Feedback
We offer individual consultations on:
- planning syllabi
- crafting writing assignments
- scaffolding writing tasks
- commenting on student papers
In Class Presentations
Writing Lab instructors are available to lead in‐class workshops, usually in tutorial, on a variety of topics, including but not limited to:
- academic honesty and citation
- expectations for college level thesis-driven writing
- integrating research and writing
- organizing a college essay, thinking in paragraphs
- sentence clinics to improve clarity
- peer response strategies
Teaching Academic Honesty
Writing Lab instructors are available to talk with students about citation practices through classroom visits as well as individual appointments. In addition to explaining the academic honesty policy by which all Grinnell students are required to abide, Writing Lab instructors can:
- involve students in a discussion about the importance of citation and its purpose in academia
- provide models of how to use specific citation styles (such as MLA, APA, and Chicago)
- teach students how to paraphrase appropriately
- discuss cultural differences in citation practices
- encourage students to see citation practices as essential to their participation in an academic conversation
- ask students to consider how incorporating expert sources will enrich their writing process
Sample Assignments
Below find several examples of engaging assignments. If you have an assignment that has worked especially well for you, please forward it to carl@grinnell.edu, and we will add it to this collection.
