Resources For Teaching with Writing

 

 

Links

 

·          Introduction

·          Prewriting strategies

·          Peer review strategies

·          Workshop schedule

·          Workshop freewriting

·          Workshop writing activity

·          Sample response journal activity

 

 

 

 

·          Responding to drafts in progress

·          Tips for helping students with writing research papers

·          Evaluating writing

·          Additional resources

 

 

Sample Peer Review Form

 

Responding to the Assignment on Writing an Assignment

 

Skim the draft. At this stage, remember that the draft is very rough.  You are giving preliminary feedback to help the writer shape the assignment.  Your comments should reflect an honest commitment to help the writer.

 

Reviewer’s Name:  

 

§         After reading the draft, summarize in a sentence or two what you think is the purpose of the assignment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

§         What do you like about the assignment?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

§         Tell where more details might be included and suggest some details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

§         One of the requirements of this assignment is to create an assignment that engages students.  Make suggestions for ways in which the writer can better succeed at achieving this goal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

§         Review the requirements for this assignment.  What major parts of the assignment still need to be addressed?

 

 

 

 

 

 

See assignment sheet

 

Last revised: 5/20/02

Judy Arzt

jarzt@sjc.edu

 

 

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