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Teaching Strategies

Follow the links to the right and below to find resources and best practices from writing teachers and programs around the country
If you've developed tools that are particular effective, please share them with us! 

Workshop materials

Portable Skills

  • Portable skills presentation and discussion notes

Knowledge Transfer

  • Knowledge transfer presentation
  • Knowledge transfer notes

Web Resources 

  • Web resources presentation
  • Presentation notes

Error Analysis

  • Error analysis presentation
  • Presentation notes
  • Common mistakes presentation
  • Mending free modifiers article
  • Minimal marking article

Teaching argument

  • Teaching strategies grab bag
  • Claims and warrants lesson (Toulmin system)
  • Discussion notes

Teaching Analytical Writing

  • Meeting notes 
  • Synthesis assignment
  • Literacy narrative as causal analysis
  • Literacy narrative analysis assignment

Grading

  • Sample student essays
  • Notes from the discussion
  • Tips to avoid grade inflation and deflation

 Teaching Revision

  • Meeting Notes 
  • How to Program Comments into MS Word 
  • Lesson on Writing in a Neutral Tone 
  • Handout for Neutral Tone lesson 
  • Sample Student Essay Before and After Macro Revision 
  • Peer Review Form for Macro Revision

 

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