{"id":6082,"date":"2024-07-18T17:32:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T21:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/?page_id=6082"},"modified":"2024-07-18T17:32:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T21:32:20","slug":"wac-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wac\/wac-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"WAC Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span> Center for Reading & Writing<\/p> The Center for Reading & Writing offers one-on-one, face-to-face tutoring in writing, reading, and study skills. The Center encourages ALL students to drop in or make an appointment. Well-trained writing consultants guide students through the writing process and help them become independent writers over time. The Center also works to pair peer consultants with Writing-Intensive courses.<\/p>\n For more information, visit the Center for Reading and Writing.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n <\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span> Faculty Resource Center<\/p> The FRC is a place dedicated to promoting teaching excellence. To that end, FRC offers extensive faculty workshops, including several writing-related professional development opportunities. FRC helps faculty to share best practices with course-level writing assignments and assessments. FRC also supports faculty who are working on their own writing through writing circles and peer review sessions.<\/p>\n For more information, visit the Faculty Resource Center.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n <\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span> George T. Potter Library<\/p> The College Library collaborates with faculty to provide student workshops on informational literacy, including the important writing skills of finding, analyzing, and citing proper sources. The Library also hosts a comprehensive set of materials for faculty to design assignments and assessments, including a Competencies and Progression Rubric. Librarians are also available to consult with faculty on how to best utilize the many tools offered by the Library.<\/p>\n For more information, visit: the Library.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n <\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span> Faculty Writing Institute<\/p> The Faculty Writing Institute is a collaboration between WAC, Faculty Resource Center, Center for Reading & Writing, and Potter Library. This day-long, faculty-led institute provides a series of workshops dedicated to sharing best practices on topics including: writing assignments, writing assessments, providing student feedback, texts to support writing, technological tools for writing, and much more.<\/p>\n Download a PDF document<\/a> about past Faculty Writing Institutes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n The following resources were collected and annotated by the Center for Reading and Writing; <\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span> Strategies and Tasks in Developing an Argument and Working Thesis<\/p> The Portland State University Online Writing Center provides a comprehensive guided tour to writing papers. Below are steps of the writing process:<\/p>\n Explore steps 1 through 10 when you view Writing Step by Step.<\/a><\/p>\n The Online Writing Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides thorough, easy-to-understand directions in helping writers develop an argument and thesis statement<\/strong>. Under \u201cWriting the Paper,\u201d click on \u201cArgument\u201d and\/or \u201cThesis Statements\u201d when you view\u00a0www.unc.edu\/depts\/wcweb\/handouts\/index.html<\/p>\n Colorado State University\u2019s online writing resources provide an example of a student\u2019s argumentative essay<\/strong> entitled \u201cLandscaping that Makes Sense for the West.\u201d The \u201cvirtual tour\u201d of the student\u2019s essay begins with an analysis of the student\u2019s claim, reasoning, evidence, and counter-argument. The tour ends with an assessment of the student\u2019s effectiveness in making the argument<\/strong> and urges the reader to arrive at a claim based on the student\u2019s argument. The essay can be used as a demonstration of argumentative writing which in turn provides a greater understanding of thesis paper writing. View\u00a0Writing@CSU Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n <\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span> Pre-writing Strategies and Tasks<\/p> Prewriting tasks are an immediate and effective way to relax, engage, and re-inform the writer about what the writer already knows in order to pursue the writing assignment. Pre-writing strategies serve the following purposes:<\/p>\n The University of Kansas Online Writing Center describes the following prewriting strategies and activities<\/strong>:<\/p>\n View Prewriting Strategies<\/a><\/p>\n After prewriting, the writer can develop an organizational plan and tentative outline.<\/p>\n The Portland State University Online Writing Center provides suggestions on creating an organizational plan and outline<\/strong>. View Using an Organizational Plan or Outline to Get Started<\/a>.<\/p>\n The University of Kansas Online Writing Center provides directions on basic outlining of a thesis with topic sentences<\/strong>. View Prewriting Strategies: Listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n Troy University\u2019s Writing Center offers directions on outlining of a thesis, with topic sentences as well as primary and secondary support<\/strong>. View\u00a0Essay Outline Form<\/a>.<\/p>\n Troy University\u2019s Writing Center also offers directions on outlining a body paragraph with a topic sentence as well as primary and secondary support<\/strong>. View\u00a0Body Paragraph Outline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n <\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span> Drafting Strategies and Tasks<\/p> View Developing Your Ideas<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Portland State University Online Writing Center provides strategies on<\/strong> writing introductions<\/strong>. View Writing a Strong Introduction<\/a>.<\/p>\n Troy University\u2019s Online Writing Center provides strategies on writing conclusions.<\/strong> View\u00a0Writing Conclusions<\/a>.<\/p>\n The following skills are necessary in writing a thesis paper:<\/p>\n The University of Kansas Online Writing Center provides basic directions on incorporating references and citing quotes<\/strong>. View Incorporating References<\/a>.<\/p>\n Portland State University\u2019s Online Writing Center provides a comprehensive overview on incorporating research and using citations and documentation correctly<\/strong>. View\u00a0Checking Your Research<\/a>.<\/p>\n The University of Kansas Online Writing Center provides directions on writing the paraphrase, summary, or pr\u00e9cis<\/strong>. View\u00a0Paraphrase and Summary<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On-Campus Resources Off-Campus Resources The following resources were collected and annotated by the Center for Reading and Writing;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1011,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6082","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
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