Roger: I intend to present a short paper on "Politics in K-12 and
undergraduate composition". Take care, Tom William, Univeristy of
Toronto
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.
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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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