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Welcome to teach2write
Understanding Your Students
Understanding Your Students' Writing Background
High School Prep
High School Preparation
UCLA Requirements
Writing Requirements for UCLA Undergraduates
Multilingual Writers
ESL and Multilingual Writers
TOP TA Complaints
Top TA Complaints About Sudent Writing
TA Complaints About Student Writing 2
TA Complaints About Student Writing 3
TA Complaints About Student Writing 4
Summary and Resources
Summary and Resources
Clarifying the Assignment
Clarifying the Writing Assignment
Assignment as "Package"
Approach the Assignment as a "Package"
Quiz
Take the Assignment Quiz
Clarify the Prompt
Goal / Purpose
Determine the Assignment’s Thinking and Writing Objectives
Reveal the Assignment’s Purpose
Trouble Shooting
Think Like Your Students
Increase Students' Awareness of Disciplinary Conventions
Specify Materials and Sources
Creating Assignments
Create Good Writing Assignments
Sequence the Assignments
Summary and Resources
Summary and Resources
Preparing the Students
Preparing Students to Write the Assignment
Break Down Assignment
Break Down the Assignment Into Steps
Break Down the Assignment Into Steps - cont.
Pre-Writing
Create Short Reading and Pre-Writing Exercises
Create Short Reading and Pre-Writing Exercises - Step 1
Create Short Reading and Pre-Writing Exercises - Step 2
Create Short Reading and Pre-Writing Exercises - Step 3
Create Short Reading and Pre-Writing Exercises - Step 4
Create Short Reading and Pre-Writing Exercises - Step 5
Create Short Reading and Pre-Writing Exercises - cont.
Informal Writing
Encourage Students to Write Informally
Show Examples
Show Students Examples of Good Writing
Summary and Resources
Summary and Resources
Responding to Students
Responding to Student Writing
Don't Comment Lke This!
Don't Comment Like This!
Prioritize Responses
Prioritize Your Comments
Prioritize Your Comments - cont.
3 Ways to Respond
Three Ways to Respond: In Writing
Comments in the Margins
Example of Comments in the Margins
Another Example of Comments in the Margins
Marking Lower-Order Problems
Comments at the End of the Paper
Example of Comments at the End
Three ways to Respond: In Peer Review
Example of Peer Review
Three Ways to Respond: In Conferences
Tutorial Services
Make Use of UCLA's Tutorial Services
Summary and Resources
Summary and Resources
Grading Student Writing
Grading Student Writing
Rubrics
Use a Grading Rubric
Example of Using a Grading Rubric
Holistic Approach
Employ Holistic Evaluation on Drafts and Revisions
Norming
"Norm" Your Grades
Summary and Resources
Summary and Resources
Dealing with Plagiarism
Dealing with Plagiarism
Preventing Plagiarism
How to Prevent Plagiarism
Spotting Plagiarism
How to Spot Plagiarism
Handling Plagiarism
How to Deal with Plagiarism When You Suspect It
Summary and Resources
Summary and Resources
Handouts
Handouts
UsingandIntroducingMaterialfromResearchSources.rtf
Thesis_statement_anthro.rtf
UsingTextualEvidenceinLit.rtf
UsingTextualEvidenceinAnthro.rtf
StagesofRevision.rtf
SummaryvsAnalysis_anthro.rtf
Thesis_statement_history.rtf
Thesis_statement_lit.rtf
SummaryvsAnalysis_Hist.rtf
ExercisestoAccompanyThesisStatements.rtf
Exercises_SummaryvsAnalysis.rtf
Organizing_Drafting.rtf
PronounReference.rtf
SummaryvsAnalysis_Lit.rtf
Exercise_Commas.rtf
PronounTypes.rtf
Exercise_PNref.rtf
Exercise_Apostrophes.rtf
Apostrophes.rtf
Commas_Semicolons.rtf
Exercise_PronounTypes.rtf
SentenceFaults.rtf
ActivevsPassiveVoice.rtf
SentenceVariety.rtf
Parallelism.rtf
TWP_generic.rtf
WritingConcisely.rtf
TWP_anthro.rtf
TWPexample_Anthro.rtf
TWPexample_Lit.rtf
Quote_Sandwich.doc
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