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Lisa Thrush ENG 571 Presentation 1 Success in the Basic Writing Classroom

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Politics in Basic Writing Empowered Students Schools responsibilities Technology in writing Important Themes in Basic Writing

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Politics in Basic Writing Open Admissions No Child Left Behind Federal funding Student Opportunities Standardized Tests Accountability of tests in relation to recognizing student achievement Types of tests Different goals Represent knowledge Align with curriculum

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Empowered Students Learn from mistakes (Shaughnessy) Enter the discourse (Bartholomae) The Local Generation gap in the May family (Brandt 7) Mary Cimarolli (ET 8) Vince (Rose) Further research Building community (Rigolino and Freel)

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The Schools Responsibility Standards for teachers (Rose) Curriculum (Rose, Shaughnessy, Lunsford) Teachers role in the classroom Further Research Andrea Lunsford Mike Rose

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Technology Advances in Writing Class Computers and writing Students take risks Quality and quantity of writing Computers for teaching Further research Cynthia Selfe James Lockard and Peter D. Abrams

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Works Cited Bartholomae, David. Inventing the University. The Norton Book of Composition Studies. Ed. Susan Miller. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2009. 605- 630. Print. ---. The Study of Error. College Composition and Communication 31.3 (1980): 253-269. Print. Brandt, Deborah. Literacy and Learning: Reflections on Writing, Reading, and Society. Sam Francisco: John Wiley and Sons, 2009. Lockard, James and Peter D. Abrams. Computers for Twenty-first Century Educators. (5 th ed.). New York: Longman, 2001. Lunsford, Andrea. Cognitive Development and the Basic Writer. College English 41.1 (1979): 38-46. Print.

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Works Cited Rose, Mike. The Language of Exclusion: Writing Instruction at the University. The Norton Book of Composition Studies. Ed. Susan Miller. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2009. 586-603. Print. ---. Why School. New York: The New Press, 2009. Print. Selfe, Cynthia L. Technology and Literacy in the Twenty-First Century: The Importance of Paying Attention. The Conference on College Composition and Communication of the National Council of Teachers of English, 1999. Shaughnessy, Mina. Introduction to Errors and Expectations: A Guide for the Teacher of Basic Writing. The Norton Book of Composition Studies. Ed. Susan Miller. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2009. 387-396. Print. Tarpley, Fred, Ed. Memories of Old ET. Silver Leos Guild, 2010.

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Thank you!