WR 15x
Creating Reader-based Prose
Each Flipped Learning Module (FLM) is a set of short videos and online activities that can be used (in whole or in part) to free up class time from content delivery for greater student interaction. At the end of the module, students are asked to fill out a brief survey, in which we adopt the […]
Integrating the Writing Center into the Writing Program
Each Flipped Learning Module (FLM) is a set of short videos and online activities that can be used (in whole or in part) to free up class time from content delivery for greater student interaction. At the end of the module, students are asked to fill out a brief survey, in which we adopt the […]
Style & Genre
Our Essential Lessons are a sequence of lessons that form the backbone of the Writing Program curriculum, illustrating what we want all students to learn across our program’s diverse course topics. WR 15x asks students to communicate about the same research project in two different genres, offering them the opportunity to explore how “good writing” […]
Research as Forming a New Question
Our Essential Lessons are a sequence of lessons that form the backbone of the Writing Program curriculum, illustrating what we want all students to learn across our program’s diverse course topics. Students often believe that the most important thing about writing a research paper is having a strong thesis and therefore try to produce that […]
BEAM/BEAT: Rhetorical Ways of Thinking About Sources
Our Essential Lessons are a sequence of lessons that form the backbone of the Writing Program curriculum, illustrating what we want all students to learn across our program’s diverse course topics. This lesson helps students consider four different ways they might use a source: they might rely on it for information, analyze it as evidence, […]
Entering a Disciplinary Conversation
Our Essential Lessons are a sequence of lessons that form the backbone of the Writing Program curriculum, illustrating what we want all students to learn across our program’s diverse course topics. WR 120 introduces students to academic writing and highlights some similarities and differences between academic arguments and arguments in other genres. This first lesson […]
Sample WR 120/15x Assignment: Academic Paper on an Outside-of-Class Experience
Use this template to help design a paper assignment based on an outside-of-class experience. Expand the focus of the paper to include information literacy skills and library research for WR 15x courses. Sample paper assignments are provided at the end of the template. Objective To use observations, field notes, and/or reflections on outside-of-class experiences […]
Formulating Questions and Claims Based on Observations
In this exercise/activity, students work on their own and in groups to generate and evaluate questions and claims based on their observations or notes from an outside-of-class learning experience. Objective To turn students’ observations into claims and questions; to evaluate stronger and weaker questions/claims; to plan for an essay using students’ own observations as a […]
Crafting a Template for Your Observation Notes
Use these questions before an outside-of-class-experience to guide students to develop an organized structure for their notes. Students may answer these questions individually or in small groups, depending on the class and assignment, and then may discuss the different approaches they are planning to take. Objective To develop an organized, yet flexible structure for notes […]
Pre-Reflection for Outside-the-Classroom Experiences
Use these guiding questions to have students activate prior knowledge, make predictions about their experiences, and otherwise reflect before going into the field or community to participate in experiential learning. Some instructors may also want to have students fill out a K-W-L chart before (and after) their experience, depending on the site and/or assignment. These […]