From teaching_composition@mailman.eppg.com Wed Feb 25 18:13:45 2009 From: teaching_composition@mailman.eppg.com (Chris Anson) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:13:45 -0500 Subject: [Teaching_Composition] Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing Seeks Proposals for the 1st Volume Message-ID: --Apple-Mail-1--419612121 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Please excuse cross postings: From: Charlie Lowe Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing is a new textbook series seeking =20 proposals for essays for the composition classroom. Each volume of =20 Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing will contain peer-reviewed =20 collections of essays all composed by teachers for students, freely =20 available for download under a Creative Commons license. Volumes in Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing will offer multiple =20 perspectives on a wide-range of topics about writing, much like the =20 model made famous by Wendy Bishop=92s The Subject Is . . . series. In =20= each chapter, a rich variety of authors will present their unique =20 views, insights, and strategies for writing by addressing the =20 undergraduate reader directly. Drawing on their own experiences, =20 these teachers-as-writers will invite students to join in the larger =20 conversation about developing nearly every aspect of their craft. =20 Consequently, each essay will function as a standalone text which =20 will easily compliment other selected readings in writing or writing-=20 intensive courses across the disciplines at any level. Thus with your =20= submissions and the publication of subsequent volumes of essays, the =20 Writing Spaces website will become a large library of student-=20 centered instructional essays on writing for all across our field to =20 use in the composition classroom. The theme for Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Vol. 1 will be =20 first-year composition, and we invite authors to submit a proposal =20 for a chapter on any topic about writing suitable for a first-year =20 class. For example, * College writing vs. what you did in high school * Freewriting * Why invention is important * Finding a topic for your personal narrative * Drawing on personal experience in your writing * Understanding the rhetorical situation * What is creativity? * What do we mean by that term "style?" * Developing the appropriate voice for your audience * Getting to the draft * What makes a good thesis and how to focus your paper * Best practices for conducting research * The Internet as a space for communication and research * Effective quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing * Re-vision as re-seeing your text * Why proofreading is important * Primary research: the I-search paper, ethnography, or interviewing * Logic in argumentative writing * Collaborative writing * New media writing Because each chapter in Writing Spaces is an essay, authors will want =20= to strike a balance between instruction and creating a text that =20 demonstrates excellent essay writing, with an appropriate and strong, =20= engaging voice for a student audience. An essay could provide =20 students with good writing advice and strategies. Or it might =20 exemplify the type of essay writing that presents perspectives that =20 stimulate critical thinking and invigorating class conversations. Any =20= essay that incorporates outside material should also serve as a =20 student-friendly model for demonstrating effective attribution and =20 integration of sources. Chapters in this collection could draw on personal experiences and =20 include narrative writing. Student voices and examples are encouraged =20= (student permission required), and visuals can be included in the =20 text. Collaboratively written essays are also welcome. Each proposal will be a 300-400 word abstract that clearly states the =20= focus and purpose of the essay and briefly outlines the working =20 structure of the piece. Furthermore, abstracts should indicate =20 whether or not and how student voices and/or visuals will be included. Proposals are due by April 10, 2009 and are to be submitted online =20 via the Writing Spaces website as a .doc, .pdf, .rtf, or .odt file. =20 Authors will be notified by e-mail about the status of their =20 proposals by May 15, 2009. The publication of the first volume is =20 planned for January of 2010. More information for authors and a link =20 to our submission form is available in the authors area of our =20 website: http://writingspaces.org/authors. Upon publication, individual essays and a full electronic version of =20 the first volume will be available for free download from the Writing =20= Spaces' website. Teachers may upload these onto their course =20 management websites or integrate them into course packs--royalty =20 free. As they are published, print editions of each volume will be =20 available through Parlor Press. For more information about the Writing Spaces book series or other =20 questions, please take a look at the materials on our website, http://=20= writingspaces.org/, or contact the editors: editors@writingspaces.org. Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing is published in partnership with =20 Parlor Press and the WAC Clearinghouse. --Apple-Mail-1--419612121 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252
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From: Charlie Lowe <cel4145@cyberdash.com>

Writing = Spaces: Readings on Writing is a new textbook series seeking proposals = for essays for the composition classroom. Each volume of Writing Spaces: = Readings on Writing will contain peer-reviewed collections of essays all = composed by teachers for students, freely available for download under a = Creative Commons license.

