Instructor Resources

Resources for instructors who teach or would like to learn about teaching writing:


Assignments Stanford's Program in Writing and Rhetoric offers links to a number of pages on designing effective writing assignments and provides sample assignments.
 

Collaborative Learning Explanations of Think-Pair-Share, Jigssaws and other collaborative learning exercises.


De Anza's Developmental Education Task Force


Effective Teaching Tips from the University of Oregon


English Department


EWRT 100B Portfolio Resources


Faculty Resource Guide A guide to student services and programs at De Anza


How I Write Transcripts and more from Stanford's Writing Center series
of conversations with professional writers on how they approach writing projects.


Instructor's Guide Texas Tech University's thorough outline for a semester-long first year composition course, including in-class activities and assignments.


Instructor Referral form


Peer Review Guidelines and various approaches for conducting peer response groups to help students with drafts-in-progress--useful for writing classes and for courses in other disciplines as well.


Responding to Students' Writing Peer response, written comments, assessment rubrics, special problems(Highline Community College WAC)


The First Day of Class An excerpt from Tools for Teaching by Barbara Gross Davis; Jossey-Bass Publishers: San Francisco, 1993 suggests a number of excellent first day activities.


Writing Across the Curriculum A Colorado State University clearinghouse for WAC information.


Boilerplate Language with online links for common student concerns (designed for De Anza online tutors).