Defining+Composition

This wiki page features our initial ideas about what composition is -- drawing on class discussions and course readings, including Katie Wood Ray's "Two Kinds of Composition" and Kathleen Blake Yancey's //Writing in the 21st Century//.

> //**(a)**// read the following linked on the moodle: the short excerpt from Katie Wood Ray entitled “Two Kinds of Composition.” As you read, think about your own definition of composition in conjunction with the ideas that Ray presents. Also, read Yancey’s NCTE Report, Writing in the 21st Century, and consider her call for thinking about composition in new ways in light of what Ray presented. > > //**(b)**// After reading both short pieces, post your initial thoughts (can be brief paragraph) about defining composition on a wiki page you link below. Use the one I created for Tanesha as a model if you need it. > > //Next, add your own name and title below, create your linked page, and post your initial ideas...//
 * Directions:** Building on our discussion of the types of writing we do and what composition is,

Tanesha's Initial Ideas about Composition

Jamye's Initial Ideas about Composition

Anna's Initial Ideas about Composition

Kelly's Initial Ideas about Composition

Teresa's Initial Ideas about Composition

James' Thoughts on Composition

[|Heather's thoughts about composition]

Hannah's thoughts about composition

Scott's thoughts about composition

Jen's thoughts about composition

Some thoughts from Blakely

Will's thoughts about composition

Lakeisha's Definition