by Christina Lee In my writing-intensive class last week, I gave a five minute teach on professional writing. I honestly thought this mini-lesson fell on deaf ears. I asked the students if they understood what I was saying and even had a group activity placed at the end to be sure everyone was on the…
by Al Byrnes As I have worked as a writing coach for the Writing Intensive Program (WIP) at the University of Georgia, I have learned the importance of supporting students. Through facilitating meaningful opportunities for practice and through explicitly teaching writing as a process, I have helped students develop their writing skills. The training I…
by Matt Bloodgood Throughout my educational career, I have always thought of myself as an effective writer. People told me I was an effective writer. Was I? Or was I just good enough to appear to be more effective than those around me? On rereading some of my own work, I lean toward the latter.…
by Alison Redman Last week, my students completed the first step of their big essay project—the proposal and annotated bibliography. In collaboration with my supervising professor, we gave them a degree of freedom in choosing their topics, but we provided the resources that would make up their bibliographies. On the assignment sheet, we had simply…