Programs: Writing Workshop
Faculty: English 110.03 & English 467
English 110.03/193.03 and English 467 have a mutually beneficial and symbiotic relationship. For "traditional" versions of English 110.03, students meet once a week in small groups with a peer writing consultant. Together, the members of each group decide on activities that can help and support the 110.03 writing and reading assignments. In addition, 110.03 students are learning how small group work can support their overall college career.For English 467 "Writing and Learning," students, the 110.03 small groups serve as a practicum for the work of their own course. 467 students or peer writing consultants (PWCs) have all completed English 110 are being trained in group facilitation and tutoring as they study how writing skills develop, in the context of a peer consulting program.
Guidelines for English 110.03/467 Participants
Philosophy of English 467
What PWC's Gain From the Peer Writing Consultant Class- Professionalization
- They are able to gain a perspective on their own literacies
- They are able to gain perspective on the pedagogy of collaboration and writing process
- They are able to speak from their own critical perspectives as students
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First Hand Experiences
- work collaboratively with two groups of students
- work collaboratively with the teachers
- work collaboratively with experienced PWCS
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Published Research
- class discussions
- sharing of journals
- conversations about the relationships between theory and practice
- work collaboratively with the training program
- The Role of PWCs: In this section you might describe how you view the role of PWCs, in your class and in terms of collaboration. You could specify the different kinds of collaboration that go on, and speak to their significance
- Introduce Yourself as a Teacher: What might PWCs see when they visit your class? What is your teaching style and general approach? If applicable, how do you utilize computers in the process of writing?
- Address the Specifics of your 110.03 course: (i.e. ethnography, autobiography, literacy, and popular culture) and how the informal and formal assignments build on each other.
- Introduce Concepts and Ideas that PWCs need to take into consideration: These may include your use of specific writing assignments like ethnographies, the use of portfolios, e-mails, or other aspects of your class that PWCs need to be aware of.
- Suggest Concrete Ways of Keeping the Lines of Communication Open: These may include classroom visits, e-mail communication, the beginning of the quarter and the midterm meeting, ways of communicating assignments ahead of time and so on.
