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University of Houston-Clear Lake Writing Center

University of Houston-Clear Lake Writing Center. Established in 1993. Creating Effective Writing Assignments. Questions to consider:. What do you want your students to learn? Will the writing be formal? What audience will your students address?

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University of Houston-Clear Lake Writing Center

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  1. University of Houston-Clear Lake Writing Center Established in 1993

  2. Creating Effective Writing Assignments Questions to consider: • What do you want your students to learn? • Will the writing be formal? • What audience will your students address? • How will you use class time to support the writing assignment? • How will you teach the skills required for successful • completion of the assignment? • How will you respond to your students’ writing? • What information do your students need?

  3. What do you want your students to learn? • How to research and present data? • How to articulate an argument? • How to write with authority? • How to format according to a specific style? • How to publish in an academic discipline? • To explore the ideas you have presented in a lecture? • To reflect on educational experiences provided in or outside of class? • To use writing to learn about assigned texts?

  4. Will the writing be formal? • Research Report • Accounting Report • Researched Argument • Historical Analysis • Or Informal? • Personal Letter • Teaching Observation • Reader’s notebook • Class response • Literary Analysis • Business Proposal • Lab Report • Journal Entry • WebCT Post • Blog Post

  5. What audience will your students address? • Will this writing be addressed solely to you, as instructor? • Will you ask your students to identify and address a professional audience? • Will students write to/for themselves? • Will students write to/for classmates? • Regardless of audience, writers must always think about what audiences think, know, and feel about a topic. • Help your students explore and understand their formal audiences.

  6. How will you use class time to support the writing assignment? • Initial classroom discussion? • Planning/brainstorming groups? • In-class modeling? • Support material? • Peer response groups for drafts? • Whole class workshops on selected drafts? • Other classroom activities?

  7. How will you teach the required skills? • Put it in writing! Make sure you distribute a well-written assignment that specifies what you require from your students. • Provide model essays. • Write up specialized formatting instructions. • Require the purchase and use of formatting guides like APA and MLA. • Recommend that your students use the Writing Center. • Participate in the Writing Center’s Writing Advisors program.

  8. How will you respond to your students’ writing? • Collect proposals to be sure students are on the right track. • Ask for annotated bibliographies so students begin research early in the semester. • Respond to an early draft. • Plan for in-class workshops or peer response groups. • Encourage students to visit the Writing Center by providing incentives for coming. • Participate in the Writing Center’s Writing Advisors program.

  9. What information do your students need? • Due dates • Purpose and/or background • Audience • Specific instructions • Reading/research requirements • Constraints • Evaluation criteria

  10. Director -Dr. Chloé Diepenbrock Associate Professor of Writing Ph.D. in Rhetoric, Linguistics, and Literature University of Southern California Business Assistant -Ms. Katie Hart B.A. in Graphic Design University of Houston-Clear Lake Writing Center Staff And. . . The Tutors and Receptionists Ann, Amy, Celia, Charley, Corey, Daniel, James, Jo Lynn, Katherine, Krasi, Matt B., Matt R., Alicia, Petra, & Rohan

  11. For further assistance, go to our faculty page online! www.uhcl.edu/writingcenter

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