Writing
MLA 2009 Updates
Recently, the Modern Language Association released important MLA Style updates. These updates are currently in effect, and will appear in new editions of all MLA guides (including Diana Hacker's) this summer. If you would like a desk copy of the updated Hacker book (to be released June 2009), please contact Terra Caputo at tcaputo@allegheny.edu.
For a summary of the updates, please consult the following links:
Writing Resources for FS Faculty
Fall 2008 FS Writing Workshop Materials
Assignment
Assessment
Peer Review
First year/Sophomore Seminars
Short, informal assignments
FS 201: Faculty from different disciplines write on the same topic
Goals of FS 101, 102, and 201
FS 201: goals and assignment suggestions (writing and speaking)
Sample Syllabi (FS 101 and 102)
FS 101 Sample Syllabus #1
FS 101 Sample Syllabus #2
FS 102 Sample Syllabus #1
FS 102 Sample Syllabus #2
Writing Resources for all Faculty
Help with Using Sources
A Brief Guide to MLA Citation Style
A Brief Guide to APA and Chicago Citation Styles
Evaluating Web Sources
Incorporating Textual Evidence
Suspect Plagiarism? The WWW may be able to help you find the source
Grammar and Mechanics
A Brief Guide to Punctuation
The Easy Writer's Top 20 Writing Errors with Examples and Explanations
Writing in the Disciplines
Learning Commons Books on Writing in Various Disciplines and on Other Aspects of Writing
Resources for teaching writing in Engineering and Science
Evaluating Writing
Making Faculty Commentary on Student Papers Meaningful For Students: Follow-up Activities for the Days After Students Get Graded Papers Back
Essay-grading Criteria
Teaching Analysis
Teaching the difference between summary and analysis
Structuring an Analytical Essay
Technology and Writing Instruction
Using electronic discussion boards to foster class discussion
Teaching with Technology resources
Setting up Your Sakai Page
Recent Studies in Compositon and Rhetoric
Revisions: Re-Thinking Nancy Sommers's 'Responding to Student Writing'
The Novice as Expert: Writing the Freshman Year
Other Useful Resources
Exercises and suggestions from the National Council of Teachers of English
Dartmouth University's resources for faculty teaching writing
Using Peer Review: Suggestions and Sample Questions
