Date

English 3910

English 3915

T Aug 16

Syllabus; finalize schedule; blog intro—all tutors

R Aug 18

Read Ryan, C1 Being Professional; Ryan C3 Inside the Tutoring Session

T Aug 23

3910: Ryan C2 TheWritingPss;  Read Ryan C2: The Writing Process and Lindemann C3 What Does the Process Involve?

Blog 1: Describe your own writing process.  How does understanding your own process help you as a tutor?  You may use the questions in Ryan Exercise 2E to guide you (p. 13 portion only). 

R Aug 25

Read Ryan C4: Helping Writers throughout the Writing Process; Lindemann C14 Responding to Student Writing

Blog 3:  Choose two comme

Read TG McCauley, “Setting the Agenda for the next 30 Minutes”

T Aug 30

No class.  Each tutor needs to spend 15-30 minutes setting up for or being a representative at Commuter Council Services Fair between 12:00 and 1:45 pm.

R Sept 1

Read *Brooks, “Minimalist Tutoring”

Blog 2:  See Ryan Appendix C #s 1, 5, 6, 9, 15, 20.  Choose two--why or why aren’t they effective responses to student writing?

Read TG Wingate “What Line?  I Didn’t See Any Line”

Blog: TG Topic 4, p. 150

T Sept 6

Read Ryan C5 The Writers You Tutor; Ryan C8 Coping With Difficult Tutoring Situations

Blog 3: Choose either Ryan 5A p. 52 or 8B p. 81

R Sept 8

Read *Agostinelli, Poch, Santoro, “Tutoring in Emotionally Charged Situations”

Read TG Harris, “Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers”

Blog: TG Topic 5, p. 151

T Sept 13

Read Ryan C7: Helping Writers Across the Curriculum; *Greiner, “Tutoring in Unfamiliar Subjects”

Blog 4: Trade ideas for your upcoming teaching presentations: what do you want to work on?

R Sept 15

*Ritter, “Recent Developments in Helping ESL Writers”

Read TG Eckard, “Telling Tutor Tales: Breaking Down Barriers with Stories”

T Sept 20

No class—attend AIC Panel on Plagiarism in Hoag Auditorium at 12:30 pm - 2 pm

R Sept 22

Read Lindemann C7 Prewriting Techniques; *Bishop, “Is There a Creative Writer in The House?”

Blog: TG Topic 6 p 151-52.  What do you think about Elbow’s idea, especially in relation to invention?

T Sept 27

Blog 6: Use one of the invention strategies (one new to you) discussed in Lindemann or Bishop in a piece of your own writing or with a tutee. Then, post a reflection on your experience.

R Sept 29

Read Lindemann Teaching Rewriting;

*Fulweiler, “Provocative Revision”

T Oct 4

ALL Tutors in class: Rehearsal and Prep for Collaboration vs. Collusion Workshop. 

New Tutors:  Paper (500 words)—theoretical/historical background on teaching presentation subject due

T Oct 11

ALL Tutors in class: Rehearsal and Set-up for Collaboration vs. Collusion Workshop;

12:30-1:45 pm Workshop in Shott Auditorium

R Oct 13

Read *Young, “Can You Proofread This?”

Handout draft for teaching presentation due

Read TG Dossin, “Using Other’s Words”

T Oct 18

Read Lindemann C8 Shaping Discourse; C9 Teaching Paragraphing

Blog 7:  Open topic—reflect on the reading and your tutoring practice

R Oct 20

Tutor Presentation Day (2)

T Oct 25

Read Lindemann C10 Teaching About Sentences

R Oct 27

Read Lindemann C11 Teaching About Words

Read TG Masiello “Style in the Writing Center”

Blog: TG Topic 3, p. 149

T Nov 1

Read C5  What Do Teachers Need to Know About Linguistics?, *Williams, “The Phenomenology of Error”

Blog 8:  What role does knowledge of grammar play in a person’s ability to tutor writing?  In what ways does Williams encourage you to think differently about the relationship between grammatical knowledge, tutoring, and writing well?

R Nov 3

Tutor Presentation Day (2)

T Nov 8

Read Lindemann C4 What Do Teachers Need to Know About Rhetoric?

R Nov 10

Read *Booth, “The Rhetorical Stance”; *Lunsford and Glenn, “Rhetorical Theory and The Teaching of Writing”

Blog 9: Why do tutors need to know rhetorical history and theory?  How can it help you be a better tutor?

T Nov 15

Read Lindemann C6 What Do Teachers Need to Know About Cognition?; *Brand, “The Why of Cognition: Emotion and the Writing Process”

R Nov 17

Tutor Presentation Day (2)

T Nov 22

Lindemann C1 Why Teach Writing?  C2 What is Writing? 

T Nov 29

Read *Smith, “Myths of Writing”

Read TG Eckard and Staben, “Becoming a Resource”

R Dec 1

Final Reflections

Blog 10: Reflect on your growth as a tutor and writer this semester.  What are your strengths?  What do you still want to improve?

Blog: TG Topic 1 p. 147, focus on first two questions

Exam

Each tutor will meet with Dr. McGlaun individually for 15-20 minutes during exam week.  Bring a tape of your recorded tutorial and a 1-2 page self-evaluation.