST-YEAR COMPOSITION WORKSHOP

READINGS

 

The documents below are listed alphabetically. You can also see them on the workshop schedule or by the assignment date. RTF files are available for each of the documents below on their individual webpages.

 

Anyon, "Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work"

"Ar'n't I a Woman?" as recorded by Frances Gage

Asking Questions

Assignment Schedule

Assignment: Leading a Discussion on a Literacy Essay

Assignment: Literacy Autobiography Essay

Barber, "America Skips School"

Basic Grammatical Problems

Bloom, "The Student and the University"

Constructing a Day's Lesson Plan

Dummy Run Essay Questions

Editorial

Essay 2

Essay 3

Essay Exam 2001 Questions

Essay Exam: Key Verbs

Essay Exam Peer Critique

Exam Nightmares

Fishman, "Becoming Literate: A Lesson from the Amish"

hooks, "Confronting Class in the Classroom"

Important Dates for Syllabus Construction

Jeopardy

Knoblauch, "Literacy and the Politics of Education"

Kozol, "Life on the Mississippi: East. St. Louis, Illinois"

Literacy Autobiography Invention Questions

Literacy Essay Exam Prompt

"My Masterpiece"

Orr, "The Liberal Arts, the Campus, and the Biosphere"

Peer Critique - Descriptive Details and Dialogue

Peer Revision Guide

Policy Statement - Example

Sample Essay Questions from Across the Disciplines

Schedule

Some Hints for Collaborative Grouping

Some Possible Collaborative Tasks

Some Suggestions for Surviving an Essay Exam

"A Sort of Commune" - Rough Draft/Second Draft

Strategies for Concluding Paragraphs

Strategies for Introductory Paragraphs

Strategies to Avoid in Concluding Paragraphs

Strategies to Avoid in Introductory Paragraphs

Syllabus - Example

Teaching First-Year Composition

"Times Like This"

Trademark Errors

Welcome Letter from Dr. Hobbs

Writer's Evaluation

Writing an Essay Exam: A Sequenced Strategy