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Introduction

What kinds of writing can I include?

What is writing to learn?

What is writing in the disciplines?

Do I have to be an expert in grammar?

Do writing and peer review take up too much class time?

How can I avoid getting lousy student papers?

What makes a good writing assignment?

How can I get the most out of peer-review?

How can I handle papers?

Why consider collaborative writing assignments?

What writing resources are available for my students?

What teaching resources are available?

WAC Clearinghouse Links

Contributors to this Guide

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An Introduction to WAC

Project Notebooks that Combine WTL and WID Activities

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In addition, the project notebook can be used to collect specific writing-to-learn tasks that lead to a final senior project:

First semester

  1. Audience exercise - describe senior project to freshman in engineering, project advisor, liberal arts graduate.
  2. Audience exercise - describe target audience for project and explain how audience will affect the paper.
  3. Draft research question.
  4. Draft literature review.
  5. Draft work plan for remainder of semester.
  6. Draft intro for final paper.

Second semester

  • Set writing goals for semester.
  • Set research goals for semester.
  • Draft methods/results section.
  • Paraphrasing exercise.
  • Revise intro and lit review.
  • Graphics exercise.
  • Draft oral presentation.
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