Teaching Writing as Journey Not Destination

<p>American author Kurt Vonnegut has famously declared that writing is unteachable yet formal education persists in that task. <em>Teaching Writing as Journey Not Destination</em> is the culmination of P.L. Thomas’s experiences as both a writer and a teacher of writing reaching into the fourth decade of struggling with both.</p><p>This volume collects essays that examine the enduring and contemporary questions facing writing teachers including grammar instruction authentic practices in high-stakes environments student choice citation and plagiarism the five-paragraph essay grading and the intersections of being a writer and teaching writing. Thomas offers concrete classroom experiences drawn from teaching high school ELA first-year composition and a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses. Ultimately however the essays are a reflection of Thomas’s journey and a concession to both writing and teaching writing as journeys without ultimate destinations.</p><p> </p>