Publication Date
2015
Keywords
student writing, student comments, responding to student writing
Abstract
Nancy Sommers’s Responding to Student Writers is a self-proclaimed “modest book” (vii) with an important goal: discussing best practices in responding to student writing. Published by Bedford St. Martin’s, the book aims to address teachers at the college-level who may find themselves struggling with increasing enrollment and a practice that “takes more time, thought, empathy, and energy than any other aspect of teaching writing” (x). At approximately 50 pages, Sommers’s slim book is both conversational and easy to digest, a text that could easily be slipped in a carry-on bag for a trip to a conference or read quickly between classes. Though the retail price for students is $18.99, teachers can request a desk copy for free through Bedford. The majority of the volume is organized into an introduction and six main sections; however, an index, brief bibliography, and summary of best practices are also provided.
Recommended Citation
Kelly, Lauren
(2015)
"Review of Responding to Student Writers by Nancy Sommers,"
Journal of Response to Writing: Vol. 1:
Iss.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/journalrw/vol1/iss1/6