Writing groups are simply groups of individuals who make a commitment to meet together regularly, produce writing for members of the group to read and discuss, and offer constructive feedback to other members of the group on their writing.
A successful writing group requires members to take personal accountability for their writing progress.However, progress can look different for each of us. One person might feel they have been successfulwhen they have set aside and stuck to weekly writing sessions, another person might measure writingsuccess by how many new words they add to a draft, and still others might measure success by looking how many goals they have achieved. Start by asking yourself, “How will I measure success thissemester?”
This worksheet helps you begin identifying scholarly conversations by analyzing an example literature review.
Writing mindfully requires being aware of the present moment, including your thoughts about your writing. This handout includes an activity to help you recognize and externalize your inner critic, an inner voice about your writing that, when functioning healthily, can facilitate effective writing, but when too powerful, can impede your writing progress. Finally, the handout offers a guided meditation script that can help you connect to the present moment and thereby silence the inner critic, who is often fixated on past experiences with writing or imagined future experiences with writing.
An abstract is a concise form of written communication that seeks to convey the main purpose of a research project. Abstracts catch the attention of the reader and encourage them to dive deeper into the research being presented. A reader often makes the decision whether to keep reading or not based upon the abstract. Therefore, an effective abstract is not only a summary, but a persuasion for readers to dive into this research further.
This worksheet will help you rewrite three example thank you letters.
This 5 to 10-minute writing prompt is designed to help you plan how you will use your time in your upcoming writing session productively. In a few sentences, complete each of the following statements with your plans.
This brief writing prompt helps writers plan how to use their time productively in a writing session.
This writing warm-up invites writers to reflect on a semester's worth of writing and recognize moments of growth.
This writing warm-up invites writers to reflect on a semester's worth of writing and recognize moments of growth.
It is easy to become discouraged when facing challenging writing projects. However, a coping mechanism could be reminding yourself that you are growing as a writer through all writing you do. Additionally, taking some time to recognize and celebrate your already developed expertise can help you face new challenges.
This worksheet provides two brief writing prompts to use as a warm-up as well as to recognize and celebrate moments of growth in writing skills.
When encountering a new, unfamiliar, or complicated communication task, it can be helpful to analyze the communication situation by focusing on your purpose, your role as communicator, your audience’s needs, and any resources or constraints related to the situation.These guidelines were developed using a framework proposed by Keith Grant Davie (1997). See “Rhetorical situations and their constituents,” Rhetoric Review, 15(2), 264–79.
A major challenge when writing with sources as a graduate student is learning just how to integrate the material you read into your writing in a way that:
•Shows you understand the material•
Allows room for your own ideas•
Distinguishes your ideas from your sources’ ideas
This checklist will help you self-assess whether additional changes need to be made to your ePortfolio before it is published.
This worksheet can guide students in a peer review activity as they offer each other feedback on their ePortfolios