Welcome Kit

The 2015 Welcome Kit for new graduate assistants is available for download temporarily via Dropbox.

Table of Contents

Part One: Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition

What is Rhetoric and Composition?

The Nature of Composition Studies by Andrea Lunsford

Writing in the Contexts of Teaching and Learning

Writing as Composing by Eleanor Kutz and Hephzibah Roskelly

Creating the Classroom Community Eleanor Kutz and Hephzibah Roskelly

Part Two: Eastern Michigan University's First-Year Writing Program

WRTG120: Composition I: Writing the College Experience

An Introduction to the Course

A Brief Description of WRTG120 and WRTG121 with Program Principles

Learning to "Yo!" by Dale Cyphert

Rhythm and Pattern in a Composing Life by Louise Wetherbee Phelps

Writing Your Own Literacy Narrative

Literacy Narrative Sample – Lonsdale

Literacy Narrative Sample – Mueller