This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Journal of Basic Writing is a refereed journal founded in 1975 by Mina Shaughnessy and is published twice a year with support ...

This article explores the particular challenges and possibilities of service learning pedagogy for basic writers. Because a number of scholars of service learning and basic writing (Adler-Kassner, ...

In grade school, we were required to try our hand at playing an instrument. I, along with about 30 of my fellow 4 th graders, wanted the drums. I ended up with the clarinet. I did not want to play the ...

The ubiquity of e­mail means that everyone in business, from lords of finance to programmers who dream in code, needs to write intelligently. By using simple, clear, precise language, and following a ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. At a time when many teenagers are consumed by such activities as text-messaging, blogging, and social networking, more middle and high school students than in the ...

Businesses rely on good writing now more than ever to advance their brand and reach out to new customers. Good business websites are dynamic and contain engaging content to generate strong leads and ...

Writing a dissertation to get a degree and award basically will not consider how to make academic innovations for your dissertation. As a result, it is very difficult to publish it and to publish it.

The practice of students endlessly copying letters and sentences from a chalkboard is a thing of the past. Teaching perfect strokes and proper curves in cursive writing is no longer at the top of a ...