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PWR Guide
Teaching Guide for New PWR 1 Instructors
Teaching Guide for New PWR 1 Instructors: The Basics Overview
Developing a Theme and Description
Teaching Guide for New PWR 2 Instructors
Designing Your PWR 2 Syllabus and Schedule
Developing Your PWR 2 Assignment Sequence
Designing Effective Learning Experiences
Holding PWR 2 Office Hours and Conferences
Assessment in PWR 2
Useful Readings for PWR 2 Instructors and Students
Speaking Resources for Students
PWR Courses
Required Assignment Sequences
PWR 1 Assignment Sequence
Rhetorical Analysis Assignment
Texts in Conversation Assignment
Research-Based Argument Assignment
PWR 2 Assignment Sequence
Research Proposal
Written Research-Based Argument
Research Presentation
Genre/Modes Assignment
Designing and Developing Courses in PWR
Principles of a PWR Course
Further Reading & Resources on Rhetoric
Selecting an Effective Theme
Creating Your Syllabus & Schedule
Required Syllabus Content
Recommended Additional Syllabus Content
Course Schedule Planning
Choosing Readings for Your Classes
Assigning Reference Texts, Handbooks, Rhetorics, and Readers
Creating Your Assignment Sheets
Further Reading & Resources on Writing Effective Assignment Prompts
Designing Your Syllabus and Assignment Sheets
Designing an Accessible Syllabus
Visual Rhetoric in Syllabus and Assignment Sheet Design
Designing Online and Print Syllabi
Scheduling Office Hours
Proposing a PWR 5 course
Developing an Advanced PWR Course
Proposing an Advanced PWR Course
Developing and Writing an Effective Advanced Elective Course Proposal
Applying for WAYS Certification
Preparing Marketing Materials
Preparing a PWR Course Description and Video
Preparing Your Written Course Descriptions
PWR 1 Course Description Template
PWR 2 Course Description Template
Filming your PWR Course Video
Filming Process and Prep
Tips for Finding Public Domain B-Roll Images
Interview Qs for the Video
Video Alternatives
Filming Your Own Video
Preparing a PPT Screencast
Providing a Representative Image
Administering Evaluations
Midquarter Evaluations
End of the Quarter Evaluations
Integrating Library Resources into Your Course
Collaborating with your Librarian
Integrating the Library into your Course Infrastructure and Activities
Library Collaboration Beyond PWR1
Library Videos and Resources
Venturing Beyond the Classroom
Taking Students on Off-Campus Fieldtrips
On-Campus Field Trip Options
Addressing Diverse Learners and Student Issues
Teaching Multilingual Students
International Students at a Glance
Generation 1.5 and ESL
Differences Between Writing in ESL and Composition Classrooms
Hume Center as Support for ELLs
Working with ELLS at Hume
Avoiding Straight Translation
Practicing Sentence-Level Intervention
Areas of Challenge for ELL writers
Classroom Practices for Being Inclusive
Identifying Disciplinary Models
Academic Language Tools
Strategies for Thinking in English
Resources for Students
Resources for Instructors and Tutors
Improving Accessibility for Students with Disabilities
Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
Visual Disabilities
Auditory Disabilities
Select Bibliography
Resources for Difficult Student Situations
Protocol for Addressing Student Issues
Addressing Tardiness and Attendance
Responding to Writer's Block and Anxiety about Public Speaking
Addressing Academic Dishonesty
Helping a Student in Emotional Distress
Responding to Disruptive Class Situations
Caretaking Your Own Well-being
Teaching
Teaching PWR Assignments
Teaching Rhetorical Analysis
Teaching Texts in Conversation
Teaching the Research-Based Argument
Teaching the Proposal
Teaching Oral Delivery
Teaching Genre/Modes
Establishing an Effective Teaching Persona
Further Reading & Resources on Performance in the Classroom
Planning Class Activities
Planning Key Moments in the Quarter
Planning the first day of class
Planning the last day of class
Designing Lesson Plans
Developing a Class Community
Cultivating Empathy in Your Classes
Engaging Students
Facilitating Discussion
Situating Reading
PWR Evaluation Criteria
Using Student Samples
Considerations for Using Student Samples
