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WRT 101 Handout Library

This library contains a host of handouts, short in-class exercises, and other materials that you can use to supplement your teaching. The library is organized by subject area. All handouts that are directly relevant to the units are already packaged with the unit-these are supplemental handouts and strategies you may use. The subject areas include: Research, Writing Basics, Textual Analysis (includes rhetorical and genre analysis information), Revision, Argumentation, Ethnography, Peer Response, Sources/MLA, Grammar, Student Feedback and Miscellaneous.

Grammar:

  1. Grammar Teaching Tips
  2. Punctuating Compound and Compound-Complex sentences or Avoiding Comma Splices
  3. Editing Sentences for Impact
  4. Grammar Practice- Pronouns
  5. Concise Writing Worksheet
  6. Apostrophes
  7. Conciseness Worksheet


Miscellaneous:

  1. Extra Credit Option: College Major Treasure Hunt
  2. Common Assignment Keywords
  3. Plagiarism Quiz
  4. Discourse Community Questions
  5. Connections Charts - Argumentation


Peer Review:

  1. Peer Review Handout
  2. Peer Response: Textual Analysis
  3. Summary of Kinds of Responses



Sources/MLA:

  1. Handling Quotations
  2. Quotations Practice
  3. More Practices with Sources
  4. Works Cited Formulas


Textual Analysis:

  1. Ways to Work With Texts to Promote Critical Thinking
  2. Rhetorical Analysis: Structural Devices
  3. Annotating a Text
  4. Critical Reading Exercises
  5. Genre Analysis Comparisons
  6. Rhetorical Analysis Tip Sheet
  7. Sample Textual Analysis
  8. Textual Analysis Tips
  9. Textual Analysis Heuristic
  10. Summary/Thesis Writing Exercise



Writing Basics:

  1. Summary/Thesis Writing Exercise
  2. On Titles
  3. Four Essential Writing/Thinking Skills
  4. Academic Writing Exercises
  5. Telling Facts
  6. Summary Writing
  7. Summary Exercise
  8. Strong Verbs
  9. Rendering Skills Development
  10. Quotations Practice
  11. Paragraph Development and Unity
  12. Writing Process Journal Prompts
  13. Thesis Statements
  14. Introductions
  15. Essay Structure
  16. Checklist for Analyzing Audience
  17. Ten Ways to Use Informal Writing to Deepen Subject Matter Learning