Aug 22

 “Why We Tutor,” Gillespie & Lerner

                       
Aug 29

• “The Writing Process” & “The Tutoring Process,” Gillespie & Lerner
• “Early Writing Centers:  Toward a History,” Carino
• “The Idea of a Writing Center,” North         

 Drupal Post; In-Lab:  Treasure Hunt

 
Sept 5

Labor Day holiday, no class      

Drupal Post; In-Lab:  Observation #1

 
Sept 12           

• Examining Expectations” & “Observing in the Writing Center,” Gillespie & Lerner
• “Collaborative Learning and the ‘Conversation of Mankind’,” Bruffee

 Drupal Post; In-Lab:  Interview

Sept 19

• “Tutoring Practice,” Gillespie & Lerner
• “Minimalist Tutoring:  Making the Student Do All the Work,” Brooks
• “Strategies for Tutoring the Passive Student,” Crowe           

 Short Assignment #1; Drupal Post; In-Lab:  Paper Evaluation #1

 
Sept 26

• “Reflecting on the First Session,” Gillespie & Lerner
• “The First Five Minutes:  Setting the Agenda in a Writing Conference,” Newkirk      

Drupal Post; In-Lab:  Exploring ICaP

 
Oct 3

• “Reading in the Writing Center,” Gillespie & Lerner
• Read a section on Visual Rhetoric from a 106 textbook
• “Graphic Design Do’s and Don’t’s,” Cohen 

 Drupal Post; In-Lab:  Visual Rhetoric in textbooks

 
Oct 10

Fall Break, no class

 Your tutorial should be completed any time before the break.

 
Oct 17

• “The Rhetoric of Visual Arguments,” Blair
• “Rhetorical Devices and Tight Integration,” Horn
• “Visual Rhetoric:  A Reader-Oriented Approach to Graphics and Designs, “Kostelnick           

 Drupal Post; In-Lab:  Observation #2

Oct 24

• “Building Visual Communication Theory by Borrowing from Rhetoric,” Kenney
• “Writing Center Research” & “Writing Centers:  Historical and Theoretical Contexts,” Gillespie & Lerner      

 Short Assignment #2; Drupal Post; In-Lab:  Mock Tutorial #1

 
Oct 31

• “Paying Attention to Learning Styles in Writing Center Epistemology, Tutor Training, and Writing Tutorials,” Macauley
• “Multi-sensory Tutoring for Multi-sensory Learners,” Konstant
• “Learning Disabilities and the Writing Center,” Neff 

 Topic idea for final paper; Drupal Post; In-Lab:  Paper Evaluation #2

 
Nov 7

• “Working with ESL Writers,” Gillespie & Lerner
• “Tutoring ESL Students:  Issues and Options,” Harris & Silva
• “Tutoring ESL Students and Overcoming Frustration,” Willis
• “Plagiarism as a Cross-Cultural Phenomenon,” Russikoff, et al          

 Short Assignment #3; Drupal Post; In-Lab:  Observe workshop or conversation group

 
Nov 14

• “Understanding Cultural Differences in the Rhetoric and Composition Classroom:  Contrastive Rhetoric as Answer to ESL Dilemmas,” Panetta
• International Student Writers:  Turning Cultural Stress into Synergy,” Wang
• Suggested reading:  ESL Writers, Bruce & Rafoth (available in the Writing Lab)       

 Proposal; Drupal Post; In-Lab:  Mock Tutorial #2

 
Nov 21

• “Interdisciplinary and On-Line Tutoring,” Gillespie & Lerner
• “Computers in the Writing Center:  A Cautionary History,” Carino
• “Information Literacy and the Writing Center,” Clark           

 Drupal Post; In-Lab:  Writing Lab technology

 
Nov 28

• “What If…,” Gillespie & Lerner
• Your choice readings        

Drupal Post; In-Lab:  Self-Evaluation

 
Dec 5

“Revisiting “The Idea of a Writing Center,” North

Final Paper and Presentation