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Writing in First-Year Seminars

Integrating Writing

Rhetorical Context

Make it Matter

Course Connections

Academic vs. Real-World Writing

Assigning Writing

Working from Goals

Writing Center Support

Instructor Resources

Assigning Research

Framing Assignments

Helping Students Focus

Library Research

Web Research

Documentation

Plagiarism

Peer Review

Specifying Tasks

Sequencing Tasks

Modeling Criteria

Modeling Commenting

Divergent Advice

Logistics

Time

Building in Incentives

Handout

Responding to Writing

Emphasizing Drafting

Becoming a Coach

Focusing Comments

Determining Grades

Writing Center Support

Sample Materials

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Sample Materials

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The following materials are provided to illustrate the evaluation processes described in this guide. Instructors who choose to use criteria sheets or rubrics are strongly encouraged to develop versions tailored to their own course content and goals.

• Sample marginal comments
• Sample end comments
• Sample criteria sheet
• Sample rubric