Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2011
Department
English
Keywords
literature, composition, high school students, creative writing, American literature
Abstract
The article reports on the role of student writers in the U.S. to enhance the study of literature in the classroom. High school teacher Dawn Reed shares how students' professional writing served as a starting point for deeper study and advocacy of American literature. It provides an overview of Katie Greene's assessment system that creates flexibility while providing a model of evaluation which can be adapted for other professional writing experiences.
Source Publication Title
English Journal
Publisher
National Council of Teachers of English
Volume
101
Issue
2
First Page
93
Recommended Citation
Bush, J., Zuidema, L. A., Reed, D., & Greene, K. (2011). Professional Writing in the English Classroom: Student Writers as Problem Solvers in Literature Classrooms. English Journal, 101 (2), 93. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.dordt.edu/faculty_work/52
Included in
Educational Methods Commons, English Language and Literature Commons, Rhetoric and Composition Commons
Comments
Copyright © National Council of Teachers of English 2011.