Feedback
We offer individual consulationations on in:
- planning syllabi
- crafting writing assignments
- scaffolding writing tasks
- commenting on student papers
Workshops on Teaching
Featuring faculty speakers from across the disciplines, these discussions address topics such as:
- designing assignments to enhance critical thinking
- integrating interdisciplinary modes and genres
- responding to student writing
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
Help for Struggling Students
Teaching Academic Honesty
Talk with students about your own citation practices - who you cite, when, and how - and about cases of plagiarism in the news, including ones that involve different cultures or different ways of borrowing ideas and words. Discuss the repercussions of academic dishonesty. In general, helping students see the importance of citation, the way it functions in academia, not only gives them models but also helps them understand the importance and complexity of the practice.
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.
