| WIP Handout bank
In preparing TAs and faculty for writing intensive instruction, we have found that though WIP courses (and disciplines) differ as to what they consider to be the important conventions for writing. However, those of us teaching writing in the disciplines can share knowledge and approaches to a great extent across disciplines. Handouts and course materials useful in one WIP setting (a peer review checklist or a format guide, for instance) can be adapted for use in another course. The important thing is that in a WIP course, handouts clarify issues about the writing process and writing assignments that are often unsaid (and misconstrued) and which contribute to the sense of vague mystery surrounding so-called "good writing" and how to get it. Granted, giving a student a handout that models and explains a paper format, provides content guides for various sections of a paper, or lists steps to take in revising does not ensure that the student will use or be able to learn from the information. Like other teaching opportunities in a WIP course, handouts are part of the total writing-conducive environment and part of the writing-learning context a WIP course creates. In writing intensive courses, however, handouts are especially useful a) when they state criteria, guidelines, or steps that are usually part of taken-for-granted knowledge about writing and b) when instructors customize them to the course and the assignment. If you'd like to use the
handouts below or something similar, feel free to adapt and improve on
any of them to make them useful in your courses or for your purposes.
Some are useful for students; others may guide your own feedback process
or accompany a returned paper. We also welcome your contributions to the WIP handout bank. If you have a handout you'd like to share, just email it to jpluchte@uga.edu Discovery
draft review 1: Thesis and org. plan
Peer feedback (Individual or peer review) Feedback on first drafts (Tips for responding to 1st drafts)
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