Designing and Evaluating Assignments

• Audience Analysis Questions
• Avoiding Plagiarism
• Exercises for Practice Avoiding Plagiarism
• Heuristic - Designing Assignments
• Responding to Student Writing
• Two Sample Essay Evaluation Forms

Essay Assignments

• Character Sketch
• Definition Essay
• Description of Place Essay
• History of Self
• Holocaust Brochure
• Metaphorically Me Essay
• Narrative Essay
• Poetry Writing
• More Sample Assignments (By Course)

Teaching Grammar

• Composition Rules
• Rewriting a Sentence
• Sentence Emphasis
• Sentence Emphasis Quiz
• Teaching Grammar and Mini-Lessons
• Tips for Improving Writing (PowerPoint)

Teaching Literary and Rhetorical Analysis

• Rhetorical Strategies
• The Rhetorical Précis Format

Invention Strategies

• Brainstorming and Other Activities
• Kenneth Burke
• Strengthening the Personal Narrative (PowerPoint)

Revision Strategies

• 20 Questions for Revision
• Fulwiler Provocative Revision
• Provocative Revision Assignment

Peer Review

• Peer Review for First Draft of Personal Narrative
• Peer Review Questions with Sample Responses
• Response Guide
• Summary of Ways of Responding
• Two-Day Peer Editing