[Englecturers] Re: George Hillocks Here on Tuesday, July 8, 9:30 am in Watkins 2240

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Dear John,

I am dismayed to have missed George.  I was out of the country until last 
night, the 9th, and came home to emails and phone calls that made me wish I 
could be in more than one place at one time!  I trust George was terrific 
for you guys.  I'm in the process of editing an essay that he wrote for 
RTE, which we'll run in either the November or February issue -- in which 
he discusses the tenacity of instruction in mechanics over more 
over-reaching concepts in English and language arts classes, and the 
connection between such teaching and the foci of large-scale testing.  A 
really nice piece.  Have a great summer and summer writing project.

Best,
Melanie


At 03:35 PM 7/8/2005, John Briggs wrote:
>Colleagues:
>
>      The summer institute of the Inland Area Writing Project is hosting a 
> presenting by George Hillocks of the University of Chicago this Tuesday, 
> July 12, at 9:30 am in Watkins 2240.  Visitors are welcome.  Professor 
> Hillocks will be discussing his decades of research on the effectiveness 
> of various composition pedagogies.  His books include Ways of Thinking, 
> Teaching Writing as Reflective Practice, The Testing Trap, and the 
> seminal Research on Written Composition.
>
>      The presentation will run from 9:30-12:30.  Visitors are welcome for 
> all or part of the session.  I hope that some of you will have the 
> opportunity to attend.  You will be able to meet one of the most widely 
> respected scholars in the field of rhetoric and composition.
>
>John Briggs
>Director, Inland Area Writing Project
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