The English Department's Composition Committee has gathered materials to assist you with your W courses. These materials are presented as general advice which you would need to adapt to your specific discipline and course.

For printable copies of these handouts click on the links at the right.

• Designing Effective Writing Assignments
• Less Writing, More Thinking Assignments

• Developing a Thesis
• Developing a First Draft (from research question)
• Argument Structures

• Methods for Integrating Revision into Writing Assignments
• Questions for Reviewing a Draft (generic model)
• Peer Critique Guidelines_Organization (generic model)
• Peer Critique Guidelines_Development (generic model)
• Peer Critique form (specific example)
• Peer Response Sheet (specific example)
• Peer Review Guide (specific example)
• Revision Reminders (specific example)
• Sample Peer-Review
• Comment Inventory Sheet
• Comment Inventory Sheet 2
• Revision Example

• Elegant Explanations_Longer Sentences
• Commas and Semi-colons

• Writing in Large Classes: Tips on Grading
• Example Grading Rubric

• Managing Paper in Writing-Intensive Courses
• Preventing Plagiarism
• Purdue Owl Website (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index.html)
• Revised General Education W Course Requirements