Author: Kirsten LaBarca
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Good Grammar= Good English?
Kyle Wiens article on poor grammar and an opinion on Zachary Martins article on why African American English is good English.
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Alan and his Flaw’s in the Office
Elizabeth Wardle’s article on identity and authority and the mistakes Alan made in the workplace as a “powerful network administrator.”
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Berkenkotter’s Study on the Writing Process
Berkenkotter’s study on Donald Murray to get an idea of how the writing process and revising works in three different scenarios.
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Multimodal Texts and How to Make Them Work
Gagich, Klein, and Shackelford’s tips for creating strong and captivating multimodal texts and what they are made up of.
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Is Shelley Reid onto Something?
Shelley Reid provides different approaches college students can use in their writing, but are they helpful or redundant?
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Is it a Shitty First Draft?
Anne Lamott talks about Shitty First Drafts and how she tackles them, but is shitty the right word? How “shitty” can be controversial.
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You put the “Author” in Authority
One freshman in college and one grad student are told to write an educated paper and there is a big difference in their authoritative voice.
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The Future of Technology and Multiple Literacies
Teachers having a better grasp of the technology they will use in classrooms and a better understanding of multiple literacies for their students.
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Why “I” can be important in writing.
Kate McKinney Maddalena’s view on why using “I” is important and a college students take on personal experience in papers.
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Discourses and their definitions
James Paul Gee describes the different types of discourses, how they are applied in a person’s life, and how you can change discourse.