Building a swan's nest for instruction in rhetoric

Authors
Bacon, N
Citation
N. Bacon, Building a swan's nest for instruction in rhetoric, COLL COMPOS, 51(4), 2000, pp. 589-609
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Literature
Journal title
COLLEGE COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION
ISSN journal
0010096X → ACNP
Volume
51
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
589 - 609
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-096X(200006)51:4<589:BASNFI>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
When a composition teacher incorporated community-based writing assignments into her course, she found that the curriculum did not support students' t ransitions to nonacademic settings. Her success in transforming the curricu lum suggests that the writing classroom can function not only as a site for 'general writing skills instruction' but also for analysis of rhetorical v ariation.