Since its publication in January 2000, Seeing & Writing has been used to teach a wide range of composition (and other) courses at hundreds of institutions, a few of which are represented here. If you have materials you'd like to contribute, or comments you'd like to share, please email us at aharter@bedfordstmartins.com. syllabus and course outline for portfolio composition course with a social constructionist slant:"Writing is your thinking made public."
Angi Caster syllabus and course description for composition course that emphasizes critical thinking and verbal and visual literacies: "The greatest challenges you'll face as a writer are discovering something meaningful to say and using your writing to participate in a conversation about a subject."
Virginia Carroll syllabus and paper topic for honors english course: "Time magazine: News or Fluff?"
Charles Hood syllabus for freshman composition course focusing on the personal essay and "modes" of writing
Bryan Walpert syllabus for humanities colloquium that "attempts to investigate the texts and images of contemporary culture."
Mark Szantyr & Julius Sokenu syllabus for freshman composition course that aims to help students "develop confidence and expertise in writing clear, organized expository, and argumentative essays."
Priscilla Kanet syllabus and creative paper topics for descriptive, analytical, and argumentative papers for freshman expository writing course with a focus on academic discourse
Martha Kruse syllabus and projects and assignments for rhetoric course for majors offering "intensive theoretical and practical study of discourse"; assignments ask students to write a personal narrative, a synthesis and analysis essay, and a researched argument.
Allison Russell syllabus for upper-level comp course called "The U.S. Experience" that "focuses on the role of visual representations in the shaping of culture."
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