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- Title
Creating Connection: Composition Theory and Creative Writing Craft in the First-Year Writing Classroom.
- Authors
Smitherman, Carey E.; Girard, Amanda K.
- Abstract
In the first-year writing classroom, students are rarely introduced to the composition theories that inform course pedagogy and writing situations. Although the Writing About Writing movement seeks to bridge this gap for students, the first-year writing course stands to lose its foundation in Writing Across the Curriculum models. Institution administrators and faculty across the disciplines are not always convinced that these courses provide students with the savvy to move overarching ideas about writing from one course to another. This paper introduces the notion of using the model of creative writing craft as an alternative for discussions about composition theory with first-year writing students. Since creative writers discuss craft in a way that is easily accessible to students, this model will help students achieve a deeper understanding of theory while preparing them to write in the disciplines.
- Subjects
CREATIVE writing education in universities &; colleges; WRITING across the curriculum; AIMS &; objectives of curricula; STUDY &; teaching of language composition; COLLEGE freshmen
- Publication
Currents in Teaching & Learning, 2011, Vol 3, Issue 2, p49
- ISSN
1945-3043
- Publication type
Article