English Composition Archive

Teaching through conferences It’s a practical reality that English composition teachers have to instruct the group as a whole. Especially in the freshman and sophomore courses, there are required elements that we all have to cover, like the rhetorical analysis of an …

How do your students connect with your writing assignments and lectures? In other words, how do you know that your students are actually paying attention and learning something from the class? The first indicator of student investment is feedback. Do they turn …

Indiana-Purdue Univ. English Instructor, Louisa Danielson shares her strategy for establishing language rules early in the semester and stem the tide of common grammatical errors. At the beginning of the semester, you never know what the range of grammar efficiency is that you will …

Duke University Professor of Writing, Dr. Denise Comer shares her best practices for achieving research objectives by integrating library instruction into writing intensive courses. In what ways, if any, does your institution’s library intersect with writing courses? How does this relationship (or lack thereof) …

Duke University Professor of Writing, Dr. Denise Comer shares her top 5 writing activities that facilitate contextual learning both inside or outside the classroom. Part of what makes teaching writing fun is how different each class can be. With each iteration of a course, …

Essential Concepts for Designing Compelling, Successful, and Meaningful Writing Projects  Denise K. Comer, Associate Professor of the Practice of Writing Studies and Director of First-Year Writing, Duke University Of the many writing projects you have completed across your education, which ones were your favorites? …