Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Vol. 39, No. 1, September 2011

Table of Contents

• Information for Authors

• Poem: Sign

• Report: Research and Scholarship in the Two-Year College

  Two-Year College English Association

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  Abstract: This report is a revised version of the original document, first published in 2004.

• What to Make of the Five-Paragraph Theme: History of the Genre and Implications

  Michelle Tremmel (New Voice)

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  Abstract: This article traces the history of the five-paragraph theme and the views about it, along with arguing for its elimination in writing instruction in favor of problem-based, “rich-task” writing experiences for students.

• From Rigidity to Freedom: An English Department’s Journey in Rethinking How We Teach and Assess Writing

  Chris Strouthopoulos (New Voice) and Janet L. Peterson

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  Abstract: This essay chronicles an English department overhauling its rubric design, curriculum, and portfolio in order to emphasize a wider range of “real-world” writing.

• A Personal Touch: Embedding Library Faculty into Online English 102

  Casey Kadavy (New Voice) and Kim Chuppa-Cornell

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  Abstract: This article describes the collaborative process of including library faculty in an online English composition course and the effect on students’ research.

• What Works for Me

  Michelle Rhodes (New Voice); Pamela Tambornino (New Voice); Eric Bateman; Amanda Hayes (New Voice); Jane Arnold (New Voice)

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  Abstract: Legos Build the Way to Successful Process Analysis Writing, Michelle Rhodes (New Voice)
  
  Native American Elder Stories Make Descriptive Essays Easier, Pamela Tambornino (New Voice)
  
  Teaching Writing Style and Revision, Eric Bateman
  
  Dialect and Language Analysis Assignment, Amanda Hayes (New Voice)
  
  A Scaffolded Essay Assignment on Poetry, Jane Arnold (New Voice)

• Reviews

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  Abstract: The Community College Writer: Exceeding Expectations, by Howard Tinberg and Jean-Paul Nadeau, Reviewed by Jeffrey Klausman
  
  The Community College Writer: Exceeding Expectations, by Howard Tinberg and Jean-Paul Nadeau, Reviewed by Martine Courant Rife
  
  The Ethics and Politics of Speech: Communication and Rhetoric in the Twentieth Century, by Pat J. Gehrke, Reviewed by Brian Ray
  
  Traditions of Writing Research, Edited by Charles Bazerman, Robert Krut, Karen Lunsford, Susan McLeod, Suzie Null, Paul Rogers, and Amanda Stansell, Reviewed by Shannon S. Moon

• Announcements

• TYCA to You

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