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Unit 1 – Portrait of a Writer
Deborah Brandt. Interview from Literacy and Learning.
Mike Rose, “Rigid Rules, Inflexible Plans, and the Stifling of Language”p 532 in Writing About Writing 2ed
Sandra Cisneros, “Only Daughter”
Malcolm X, “Learning to Read”
Section 1 (Bad Ideas about What Good Writing Is), Section 2 (Bad Ideas about Who Good Writers Are), and Section 3 (Bad Ideas about Style, Usage, and Grammar) in Bad Ideas About Writing
Sandra Giles, “Reflection Writing and the Revision Process: What Were You Thinking?” in Writing Spaces
Unit 2 – Genre, Rhetoric & Discourse Communities
Kerry Dirk, “Navigating Genres” in Writing Spaces
Perri Klass
Scott McCloud, “Setting the Record Straight”
John Leo, “Journalese as a Second Tongue”
Unit 3 – Discovery
Randall McClure, “Googlepedia: Turning Information Behaviors in Research Skills”
Cynthia R. Haller, “Walk, Talk, Cook, Eat: A Guide to Using Sources” in Writing Spaces
Dana Lynn Driscoll, “Introduction to Primary Research: Observations, Surveys, and Interviews” in Writing Spaces
Kyle D. Stedman, “Annoying Ways People Use Sources” in Writing Spaces
Richard Straub, “Responding, Really Responding, to Other Students” in Writing Spaces
Unit 5
