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General English Teaching Resource

This is a category for useful English resources that are not course specific.

Writers' Survey

Resource Author
Lisa Moore, Department of EnglishPedagogical Goals
Goals: The aim of this series of questions is to solicit information about each student as a writer. The instructor can use this information in putting together the peer editing groups.

Group Project Self-Evaluation

Resource Author
Lisa Moore, Department of English Pedagogical Goals
Goals: The instructor can use this evaluation to help calculate your final grade for participation. This evaluation will be used to help calculate final grades for participation, based on contributions to a group project.

Classroom Wiki for New Terms and Concepts

Resource Author
Jim BrownPedagogical Goals
Goals: In creating wiki entries for new and interesting terms/concepts, this assignment aims to: 1) build a community knowledge base; 2) encourage collaboration; 3) Get students to do research on unfamiliar terms/concepts that they encounter; 4) get students to go beyond peer review and consider how to edit someone else's writing.