Teaching English in the Two-Year College Sep 2000

Distant Service Learning in First-Year Composition: A Grant Writing Unit

Shawn Hellman

Abstract

Describes a “distant service learning” unit in a first-year composition course in which students wrote for a nonprofit organization in the classroom. Discusses program activities in relation to the first-year composition curriculum, program activities and the nonprofit organization, classroom implementation and assessment (including scoring guide criteria), and assessing student impact and impact on the nonprofit organization.

Journal
Teaching English in the Two-Year College
Published
2000-09-01
DOI
10.58680/tetyc20001917
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Closed
Topics
first-year composition service learning

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