Oh boy, Roger!
I'm right with Laura on this one! There's probably nothing nearer to the
"writing centre part of my heart" than issues to do with the teaching of reading
and writing in elementary/secondary schools. Like Laura, I'm not at all sure
whether or not I'll be going to San Antonio next year - but like Laura, I'd be
glad to lend my support, and my name, to any proposal that would address writing
achievement, and teacher preparedness to facilitate writing achievement, in
Canadian schools.
Ginny Ryan
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Laura Atkinson wrote:
> Roger!
>
> Thank you for raising this and offering to do something about it!
>
> There's a new report just out in the States in April 2003 by the National
> Commission on Writing in America's Schools and Colleges (of the College
> Board)"The Neglected 'R:' The Need for a WRITING Revolution." It says that
> writing instruction and student achievement in writing are in a deplorable
> state and that attention needs to be paid to the devotion of time to writing
> instruction in school, the development of assessment tools for writing, the
> use of technology in writing instruction, and the preparation of teachers to
> teach writing.
>
> Maybe we could use this as a jumping off point and talk about writing
> instruction in Canada in relation to these four issues. And if a revolution
> in writing is needed in the states maybe Canada could make do with a small,
> even comic, rebellion (at least in English Canada) or find that things are
> fine and we just need to tinker a little bit with what we have.
>
> I'm not sure if I'll be able to go to San Antonio but if you need names and
> titles for the caucus proposal you could put me down for "Student writing
> achievement north of the 49th" or "Teaching Teachers to Teach Writing in
> Canada."
>
> Laura Atkinson, Ph.D.
> Education Analyst
> The Manitoba Teachers' Society
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Graves [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 11:14 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Remember the Alamo: CCCC 2004 Canadian caucus
>
> Friday is the deadline for submitting the proposal for the Canadian caucus
> for the San Antonio CCCC next March. I'll submit the proposal (unless
> someone else would like to volunteer); does anyone have any ideas about what
> to put in it? In Ontario, of course, the Alamo may indeed be an appropriate
> metaphor for faculty dealing with the double cohort!
>
> Roger Graves, English, DePaul University
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