Examines several pieces of writing (class assignments as well as writing done outside of school) by the author's 10-year-old daughter. Notes the different kinds of learning promoted in them, and maintains that school writing assignments should be as "real" as possible. (SR)

Describes the beginning and growth of "WriteNow," a school publication which provides a forum for all classroom writing (from creative writing to a well-crafted physics essay) by students of all levels (from basic to honors). (SR)

Describes the use of an electronic bulletin board in a first-year composition class. Explores power relationships and issues of gender, conflict, and authority while focusing on one young man's role on the bulletin board. (SR)

Argues that writing teachers must create an organic curriculum with the language of home and community at its core. Suggests that writing teachers help students examine language features, dialects, and language attitudes in their communities. Notes that such student inquiry influences class discussions and can reshape attitudes toward students'…

Discusses teaching argument using participatory action research (PAR), a recent phrase for the old idea of learning by practice. Describes the use of hypothetical cases that provide a context-rich series of overlapping issues, which involve students as principals, and which are addressed and resolved through reading, analysis of various arguments,…