First Seminar Faculty Resources
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This "First Seminar Faculty Resources" section of the Wiki is intended to supplement the SAGES First Seminar resources, available at http://www.case.edu/sages/fellows.htm.
If you have experience teaching First Seminar, either as the Instructor of record, or as a Writing Co-Instructor, please add sample assignments, suggestions, or other useful resources to this portion of the Writing Wiki.
The SAGES Office and the Department of English have collaborated on a document intended to help faculty and writing instructors define their roles in and out of the classroom, while working together.
Ideas for activities during the first week of First Seminar. Topics include the idea of entering an academic community, devising discussion guidelines, and assessing writing samples.
Integrating the Common Reading into First Seminar
Background information, resources, and ideas for activities and writing assignments to engage students in the Common Reading Selection and the related public lecture, often prepared and delivered by the author.
Integrating UCI Visits into First Seminar
If you have hints, suggestions or resources to add here, please do. You can receive instruction for editing the Wiki from the "About the Wiki" page.
If you have hints, suggestions or resources to add here, please do. You can receive instruction for editing the Wiki from the "About the Wiki" page.
Resources for Using They Say/I Say
This page collects reviews, suggestions, and exercises for the First Seminar recommended writing text, Graff & Birkenstein's They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing. (Note: This page is a project of English 400 graduate students in Fall 2008.)
Those teaching First Seminar may also wish to explore the "General Faculty Resources" portion of the Writing Wiki, which includes information on disciplinarity, writing integration, assignment design, and assessment, along with links to pages on research, workshops, and ESL strategies.
