What does it mean to take a writerly approach to research? Sondra Perl and her co-authors have pondered this question over the past five years as they have each worked with her to design and draft dissertations that combine their work as literacy researchers with their love of writing. Each of them has moved toward storytelling as a compelling and…

Claims that writing theorist James Britton is unsuccessful at linking (and restricting) writing in the "spectator role" to the forming of "verbal objects." Argues for a broader view of the spectator role. (MS)

Discusses who needs to know grammar, how much and what kind teachers need to know, how much students need to know, and what grammar is good for. (DD)

English teachers should publicly respond to criticism of the teaching of writing by asking that more writing classes be offered, writing be taught in small classes, and more writing be assigned in all classes. (DD)

Politics, culture, and curriculum research all influence the ways students are taught to write. (DD)

Describes some rules which might form the six-part framework for the grammar component of a composition course. (DD)

Because the spoken rhythm of Black English differs from that of standard varieties of American English, speakers of Black English are more likely to write sentence fragments. (DD)

Describes an approach to teaching composition skills based on a sequence of activities designed for different grade levels. (DD)

Traces the influence of Quintilian on modern day teaching of composition and suggests this influence may be an impediment to progress. (DD)

An update of resources on in-service education that focuses on composition, stressing regional projects in the National Writing Project. (DD)

Introduces queer theory as a development in literacy and cultural theory that English teachers and their students will find applicable to reading, writing, and thinking about academic and social texts. Demonstrates how this theory might be applied. (TB)

Looks back at the author's 1972 essay and responds to it now, helping readers place it within an historical context in order to learn about the genesis of his ideas then and his reflections now. Suggests that students do have authority, through their unique and at times vast understandings from their own experiences of language, of literature, and…

Argues that problems encountered when dictating are different from problems confronted when writing. Discusses two means of interacting with computers by means of voice. (JAD)

A paper, presented at a workshop on "Teachers Writing" at the 1976 Conference on English Education, which presents students' descriptions of English teachers. (DD)