Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Vol. 33, No. 4, May 2006

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• Reading Lolita in Tehran Leads to Reading, Writing, Drawing, Painting, Sewing, and Thinking in Saranac Lake, New York

  Shir Filler

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  Abstract: A dream literature class grew into an artistic and critical garden in which students’ and instructor’s thinking flowered.

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• INSTRUCTIONAL NOTE: Using Music Sampling to Teach Research Skills

  Sarah R. Wakefield

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  Abstract: One way to teach the research paper is by first discussing sampling, the musical practice of using other artists’ work. By studying the lyrics of Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, a widely known hip-hop sampler, students gain an understanding of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing sources.

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• "Y'all Are Killin' Me Up in Here": Response Theory from a Newjack Composition Instructor/SistahGurl Meeting Her Students on the Page

  Carmen Kynard

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  Abstract: An experienced instructor finds that there is really no substitute, time and institutional constraints notwithstanding, for getting down on the page with her students and engaging with their writing where it is, where they are, and where she is.

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• INSTRUCTIONAL NOTE: Grammar Instruction in the Land of Curosity and Delight

  Nancy-Laurel Pettersen

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  Abstract: This article describes two strategies for grounding grammar instruction in students’ lifelong experience as users of language. In both cases, students participate as active decision-makers in the process of analyzing conventions of language use.

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• Proust, Hip-Hop, and Death in First-Year Composition

  Geoffrey Sirc

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  Abstract: Hip-hop as content in a first-year writing course offers students a powerful way to connect with their worlds. I draw on Marcel Proust as a kind of rhyme to legitimate hip-hop as a substantive expressive medium to achieve artistry in writing.

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• Quiz Show: Teaching Basic Argument in Developmental Composition

  John Thomas

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  Abstract: A film that presents a compelling and particularly American moral dilemma provides the scaffolding that helps basic writing students to construct convincing argumentative essays.

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• INSTRUCTIONAL NOTE: Conference Teaching: A Response to Donald M. Murray

  John Paul Athanasourelis

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  Abstract: This instructional note describes the successful application and adaptation of teacher-student conference techniques as suggested by Donald M. Murray.

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• "Lucky to Live in Maine": Examining Student Responses to Diversity Issues

  Dianne Fallon

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  Abstract: Examining student responses to a class assignment leads to a richer understanding of how students process and respond to diversity issues.

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• INSTRUCTIONAL NOTE: Collaboration and Critical Thinking in Online English Courses

  Katherine P. Simpson

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  Abstract: With increasing demands for online courses in all levels of higher education, a community college English instructor implements alternative methods of communication to ensure course rigor and integrity as she meets her objectives of enhanced student learning and success.

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• The First Letter in Individual: An Alternative to Collective Online Discussion

  Juan F. Flores

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  Abstract: The online IPJ (Interactive Portfolio Journal), open to the individual student and the teacher but not to the whole class, allows online discussion to draw from both public and private voices, and productively uses the traditional focus on collective critical exchange in tandem with private reflection

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• The Example (poem)

  Tom Speer

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• Writing Back

  Sharon J. Mitchler

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  Abstract: A survey of recent texts affirms there is no single, correct way to respond to student writing. The latest discussion reveals variations in what students want, systems instructors use to respond, and types of comments instructors may write.

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• Using Niche-Market Magazines to Teach Audience

  Stuart Tichenor

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  Abstract: Asking them to analyze the content in specialized magazines is a good way to teach students the meaning and importance of audience.

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• Antigone in the Twenty-first Century (poem)

  Mary Ellen LeClair

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• EDITORIAL: Making the Work Visible

  Howard Tinberg, Editor

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• WHAT WORKS FOR ME

  Kia Jane Richmond

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• REVIEWS

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  Abstract: Reviews of three books: The Profession of English in the Two-Year College reviewed by Edwina Jordan; Postmodern Sophistry: Stanley Fish and the Critical Enterprise reviewed by Cathy Buckingham; Designing Writing: A Practical Guide reviewed by Jill Wright.

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• ANNOUNCEMENTS

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• TYCA to YOU

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• GUEST REVIEWERS

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• AUTHOR-TITLE INDEX: Volume 33

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