Volumes in Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing will = offer multiple perspectives on a wide-range of topics about writing, = much like the model made famous by Wendy Bishop=92s The Subject Is . . . = series. =A0In each chapter, a rich variety of authors will present their = unique views, insights, and strategies for writing by addressing the = undergraduate reader directly. =A0Drawing on their own experiences, = these teachers-as-writers will invite students to join in the larger = conversation about developing nearly every aspect of their craft. = Consequently, each essay will function as a standalone text which will = easily compliment other selected readings in writing or = writing-intensive courses across the disciplines at any level. Thus with = your submissions and the publication of subsequent volumes of essays, = the Writing Spaces website will become a large library of = student-centered instructional essays on writing for all across our = field to use in the composition classroom.

The theme = for Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Vol. 1 will be first-year = composition, and we invite authors to submit a proposal for a chapter on = any topic about writing suitable for a first-year class. For = example,

=A0 =A0* College writing vs. what you did in high = school
=A0 =A0* = Freewriting
=A0 =A0* Why invention is = important
=A0 =A0* Finding a topic for = your personal narrative
=A0 =A0* = Drawing on personal experience in your writing
=A0 =A0* Understanding the rhetorical = situation
=A0 =A0* What is = creativity?
=A0 =A0* What do we mean by = that term "style?"
=A0 =A0* = Developing the appropriate voice for your audience
=A0 =A0* Getting to the draft
=A0 =A0* What makes a good thesis and how to focus = your paper
=A0 =A0* Best practices for = conducting research
=A0 =A0* = The Internet as a space for communication and research
=A0 =A0* Effective quoting, paraphrasing, and = summarizing
=A0 =A0* Re-vision as = re-seeing your text
=A0 =A0* = Why proofreading is important
=A0 =A0* = Primary research: the I-search paper, ethnography, or = interviewing
=A0 =A0* Logic in = argumentative writing
=A0 =A0* = Collaborative writing
=A0 =A0* = New media writing

Because each chapter in Writing Spaces is an essay, = authors will want to strike a balance between instruction and creating a = text that demonstrates excellent essay writing, with an appropriate and = strong, engaging voice for a student audience. An essay could provide = students with good writing advice and strategies. Or it might exemplify = the type of essay writing that presents perspectives that stimulate = critical thinking and invigorating class conversations. Any essay that = incorporates outside material should also serve as a student-friendly = model for demonstrating effective attribution and integration of = sources.

Chapters in this collection could draw on personal = experiences and include narrative writing. Student voices and examples = are encouraged (student permission required), and visuals can be = included in the text. Collaboratively written essays are also = welcome.

Each proposal will be a 300-400 word abstract that = clearly states the focus and purpose of the essay and briefly outlines = the working structure of the piece. Furthermore, abstracts should = indicate whether or not and how student voices and/or visuals will be = included.

Proposals are due by April 10, 2009 and are to be = submitted online via the Writing Spaces website as a .doc, .pdf, .rtf, = or .odt file. Authors will be notified by e-mail about the status of = their proposals by May 15, 2009. The publication of the first volume is = planned for January of 2010. More information for authors and a link to = our submission form is available in the authors area of our website: http://writingspaces.org/authors.
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Upon = publication, individual essays and a full electronic version of the = first volume will be available for free download from the Writing = Spaces' website. Teachers may upload these onto their course management = websites or integrate them into course packs--royalty free. As they are = published, print editions of each volume will be available through = Parlor Press.

For more information about the Writing Spaces book = series or other questions, please take a look at the materials on our = website, http://writingspaces.org/, or = contact the editors: editors@writingspaces.org.

Writing = Spaces: Readings on Writing is published in partnership with Parlor = Press and the WAC Clearinghouse.

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