OER Project, Author, and Download Information

OER Project, Author, and Download Information

Welcome to "Bad Ideas About Writing" lesson plans and instructor's guides. This resource is broken into 4 sections which can be used together or á la carte.

About The Modules

UNCO LE@RN LogoThese modules were created by Dr. Tara Wood, Associate Professor of English, and Writing Program Administrator, as part of UNC's LE@RN Learning Resources mini-grants in cooperation with University Libraries and the Colorado Department of Higher Education. Use the open-access textbook Bad Ideas about Writing to develop a quick and easy resource for instructors across the campus to implement into their writing-intensive courses. This assignment could supplement any writing task that instructors create themselves and will be meant to enrich their understanding (and thus their students' understanding) of the role grammar/syntax play in developing as a writer.

About the Author

Dr. Tara Wood
Tara Wood

Tara Wood is an associate professor of English and writing program administrator. Her research areas of interest include Rhetoric and Composition, writing pedagogy, Disability Studies, Gender Studies, trauma and memory, personal narrative, and rhetorics of disclosure

"Too often, both instructors and students think teaching or policing grammar will result in 'good' writing. But this is a bad idea about writing... I would like students to be able to identify and understand the impact of error on their audience understanding or uptake of ideas. And I would like instructors to have a new and research-based way of assessing student error/teaching grammar."

 

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To download, click on the download link below. You will arrive at Canvas Commons home page. In the search bar (see image below), enter UNCO_LE@RN, and from this location, you can find:

You Can Teach Writing In General | There is One Good Style of Writing

Teaching Grammar Improves Writing | Strong Writers Don't Need Revision

 

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