PWR Student Sample Archive
Working with Boothe Essays
Boothe Winners by Discipline and Subject
Building a Boothe Essay
Ways to Teach with the Boothe Essays
Working with Lunsford Presentations
Lunsford Winners by Discipline and Subject
Building a Lunsford Presentation
Ways to Teach with the Lunsford Presentations
Facilitating Effective Peer Review Sessions
Further Reading & Resources for Peer Review
Teaching Style
Further Reading & Resources for Style
Addressing Grammar and Correctness
Meeting With Students
Effective Office Hours
Effective Student Conferences
Best Practices for Student Centered Conferences
Structures for Conference Sessions
Written Feedback and the Conference
Aligning Conferences with the Assignment Sequence
Scheduling Logistics for Conferences
Navigating the Unexpected
Teaching Research
Teaching Ethical Citation Practice
Responding to Student Drafts
Giving Feedback on Student Writing
Crafting End Comments on a Draft
Responding to Oral/Multimedia Presentations
Evaluating Final Revised Work
Crafting Comments for a Revision
Grading Final Revised Work
Preparing a Final Student Assessment
Teaching Writing in the Major
Fundamental WAC/WID Principles
Designing a Writing in the Major Course
Crafting Learning Objectives for WIM Courses
Writing Assignment Options for WIM
Teaching Writing Online: A Quick Start Guide for WIM Instructors
Why Teach a WIM Course?
Writing Assessment
Responding to Student Writing
Peer Review
Self-Assessment
Rubric Design
Grading
Teaching with Technology
Managing a Course Website
Best Practices for Managing a Course Website
Frequently Asked Questions about Canvas
Frequently Asked Questions about Alternatives to Canvas
Teaching Writing in Canvas
Additional Resources for Course Websites
In-Class Technology Policies
Annotating Text, Images, and Videos Online
Arranging Ideas in Digital Spaces
Facilitating Digital Peer Review
Using Digital Tools for Organizing Research
Maximizing Flex Classroom Use
Using Social Media for Teaching
Resources for Creating Visuals
Online Teaching
Best Practices and Advice for Online Teaching
Adjusting Zoom Settings
Creating a Digital Home Space
Options for Organizing Your Course Materials in Canvas
Creating Class Community
Facilitating class discussions
Online Office Hours and Conferences
Facilitating small group work
Sharing Mini-Lectures with Students
Teaching Oral Communication Online
Encouraging Revision Practices
Teaching Online Research
Online Research and E-Book Resources
Designing Online Activities
Using Online Polls
Preparing to Start the Quarter Remotely
Planning the First Day
Back-Up Technology Options
Picking Tools for Your Online Class
Technical Support and Documentation for Commonly Used Tools
Reading and Resources about Teaching Online
Classroom Activities
All Activities
Icebreakers & Community Building Activities
Rhetoric Activities
Rhetorical Analysis Activities
TiC Activities
RBA Activities
Peer Review & Workshopping
Research Proposal Activities
Genre-Modes Assignment Activities
Speaking Activities
Presentation Activities
Reflection & Goal Setting
Library Workshop
Reading & Annotating
Finding & Working with Sources
Research Topics & Questions
Argument & Thesis Statements
Organization & Structure
Introductions & Conclusions
Revision
Style
End of Quarter Activities
Asynchronous Activities
PWR News
All Activities
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Icebreakers & Community Building Activities
Rhetoric Activities
Rhetorical Analysis Activities
TiC Activities
RBA Activities
Peer Review & Workshopping
Research Proposal Activities
Genre-Modes Assignment Activities
Speaking Activities
Presentation Activities
Reflection & Goal Setting
Library Workshop
Reading & Annotating
Finding & Working with Sources
Research Topics & Questions
Argument & Thesis Statements
Organization & Structure
Introductions & Conclusions
Revision
Style
End of Quarter Activities
Asynchronous Activities
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Site Pages
Searching for BEAM (Background, Exhibit, Argument, and Method) to Guide Research
Jumbo ‘Spectra’ Worksheets for Narrowing Topics and Locating Positions
“Is Your Opening Line ‘In a world...'”?
