Teaching English in the Two-Year College - Volume 39, Issue 1, 2011

This report is a revised version of the original document, first published in 2004.

This article traces the history of the five-paragraph theme and the views about it, along with arguing for its elimination in writing instruction in favor of problem-based, “rich-task” writing experiences for students.

This essay chronicles an English department overhauling its rubric design, curriculum, and portfolio in order to emphasize a wider range of “real-world” writing.

This article describes the collaborative process of including library faculty in an online English composition course and the effect on students’ research.

Legos Build the Way to Successful Process Analysis Writing, Michelle Rhodes (New Voice) Native American Elder Stories Make Descriptive Essays Easier, Pamela Tambornino (New Voice) Teaching Writing Style and Revision, Eric Bateman Dialect and Language Analysis Assignment, Amanda Hayes (New Voice) A Scaffolded Essay Assignment on Poetry, Jane Arnold (New Voice)

The Community College Writer: Exceeding Expectations, by Howard Tinberg and Jean-Paul Nadeau, Reviewed by Jeffrey Klausman The Community College Writer: Exceeding Expectations, by Howard Tinberg and Jean-Paul Nadeau, Reviewed by Martine Courant Rife The Ethics and Politics of Speech: Communication and Rhetoric in the Twentieth Century, by Pat J. Gehrke, Reviewed by Brian Ray Traditions of Writing Research, Edited by Charles Bazerman, Robert Krut, Karen Lunsford, Susan McLeod, Suzie Null, Paul Rogers, and Amanda Stansell, Reviewed by Shannon S. Moon