Links Related to Session II Peer Review and In-Class Instruction

• Limits of the 5-paragraph essay, UNC Chapel Hill handout addressed to students: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/college_writing.html

NEW MEDIA ASSIGNMENTS

• UMBC American studies assignment with instructor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY6xZA5S2zM
• Center for Digital Storytelling: http://www.storycenter.org/index1.htm

PEER REVIEWING

• WAC Clearinghouse: “How Can I Get the Most out of Peer Review?”: http://wac.colostate.edu/intro/pop2j.cfm
• Video assignment of peer review: “Introduction to Week 12 Peer Collaboration in Comm 600” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At6yBXqjfk8
• Questions for peer reviewers: http://www.mhhe.com/mayfieldpub/maner/resources/peer3.htm
• Do’s and Don’ts: http://www.mhhe.com/mayfieldpub/maner/resources/peer5.htm
• Biology peer review (Bates College): http://abacus.bates.edu/~ganderso/biology/resources/PEER_REVIEW_FORM_PDF.pdf
• MU English department page on materials for class (Marymount University)—peer review and so much more: http://muwriting.wikidot.com/materials-for-class

Templates for peer review:

• Union County Public Schools: http://seced.ucps.k12.nc.us/curriculum_documents/English/English%20General/documents/ResearchPaperPeerReviewWDHSMeeks.doc
• George Mason University: http://cte.gmu.edu/Teaching/peer_review.html
• Western Oregon University: http://www.aarweb.org/syllabus/syllabi/c/cannon/r204prgrp.htm

Making peer review work—advice for instructors:

• University of Wisconsin, Madison:
• http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~WAC/page.jsp?id=29&c_type=category&c_id=21
• Hamilton College: https://my.hamilton.edu/writing/peerreview.html
• Vanderbilt University: http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/cwp/peerreview
• Wheaton College: http://wheatoncollege.edu/writing/faculty/teaching/peerreviewexample.html

• Semi-pro review with Smarthinking—outsourced writing feedback available to MU students through Blackboard: http://www.smarthinking.com/

flash video of OWL session: http://www.smarthinking.com/static/sampleTutorials/OWL/

IN-CLASS WRITING INSTRUCTION

Early

• RAFT assignments: Role of writer/ Audience/Format/Topic: http://www.tantasqua.org/superintendent/profdevelopment/etraft2.html
• Dewar’s profiles: http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/Score/actbank/sdewar.htm
• Hamlet’s Facebook page: http://www.angelfire.com/art2/antwerplettuce/hamlet.html
• Brainstorming handout, UNC Chapel Hill writing center: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/brainstorming.html
• Graphic organizers: http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr2grap.htm
• Graphic organizers: Mind mapping video (Tony Buzan) http://www.studygs.net/mapping/buzanmap.htm; http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr2grap.htm;

http://rwc-ltc.wikispaces.com/file/view/30+articles+_universal+organizer.pdf

• Universal organizers: http://rwc-ltc.wikispaces.com/file/view/30+articles+_universal+organizer.pdf
• Concept map (nursing), Texas Collaborative for Teaching Excellence: http://cord.org/txcollabnursing/onsite_conceptmap.htm
• Concept map: http://www.utsa.edu/tlc/teachingtips/Concept_Maps.html
• Understanding assignments, UNC Chapel Hill handout for students: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/readassign.html
• Freewriting, Peter Elbow’s take: http://robertnazar.pbworks.com/f/Freewriting+Peter+Elbow.pdf or http://castle.eiu.edu/~writing/freewritingexercises.pdf
• Topics and thesis, Colorado State University: http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/processes/topic/index.cfm

Thesis statement sites:

• Purdue: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/01/
• Harvard: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/documents/Thesis.html

Middle

• Writing guide on organization, Colorado State University: http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/processes/organize/
• Handout for students on structure and organization, Darmouth College writing program: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/ac_paper/write.shtml
• Reverse outlining, Purdue OWL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/689/01/
• Cohesion and “known-new contract” handout from UCF writing center: http://uwc.ucf.edu/Handouts/Improving_Coherence_and_KnownNew_Contract.pdf
• Logical fallacies handout from UNC Chapel Hill writing center: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/fallacies.html
• Prezi—zooming presentation software: http://www.prezi.com

Late

• Sentence combining, St. Cloud State University: http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/sentencev.html
• Paramedic method, Purdue OWL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/635/01/
• Proofreading strategies, Colorado State University: http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/processes/editing/pop2b.cfm
• Proofreading and overall editing, Merritt College: http://www.merritt.edu/apps/pub.asp?Q=61
• "The The Impotence of Proofreading," by Taylor Mali, YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OonDPGwAyfQ&feature=related

Paraphrasing:

• Purdue OWL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/1/
• University of Wisconsin, Madison: http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase.html
• Yale: http://www.yale.edu/bass/writing/sources/plagiarism/fair.html
• Duke: http://library.duke.edu/research/plagiarism/cite/paraphrase.html
• University of Texas: http://projects.uwc.utexas.edu/handouts/files/Paraphrasing.pdf

Grammar

• Council of Writing Program Administrators, statement on grammar and mechanics: http://www.wpacouncil.org/node/101
• KU School of Journalism editing test: http://www.journalism.ku.edu/school/bremnertest.shtml
• Copy editors’ editing test: http://www.copydesk.org/guidelines.htm
• “On Teaching Grammar”—about research: http://www.heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources/08894/08894f5.html
• Kathrynn D. Tomasso, “Contextualized Grammar”: http://www.collegetransition.org/promising/rp3.html
• Capital Community College links to grammar materials and quizzes: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
• YouTube videos
• a. “Profile of Grammar Girl” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWFCMOo0Wis (2:41)
• b. “English Punctuation: The Semicolon,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZqDUJEICV0 (6:34)

L2 (ESL) Writers

Karen Gocsik, “English as a Second Language”: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/tutor/problems/esl.shtml
Lissa Petersen, “Writing Needs of International Graduate Students,” Claremont Graduate University: http://www.cgu.edu/pages/949.asp

Universal Course Design & Special Needs

• UCD video from UMass Boston: http://www.eeonline.org/ucd-at-umass
• Faculty and Administrator Modules in Education (FAME), Ohio State, writing module with scenarios: http://www.oln.org/ILT/ada/Fame/cw/f4_44_414.html
• Lissa Petersen, “Writing Needs of International Graduate Students,” Claremont Graduate University: http://www.cgu.edu/pages/949.asp
• Erin Krampetz, “Writing across Cultures and Contexts: International Students and the Stanford Study of Writing,” August 2005: http://suse-ice.stanford.edu/monographs/krampetz_ice_final.pdf
• Misunderstood Minds, PBS site about learning disabilities (examples K-12): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/attention.html

WI Jeopardy

• http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/usergames/Jun201025/game1269958313.php

Suggested Reading

• John Bean, Engaging Ideas, “Chapter 6: Informal, Exploratory Writing Activities,” pp. 97-118.
• Duane Roen, Barry M. Maid, and Gregory Glau, “Writing to Discover and to Learn,” sample chapter for students, McGraw-Hill Guide: Writing for College, Writing for Life: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0072496479/576601/Roen1e_ch03.pdf

Keep checking (and contributing to!) the MU WI wiki (here!):

http://muir.wikidot.com/writing-intensive-materials-at-marymount