Prospective writing tutors:
Here's our syllabus for ENG 250 Peer Tutoring in Writing. I might make modifications from time to time -- and when I do, I'll almost definitely make an announcement about it -- but please get into the habit of checking the online version regularly.
To bounce back from our Week 1 scheduling mishap, we've got some ground to make up. Per the syllabus, here are the assigned readings that I'm expecting you to complete before our next class, Tuesday, August 28th. You can find them all on Canvas under the "Files" tab.
Woooo, that's a lot, and we won't nearly have that much to read again -- at least not until Week 7. Please remember, though, that: (1) we're a week behind and (2) we're only meeting once a week, so the assigned readings, above, reflect 4 classes worth of "homework." Each of those articles/chapters will be very important for developing a background about writing and education that you'll be bringing to your tutoring practice -- and to your assignments in our ENG 250 course.
On the syllabus, you'll see that you've also got some writing due before our next class:
Thank you, good luck, and try to have some fun with this.
Z
Here's our syllabus for ENG 250 Peer Tutoring in Writing. I might make modifications from time to time -- and when I do, I'll almost definitely make an announcement about it -- but please get into the habit of checking the online version regularly.
To bounce back from our Week 1 scheduling mishap, we've got some ground to make up. Per the syllabus, here are the assigned readings that I'm expecting you to complete before our next class, Tuesday, August 28th. You can find them all on Canvas under the "Files" tab.
- Backpacks to Briefcases: Steps Toward Rhetorical Analysis (Carroll)
- Teaching Two Kinds of Thinking (Elbow)
- Note: please annotate this -- we'll be discussing annotations next week
- The Bedford Guide for Writing Tutors, CH 2: The Writing Process
- The Bedford Guide for Writing Tutors, CH 4: Helping Writers Throughout the Writing Process
- ESL Writers: CH 7, Looking at the Whole Text
- “So What? Who Cares?” Saying Why It Matters (Birkenstein & Graff)
Woooo, that's a lot, and we won't nearly have that much to read again -- at least not until Week 7. Please remember, though, that: (1) we're a week behind and (2) we're only meeting once a week, so the assigned readings, above, reflect 4 classes worth of "homework." Each of those articles/chapters will be very important for developing a background about writing and education that you'll be bringing to your tutoring practice -- and to your assignments in our ENG 250 course.
On the syllabus, you'll see that you've also got some writing due before our next class:
- A brief and informal "About Me" blurb on your blog
- A 500-word (or more!) reaction to the assigned readings. What resonates with you? What can you relate to, and why? What are you looking forward to learning more about? As you craft your responses, please make direct connections to at least 4 of the 6 above readings. Also, feel free to combine Week 1 and Week 2's blog posts into one post.
- Respond to 3 of your classmates' posts. Each of these should be somewhere about 150 words.
Don't forget to leave me your blog address on this Google Doc so I can sync it up with my/our course blog.
Thank you, good luck, and try to have some fun with this.
Z
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