From answering the question "Why teach writing?" to offering guidance
in managing group work and responding to assignments, A Rhetoric for
Writing Teachers provides a comprehensive introduction to the teaching
of writing. Now in a fourth edition, this remarkably successful book
features a new chapter by Daniel Anderson on teaching with computers
and adds updated material on invention, intellectual development, and
responding to students' writing. Describing in
straightforward
terms the cross-disciplinary scholarship that underlies composition
teaching, it opens with chapters on prewriting techniques, organizing
material, paragraphing, sentence structure, words, and revising that
show teachers how to lead students through composing. Sections on
writing workshops, collaborative learning, and instructional technology
reflect current views of writing as a social interaction. Chapters on
rhetoric, cognition, and linguistics explain theoretical principles
that support classroo
practices and make teachers' performances more effective. Treating
both the theory and practice of writing, this classic book encourages
teachers to adopt the methods that best meet their students' needs and
to develop a style of teaching based on informed decisions. It provides
an extensive updated bibliography--including useful Web sites as well
as important books and articles--and an updated table of important
dates in the history of composition. A Rhetoric for Writing Teachers,
4/e, offers both prospective and seasoned writing
teachers convenient access to influential scholarship in the field and inspires them to examine what it means to teach well.