In-Class Resources

University of Missouri Five Minute Workshops This site, recommended at the Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, offers quick lessons on specific writing topics. Faculty can present these topics to students without using a lot of class time. There are also links from the site to other faculty resources.

Purdue Online Writing Lab The Purdue Online Writing Lab offers printable handouts on hundreds of common writing issues. Look here for clear explanations to give your students, information on documentation, and practice exercises. An extremely helpful site!

Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities This site, recommended by our own expert Diane Schowalter, offers strategies for recognizing and working with learning-disabled students.

Designing Classroom Materials
University of California Berkeley - Students with Disabilities Program
University of California Berkeley - Student Accessibility

How to Use Peer Workshops Ever wondered how to make peer response more effective? Here are some answers.

Citing Sources from the Internet A printable handout for your students, including both APA and MLA style.

A Writer's Reference The website that accompanies A Writer's Reference by Diana Hacker. The site contains model papers as well as grammar exercises and information on current language debates.

How to Mark Papers Effectively and Still Have a Life. Notes from Anne Shaw's brown bag presentation.

Myths & Facts about responding to student writing. This site summarizes the research on giving feedback to students--what works and what doesn't.

Responding to Student Writing Concise advice for instructors who don't teach English.

Commenting on Student Writing This is another excellent site with easy-to-implement advice and links to further resources.

Carthage College Writing Assessment Rubric. This is the rubric used by the Writing Assessment Task Force to evaluate student writing.

Persuasive Proposal Writing

Elements of a Grant Proposal

Grants and Related Resources