Word Shop is a series of information sheets on WAC theories and practices. These word shop files should help faculty integrate a variety of writing tasks into courses across all disciplines.

Word Shops below are organized by publication date.
For an indexed listing by SUBJECT, click here.

Dr. Bob Marrs is responsible for the publication and distribution of Word Shop.
For an alphabetized list of guest contributors, click here.

#	Title	General Subject	Pub. Date
1	The Mellon Menu	reading logs	Sept. 1987
2	Minimal Marking	marking papers	Sept. 15, 1987
3	Talking to Strangers	student writers	Oct. 13, 1987
4	Writing Center Procedures, "Responding to Student Writing"	WC goals and strategies	Nov. 11, 1987
7	Self-referential Sentences	self-referential writing	Jan. 19, 1988
9	A Procedure for Peer Evaluation of Research Projects	peer evaluation	Feb. 9, 1988
10	Letters That Don't Need Stamps	letters, short writing	Mar. 15, 1988
13	Microtheme Strategies for Developing Cognitive Skills	short writing assingments/microthemes	Sept. 21, 1988
14	Writing That Precedes Writing	prewriting	Oct. 4, 1988
17	A Knot of Questions: An Exercise in Training Tutors	WC techniques	Nov. 11, 1988
18	1,000 Papers A Year	responding to student writing	Nov. 18, 1988
20	Writing Beyond the Academy	writing after graduation	Jan. 3, 1989
21	Coe Students Write About Writing	student responses	Jan. 13, 1989
23	Autopsies	written course evaluations	Feb. 1, 1989
25	In-Class Writing to Learn	uses for in-class writing exercises	Mar. 8, 1989
26	The Fumble Rules of Grammar	grammar rules	Apr. 1, 1989
27	Responding to Student Writing	responding to student writing
28	To Narrow and to Focus	problems with narrowing and focusing paper topics
30	Responding to Student Writing: "Movies of the Mind"	responding to student writing	Oct. 13, 1989
31	Evaluating College Writing	responding to student writing	Oct. 26, 1989
33	When the Words Seem to Be Inevitable	reasons for writing assignments	Nov. 14, 1989
41	Using Journals to Direct Studying	assisting studying with journals	Apr. 12, 1990
42	Coe Students Writing About Chemistry	expectations on writing	Apr. 18, 1990
43	Writing About Homer, Virgil, and Dante	writing and revising	Apr. 25, 1990
44	Jargon Jackpot Crackerjacks And Other Bits of News: A Windy City Report	assessing writing, writing programs	May 17, 1990
45	The Feel of Writing and Teaching Writing	collage on writing and teaching writing	Sept. 25, 1990
46	Writing Collages	collage writing	Oct 25, 1990
49	Revising	quotes on writing	Jan. 21, 1991
53	The Visibility of Prose	student perspective on writing	Mar. 20, 1991
59	Portfolios and the Other Readers Program	benefits of portfolio assignments	Oct. 8, 1991
64	WAC and WILT	interview with Wilt Chamberlain	May 1, 1992
69	Fiksing the g/j anomali and other speling issues	students and faculty on spelling	Nov. 20, 1992
78	Credos for Writers	quotes on writing	Mar. 3, 1994
79	Conquering Insecurities: A Writing Center Case Study	student/consultant case study	Mar. 14, 1994
80	Four Days in the Athens of the South	assising writing, writing programs, teaching writing	Apr. 19, 1994
82	Plagiarism Council Chronicle	ways to deal with and avoid plagiarism	Sept. 27, 1994
83	"Off the Wall": Writing for my Peers	writing for professors vs. peers	Oct. 27, 1994
86	Ten Lessons	teaching composition	Feb. 14, 1995
87	Driving a Car at Night	quotes on writing	Feb. 21, 1995
89	Don't Erase - and some other advice	student advice on writing	Apr. 10, 1995
90	Some Questions and Some Answers	professors answers to writing concerns	Apr. 28, 1995
91	The End of All Method	quotes/analogies on writing	May 17, 1995
92	The Apostrophe	conversation on punctuation	Oct. 1, 1995
95	You Can't Wait for the Taxi of Inspiration	analogies: "writing is like..."	Dec. 7, 1995
97	A Miscellany: Erasmus to Bosnia	collage of excerpts	Jan. 23, 1996
101	Self-Reflective Assignments	self-reflective writing	Sept. 20, 1996
106	What Goes on in the Reading/Writing Workshop?	student and professor perspectives on RWW	Feb. 7, 1997
109	Manifest Destiny	how to write good poetry	Oct. 28, 1997
111	Writing Conferences: pre-draft; post-draft	pre- and post-draft writing center conferences	Jan. 16, 1998
113	A Hodgepodge	collection of clips on writing	Feb. 18, 1998
115	Four Aims of Argument: Inquiry, Conviction, Persuasion, Negotiation	reasons for argumentative papers, professor response	Sept. 15, 1998
116	Ten Unusual Resreach Paper Sources	using resources assignment	Oct. 9, 1998
117	Grammar, Usage, Style	teaching writing	Oct. 28, 1998
118	What We Love in Language and How to Tell Our Students	teaching writing
121	Notes from a Reading Workshop	teaching engaged reading	Sept. 23, 1999
126	The Five-Paragraph Theme	listserv pros and cons of 5-paragraph theme, writing assignments	Apr. 25, 2000
128	Self-Assessment and Peer Assessment Forms	assessing writing	Nov.14, 2000
130	When Students Feel Stupid	responding to student writing	Mar. 2, 2001
131	Grading by Primary Trait Analysis	responding to student writing	Apr. 17, 2001
132	Reading about Reading assignments	reading assignment supplements, quotes on reading	Oct. 17, 2001
133	Creating Effective Assignments	writing assignments	Feb. 20, 2002
134	Assessing Writing should be Assessing Thinking	responding to student writing	Mar. 8, 2002
135	Web Page Forums: Collaborative Conversations	consultants writing about plagiarism	April 5, 2002
136	A Series of Observations on Plagiarism	anthology on the complexities of plagiarism	Aug. 26, 2002
137	An October Medley on Spelling, Punctuation, Pedagogy, and Writing Centers	a conglomeration of shorts on writing	Oct. 2, 2002
140	Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices	Writing Program Administrator's statement on plagiarism	January, 2003
144	Writing in Eight Inch Stilettos	contrasting the inexperienced and skilled writer	Sept. 2, 2004
145	A Dragon Foe of Ancient Lineage	articles on writing assignments in the college/university setting	Sept. 30, 2004
146	Readers, Writers, and Wreaders	observations on reading and writing	Oct. 26, 2004
147	Teaching Partners in Spring Green, Summer 2004	journal entries of participants in the Spring Green Retreat	Feb. 4, 2005
148	AWP Conference in Vancouver: Readers Moved to Emulation	observations of conference attendees	April 28, 2005
149	The Verbs	advice on crafting an argumentative essay	October 30, 2007

 

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