Category Archives: Writing Center

working with theses in the writing center

Posted on February 15, 2006 by Michael

Last week I talked to Lisa Ede about some of my frustrations with working on a thesis with a student. She suggested, for this student in particular, that I ask what her research question is, because Lisa suspected she didn’t … Continue reading →

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thank god for the writing center video

Posted on February 13, 2006 by Michael

Today I had a conference with one of my international Writing 121 students. When I noticed that he was making a lot of jumps between ideas, jumps that I could easily follow as a working reader, I told him to … Continue reading →

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o.w.l.s, seriousness, and tone

Posted on February 3, 2006 by Michael

I think I might be finding something that almagamates my interests perfectly…the writing center. Wow, I’ve been loving it so far. It’s interpersonal, which I love, and is a nice replacement for my counseling internship (which I ended this week … Continue reading →

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resources I want to read sometime

Posted on February 1, 2006 by Michael

In the back of Leigh Ryan’s The Bedford Guide for Writing Tutors, Leigh has an annotated bibliography of resources to check out. I want to make a note here of some that I’m interested in finding: Harris, Muriel. “Composing Behaviors … Continue reading →

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My first writing center appointments

Posted on February 1, 2006 by Michael

Today I had my first two writing center appointments. The first one went short, over a page and a half essay written in response to something in a course textbook. I could tell the student had to come per teacher … Continue reading →

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