Handouts

Here is a collection of handouts covering each stage of the teaching process, from preparing your students to write to helping them proofread.

Tips for maximizing the usefullness of handouts:

•  First, tailor a handout as much as possible to your particular class.
• Second, go over the handout with your class. Explain it in more detail and let them ask questions.
• Third, immediately have your students practice the handout's lesson. They can apply the lesson to their own writing or to a sample you provide.
  

The following handouts, ready for use in your class today, are courtesy of the WRITe Project.

Effective Thesis Statements (discussed in Preparing Students to Write)

• Handout 1 - Thesis Statements: Anthropology
  
• Handout 2 - Thesis Statements: History
• Handout 3 - Thesis Statements: Literature
• Handout 4 - Suggested Exercises
  

Using and Introducting Materials from Sources (discussed in Preparing Students to Write)

• Handout 1 - Using and Introducing Materials from Sources
  
• Handout 2 - Using Textual Evidence: Anthropology
  
• Handout 3 - Using Textual Evidence: Literature
  

Summary and Description vs. Analysis (discussed in Preparing Students to Write)

• Handout 1 - Summary vs. Analysis - Anthropology
  
• Handout 2 - Summary vs. Analysis - History
• Handout 3 - Summary vs. Analysis - Literature
• Handout 4 - Suggested Exercises
  

Organizing, Outlining, Drafting (discussed in Preparing Students to Write)

• Handout 1 - Organizing, Outlining, Drafting
  

Grammar Notes (discussed in Preparing Students to Write)

• Handout 1 - Apostrophes
• Handout 2 - Commas and Semicolons
• Handout 3 - Pronoun References
• Handout 4 - Pronoun Types
• Handout 5 - Sentence Faults
• Handout 6 - Suggested Exercises Apostrophes
• Handout 7 - Suggested Exercises Commas
• Handout 8 - Suggested Exercises Pronoun References
  
• Handout 9 - Suggested Exercises Pronoun Types
  

Style Notes (discussed in Preparing Students to Write)

• Handout 1 - Active vs. Passive Voice
• Handout 2 - Parallelism
• Handout 3 - Sentence Variety
  
• Handout 4 - Writing Concisely
  

Writing Process (discussed in Preparing Students to Write)

• Handout 1 - The Writing Process - generic
  
• Handout 2 - The Writing Process - Anthropology
• Handout 3 - The Writing Process Example: Anthropology
• Handout 4 - The Writing Process Example: Literature
  

Revising, Proofreading and Editing (discussed in Responding to Student Writing)

• Handout 1 -  Stages of Revision

• Quote Sandwich