Presentation Genre Game
Writing to Imagine What is Possible
TiC Recipe (Layer B - Ideation and Development Series)
TiC Playlist (Layer C - Ideation and Development Series)
TiC Peer Review on Canvas
TiC Idea Map
Thinking through Storyboards
Tell Us Telos
Telling the Story of Style
Take a stand impromptu presentation
Synthesis Brainstorm
"Student Choice" Genre/Modes Assignment
The Speech-bite
"So much depends on a red wheelbarrow"
Six Degrees of Separation
Rhetorical Mad Libs
Rhetorical Architecture
Rhetorical Analysis Thesis Workshops
Rhetorical Analysis Choice Board
Reverse Outlining Lunsford presentations
Return to the Library: Research Field Trip
Research Topic Brainstorm
"Research Refresher:" Virtual Scavenger Hunt
Research Question Generator with Padlet
Research Proposal Planning Table
Research Journal
Research Challenge Presentation
The Reflexivity Memo: Developing student researcher identity through writing
Reaching In to Reach Out to Skeptical Readers
RBA Bingo
Q&A Showcase and Live Symposium
Punctilious Rhetorical Enterprise Situation Regarding Grandiloquent Communication (aka An Exercise to Help Students Avoid Stuffy Writing)
Professional Email Activity
Preparing for the Rhetorical Analysis
Preparing for the Library Workshop
Places and Spaces Introductions
Pen, Crayon, Smartphone: Exploring How Materials Shape Content and Writing Practice
Oral Reflection
Oral Delivery of Research Post-Rehearsal Assignment
Online Research Mixer
Online Proposal Rehearsals
Moving Beyond ‘Transition Words’
Mining Reading
Mini-Zines for RBA Structure
Metonyms and Lenses – Focusing Your Research
Mapping Intellectual Trust
Mapping the Conversation
The Linguistic Experiment - How words do things
Library Research and Zotero (video)
Library Game
Topic Sentences and Coherence
Translating for Analysis
Tweeting your TiC
Two (mini) stories about your name
Types of Argument
Ventriloquy
Video Screening and Small Group Discussion
Voice Warm-Up
"We Shall Overcome" Delivery Activity
What We Learned in PWR1
Learning Style with Clickers
Introduce Yourself
Interactive RBA Preliminary Research Blog
Infographic Assignment
Infinite Canvas – Visualizing the Argument
Impromptu Presentation–Newspaper Translation Activity
Identifying Warrants or Assumptions
The HUP Activity
How to Create “Energy” in Persuasive Writing
History of the Future
Helping Students Make the Most of Library Days
Graduation speech
From Google to Academic Search Premiere
Global RBA Review
Exquisite Corpse Topic Narrowing Activity
Evolving your RA Argument
Everyone loves revision
The Empath, the Sweetheart, and the Skeptic
Embodied Rhetoric in Online Presentations
Elevator Pitch with Peer Response
The Elevator Pitch
Degrees of Quotation
Decolonizing the Calendar
Cultural Artifact Introduction
Crowd Sourcing Ideas for Research Topics and Paths
Crossing the Line, Revisited
Cross-Section Dress Rehearsals
Creating Emphasis
Crafting Insightful Research Questions
Copy & Compose
Conclusions Workshop or Effective Conclusions: The White Whale!
Collaborative invention: working with research topics
Collaborative Design Analysis Activity
Channeling the Doubter and Believer
Building Empathy with Spent
Bringing Story IQ to Academic Writing
Bringing Cultural Rhetorics into the Classroom
Bridging Story and Research
Beyond Tolerant - Revise and Decolonize
BBC Pidgin
Asynchronous PWR 2 Draft Workshop
Async Peer Review
Assessing Sources with Strategic Reading
The Art of the Ethical Interview
The Art of Reflection
Argument as Conversation
Analyzing Viral Videos
Analyzing the Rhetoric of Newspaper Advertisements
Analyzing Mode, Medium, and Message
Addressing Audience
Activity Showcase: Icebreakers
Accordion Prewrite
1-Minute Screencasting Activity
“Scholars’ Scholarship” and “The Scholars Converse”
Psychic Distance
Honing Topic Sentences
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