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The Writing Kaleidoscope:
Writing, Reading, and Grammar
by Kathryn Benander
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A graduate of California State University, Bakersfield (B.A., M.A. in English), Kathryn Benander began her teaching career in 1987 working with many learning disabled and ESL students. Since 1990, she has taught full-time at Porterville College, instructing courses in developmental writing and reading, freshman composition, advanced composition and literature, and a variety of literature survey courses (American literature, poetry, women writers, Shakespeare, etc.). Additionally, Benander is an adviser for Phi Theta Kappa, a student honor society. For the last two years, she has been listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers, and she recently received a NISOD award for teaching excellence.
Benander lives on a small ranch in California with her husband, Ron, and a menagerie of pets. Her favorite activities outside of teaching are reading, writing, and gardening--all of which she pursues with equal passion. Benander explains, "I greatly admire the ability writers have to take us places and allow us to experience facets of life that we may never see otherwise. My hope for students who use The Writing Kaleidoscope is that they will begin a journey they never end. Writing and reading are ever-developing skills. As our skills change, we change, re-creating ourselves and our ability to express and understand who we are and who we will become." |
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