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Rhetoric
Composition
Language Arts
Professional Writing
Digital Rhetoric
ESL Writing
Writing Across the Curriculum
Writing Program Administration

ODU Resources

ODU Department of English
Perry Library
Office of Computing & Communication Services (OCCS)
Writing Tutorial Services
Graduate Writing Assistant Program
Writing at the Graduate Level
Professional Writing Principles for Writing Instructors

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Writing Resources

Purdue OWL-Comprehensive online writing resources.

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Rhetoric

Rhetoric Society Of America (RSA)

Rhetoric Society Quarterly (Journal)
Rhetoric Society of America Conference

Journals

Rhetoric Review
Rhetorica
Pre/Text: A Journal of Rhetorical Theory (Online Journal)
Queen: A Journal of Rhetoric and Power (Online Journal)

Organizations

Rhetoric Society of America
American Society for the History of Rhetoric (Rhetoric Organization)

Conferences

Feminism and Rhetoric

Listservs

H-Rhetor

Resources

Andrea Lunsford–Stanford University (Some definitions)
Classics Department at the University of Kentucky (Lists of rhetorical terms–mostly literay based)
Eserver (Rhetoric and Composition) (Rhetoric Clearinghouse with a Composition bent)
rhetcomp.com (Rhetoric Clearinghouse with a Composition bent)
Silva Rhetoricae (Rhetoric Terms for Beginners)

Rhetoric in Practice

American Rhetoric (Online Speech Bank)
The Rhetorica Network (Analysis about rhetoric, propaganda, and spin)

Student Sample

English 325 (Introduction to Rhetoric) Analysis Paper

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Composition

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

Journals

College Composition and Communication
College English
Teaching English in the Two-Year College
Research in the Teaching of English

Conferences

NCTE Annual Convention (usually mid-to-late-November)
Conference on College Composition and Communication (usually mid-to-late-March)

Position Statements & Responses

CCCC Position Statements
Response to No Student Left Behind

Other Journals

Journal of Advanced Composition/JAC
Written Communication
Composition Studies
The Writing Instructor

Other Conferences

Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference
Thomas R. Watson Conference (Louisville U., every even year)

Listservs

WPA-L

Archives & Other Resources

Comppile
MLA
CompFAQ
inReview
Rebecca Moore Howard's Bibliographies

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Language Arts

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

Journals

Language Arts
Voices from the Middle
English Journal

Conferences

NCTE Annual Convention (usually mid-to-late-November)
Conference on College Composition and Communication (usually mid-to-late-March)

National Writing Project (NWP)

Publications

The Voice
The Quarterly
Journal of the Virginia Writing Project

Local Chapter

Tidewater Writing Project

Virginia Department of Education (VA DoE)

Virginia Standards of Learning
Virginia Implementation of No Child Left Behind

US Department of Education (US DoE)

No Child Left Behind

Student Sample

Halat: Unit & Rationale | Assignment (written for 11th grade context)
McKinney:Unit & Rationale (written for 11th grade context)
Palm: Unit & Rationale | Assignment (written for 11th grade context)

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Professional Writing

Journals

Technical Communication Quarterly
Business Communication Quarterly
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Journal of Business Communication
Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Technical Communication

Organizations

Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW)
Science & Technical Communication (STC); Local Chapter ()
Council for Program in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC)

Conferences

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Digital Rhetoric

JournalsComputers and Composition
Computers and Composition Online Online
KairosConferencesComputers & Writing (usually May or June)Listservs techrhet
H-Digirhet Government ReportsFalling Through the Net
A Nation Online Student SampleResourcesRhetnet (Issues of Rhetoric in Cyberspace)Methodological Plan

• Empirical Study

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ESL Writing

Journals Journal of Second Language Writing
TESOL Quarterly
English for Specific Purposes
English for Academic Purposes
World Englishes OrganizationsTESOL
CCCC Special Interest Group on SLWConferences & MeetingsSymposium on Second Langauge Writing
CCCC (often under Language )
TESOL (focus on )
Association of Applied LinguisticsListservccccslw@Resources

Paul Kei Matsuda's web site

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Writing Across the Curriculum

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Writing Program Administration

Council of Writing Program Administration (WPA)

Writing Program Administration (Journal)
WPA-L (listserv)
WPA-L Archives
WPA Conference

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Student Samples

Teaching College Composition – Semester Syllabus

Example 1 (2008)
Example 2 (2006)
Example 3 (2009)