On NCTE’s Teaching and Learning forum, there has been a discussion about the use of first person and the writer’s presence. I am going to…
I would like to write about revision this morning–that, and maybe about ways to frame writing assignments. Decades ago, I shifted from minimum word count…
I had a conversation with a well-known rhetoric and composition scholar a few days ago. My friend made two claims common among writing teachers: teachers…
Below is a note that I sent to my students about our next essay: OK, here’s what I’m thinking about this next essay or re-vision…
I only want to start a post–my method of getting something down. The overall theme of this blog is productive ways of helping students with…
I’m engaging in a little avoidance writer here (blogs are clearly great for that). I had two experiences yesterday (actually four) that have to do…
This is far from an original thought (and yes, I am aware of iterative theory). It’s probably a mix of Marx, W.C. Allee, and Steinbeck (who,…
A student sent me the following note (I have her permission to post it): Dr. Peckham, I want to let you know what’s going on…