Response essay to two articles on teaching of composition

The response essay asks you to examine an article and discuss your reactions to it. The essay will not incorporate other source material other than the article to which you
are responding.

ï‚· Length: 700-1000 words
ï‚· Format: APA
ï‚· Sources: one source, which is the article to which you are responding
Articles to select from to respond to In this essay, you will write a personal response to the following pair of articles. Both articles are available in the e-reserves section of your WRTG 291 class in LEO. I will provide the articles and instruction in pdf via the manage orders section.
ï‚· Teller, J. R. (2016). Are we teaching composition all wrong? The Chronicle of Higher Education, Retrieved from http://www.chronicle.com/
 Stewart, E.M. (2016). No, we’re not teaching composition ‘all wrong.’ The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from http://www.chronicle.com/
Please read both articles in preparing to construct your first draft of your response essay. You might compare what Teller says to what Stewart says, consider your own experiences in writing classes when reading their arguments, and note areas of agreement, disagreement, or partial agreement/disagreement you have with either author. Please incorporate both authors into your response essay. Do not simply respond to one of the
authors. Respond to both Teller and Stewart as a pair of essays.

Point of view
For this essay, feel free to use “I” and “me” (first person point of view) in responding to the article. While you may have been discouraged from using first-person point of view in previous classes, please note that this essay is one that allows the use of first-person point of view because you are responding to an article. However, you should not write \”to the reader\” by using the pronoun \”you\” (second person point of view) in referring to the reader. For example, instead of “When you read this article, you have the impression that the author is…” you would write, “When I read this article, I had the impression that the author was…”

APA Style
The paper should be formatted in APA style. The video How to format your paper according to APA style might be helpful to watch. In summary, you should observe the following:
ï‚· Use one-inch margins.
ï‚· Double space.
ï‚· Use size 12 Times New Roman font.
ï‚· Include a running head.
ï‚· Include page numbers.
ï‚· Include a title page.
ï‚· Do not include an abstract. This paper is not long enough to warrant an abstract.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Response Essay to Two Articles on Teaching of Composition
Comparison of Stewart And Teller Approach to Writing
Teller and Stewart adopt different approaches of teaching composition courses. However, despite the many differences, reading their articles demonstrate that they have some points in common. First, both are of the view that holding peer workshop is an important strategy in composition teaching. The two observe that such workshops help students to improve their confidence in giving feedbacks, writing, reading and following instruction and encouraging them to revise. In addition, Teller and Stewart seems to partially agrees that composition courses should not …