Handouts for Students

General
Coming Up with a Central Claim (Lee Behlman) -- A guide through a process for developing a central claim that is specific, appropriate, and arguable.
Metatexts -- Guidelines for Writing (Bob Whitney)
Mid-Semester Evaluation (Patrick Mullen)  This anonymous survey of student perspectives on your course is a good way to get a sense of what is and is not effective.  Students appreciate your interest and you are given the chance to make changes to your approach.
Style Journal Assignment (Paul Butler)  An assignment for students that focuses on identifying and addressing ongoing issues of style, mechanics, usage and grammar.

Peer Review Sample Hand-outs
Standard Peer Review
Criterion-Based Peer Review for ENWR105
Criterion-Based Peer Review
Open-Ended Peer Review
Writer-Directed Peer Review
Eleven Questions (Robyn Art)

106 Long Criteria-Based Peer Review
106 Evaluative Peer Review (Bonnie Dowd)

Revision Hand-outs
Loop Writing for Writers. A useful set of questions that sponsor a wide range of writing and are designed to help students to generate new text, expand their thinking, see their ideas from different perspectives.
Revision Questions for Writers. A set of questions designed to help students work on revision of first or second drafts.

Editing  &  Proofreading Hand-outs
First Proofreading Workshop The basics.
Second Proofreading Workshop (drawn from previous paper comments and common errors)

Reflection Writing
Writer's Reflection An in-class writing activity for the day a paper is due; the purpose is to help students consider the next essay, the writing process generally, while also guiding teachers and readers in reading the paper.
Post-Write  Reflective writing assignment to be completed and handed in on the day the essay is due.