Handouts on Writing and Learning
Elements of the Essay
Elements of the Academic
Essay / Gordon Harvey (WORD, 28.5Kb)
Gordon Harvey's "Elements" is a useful
handout for developing a classroom vocabulary for discussing and evaluating
writing. See Lesson Plans for classroom activities designed may help students
work with it productively.
Essay Checklist (for
Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences)(WORD, 62.5Kb),
and
An alternative
Essay Checklist for Math/Natural Sciences/ Jason
Tougaw (WORD, 136Kb)
Jason Tougaw's "Essay Checklist" is designed to be used along
with Gordon Harvey's "Elements"--to prompt students to reflect
in specific terms on the strengths and weakness of their writing. It's
useful to ask in addition that students submit a cover letter in which
they expand on the self-evaluations they conduct with the checklist.
Keeping Your Essay Cohesive:
The Spine / Jason Tougaw (WORD, 25Kb)
Essay Sketch (WORD,
24Kb) and one example (WORD,
32Kb) / Jason Tougaw
Phases of the Writing Process
Guidelines for
Peer Review / Robert Cowen(WORD, 21Kb)
How to Get the Best Response
from Your Professors / Ann Hoff (WORD, 26.5Kb)
A Word on Overcoming Writer's Block / Roslyn
Ko (WORD, 25Kb)
Debate Workshop: Blocking Out
a Case / Jacob Kramer (WORD, 34Kb)
Exercise on Levels of Measurement, Conceptualization and Operationalization / Dean Savage (WORD,
31Kb)
Draft Workshop / Jason Tougaw (WORD,
20Kb)
Working with Sources
Website
Evaluation Exercise (WORD, 36Kb); Book
Exercise (WORD, 38Kb)
Periodical Exercise/ Alexandra deLuise (WORD,
40Kb)
Notes on Academic Integrity & Citation / Soniya Munshi (WORD, 39Kb)
Learning to Use Information Resources Effectively / Dean Savage
Exercise on Measurement / Dean Savage (WORD,
27Kb)
Research Paper Guide
(written in Spanish)/ Barbara Simerka (WORD,
48Kb)
Integrating Sources & Indicating
Stance / Jason Tougaw (WORD, 28Kb)
Reading Films Critically / Andrea Walsh (WORD, 36Kb)
Activities for Evaluating Databases and Web Resources
Database Evaluation (WORD,
34Kb); Lexis Nexis Exercise (WORD, 42Kb)
Thesis and Motive
Writing with Purpose:
Establishing Motive / Jacob
Kramer (WORD, 28Kb)
Motivating Moves / Kerry
Walk (PDF, 47Kb)
Style, Mechanics, and Grammar
Sentence
Patterns / Kerry Walk
(WORD, 24Kb)
This handout is useful for helping students to think explicitly about
sentence structure and patterns--both writing complete sentences and varying
the patterns and rhythms of their sentences.
Arts and Humanities
Reading Films Critically / Andrea Walsh (WORD, 36Kb)
Math and the Natural Sciences
Guidelines for
Peer Review / Robert Cowen (WORD, 21Kb)
Writing Laboratory Reports / Ray Johnson (PDF, 26Kb)
An alternative
Essay Checklist for Math/Natural Sciences/ Jason
Tougaw (WORD, 136Kb)
Social Sciences
Debate Workshop:
Blocking Out a Case / Jacob Kramer (WORD, 34Kb)
Cognitive
Guide for Social Sciences / Mehmet Kucukozer (WORD,
24.5Kb)
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