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Narratives about Teaching Writing 75Additional Texts about the Teaching of WritingBooksAnson, Chris M., Joan Graham, David A. Jolliffe, Nancy S. Shapiro, andCarolyn H. Smith. (1993). Scenarios for Teaching Writing: Contextsfor Discussion and Reflective Practice. Urbana, IL: National Councilof Teachers of English.This is a book of cases or stories depicting different events, issues,or problems that university writing instructors commonly face,along with questions for discussion.Black, Laurel, Donald A. Daiker, Jeffery Sommers, and Gail Styhall(Eds.). (1994). New Directions in Portfolio Assessment: Reflective Practice,Critical Theory, and Large-Scale Scoring. Portsmouth, NH:Boynton/Cook.This collection of essays describes and discusses portfolio assessmentin secondary schools and its pedagogical and political implications.Bleich, David. (1998). Know and Tell: A Writing Pedagogy of Disclosure,Genre, and Membership. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook.Bleich takes a postprocess approach to writing pedagogy andexplores how writing classrooms and student language use areaffected by the material realities of students’ lives, including socioeconomic,cultural, racial, ethnic, and gender identities. Bleichalso explores the grading of student writing through apostmodern lens and how classroom “discomfort” can sometimesbe the catalyst for learning.Elbow, Peter. (1973). Writing without Teachers. New York: Oxford UniversityPress.A landmark book outlining a student-centered writing pedagogy,Elbow’s text focuses on peer response groups and prewriting/inventionstrategies. This is a wonderful introduction to processwriting and how to teach students to provide substantive feedbackin writing groups.Fulkerson, Richard. (1996). Teaching the Argument in Writing. Urbana, IL:National Council of Teachers of English.This book translates classical rhetoric and Toulmin’s model of argumentinto clear, accessible language and suggests ways they