Reading, Writing, Meaning

Illustration: a map/diagram of the elements of this approach to teaching reading, writing and meaning. (2005, John Michael Vore) READING, WRITING, MEANING BLOG : INTRODUCTION by John Michael Vore This blog created in Fall 2023 for two sections of Reading, Writing, Meaning, a first-year university writing course taught in the United States in an area known as the Midwest . It includes notes, diagrams and hand-outs related to the course--and student contributions (with their permission). This first entry is called "Reading, Writing, Meaning Blog: introduction." The "Reading, Writing, Meaning" blog is dedicated first to the unwilling students of writing, who find themselves in a required writing course (it is a good thing to require). They don't like writing. I've (sometimes) taught them writing. Given that students expressly make up part of the audience of this blog, there will be occasional notes aimed at them. Example: " Note : This page has artwork, a