Pedagogical Resources

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Teaching ENGL 1900 at SLU

HardinMarshall and Lynch_Writing (Program) Laboratory.pdf

"English 1900: A Writing (and Writing Program) Laboratory" (Composition Studies 48.3) offers a look into Saint Louis University's first year writing course (ENGL 1900) and how it came to take shape into the course we currently teach.

Teaching & Lesson Planning

framework-for-success-postsecondary-writing copy.pdf
Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing
ignatian_pedagogy_a_practical_approach.pdf
Ignatian Pedagogy
Statement of Principles and Standards for the Postsecondary Teaching of Writing.pdf
Principles and Standards of Postsecondary Teaching of Writing
Lesson Planning.pptx
Lesson Planning Presentation
Lesson Planning.docx
Lesson Planning Guide
Lesson Plan Template.docx
Lesson Planning Template

Instructors are also encouraged to consult with the Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning for additional pedagogical resources, workshops, and certificate programs!

Teaching Online

Blackboard Workshop.pdf
Blackboard Quick Guide (Hardin Marshall)
Borgman & McArdle_PARS OWI.pdf
PARS for OWI (Borgman & McArdle)
Hewett & DePew_OWI.pdf
Foundational Practices of OWI (Hewett & DePew)

Instructors are also encouraged to consult the WAC Clearinghouse and the Online Writing Instruction Community for additional resources!

Teaching Rhetoric

A Rhetoric for Writing Teachers - Chapter 4 - What do Teachers Need to Know about Rhetoric_.pdf
From A Rhetoric for Writing Teachers (Lindemann)
Ede_Lunsford_AUDIENCE.pdf
Audience Addressed (Ede & Lunsford)
HartBurks_RhetSensitivity.pdf
Rhetorical Sensitivity (Hart & Burks)
Ong_Audience.pdf
The Writer's Audience (Ong)
ScottOnViewingRhetoricasEpistemic.pdf
Viewing Rhetoric as Epistemic (Scott)
Vandenberg_AUDIENCE.pdf
Coming to Terms: Audience (Vandenberg)

The Rhetorical Situation

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The Rhetorical Situation (Bitzer)
Copy of vatz_MythRhetorical.pdf
The Myth of the Rhetorical Situation (Vatz)
Copy of Consigny_RhetoricandItsSituations.pdf
Rhetoric & Its Situations (Consigny)
Copy of edbauer_rhetorical_ecologies.pdf
From Rhetorical Situation to Rhetorical Ecologies (Edbauer)

(Re)Envisioning Argument

Copy of FossGriffinBeyond.pdf
Invitational Rhetoric (Foss & Griffin)
Copy of LynchetalArgument.pdf
Agonistic Inquiry & Confrontational Cooperation (Lynch, George, & Cooper)
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Argument as Emergence, Rhetoric as Love (Corder)

On Error & Response

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Teachers' Rhetorical Comments (Connors & Lunsford)
Copy of Hartwell_Grammars.pdf
Grammar, Grammars, & the Teaching of Grammar (Hartwell)
Copy of WilliamsPhenom.pdf
The Phenomenology of Error (Williams)
Copy of lunsford_lunsford.pdf
"Mistakes Are a Fact of Life" (Lunsford & Lunsford)
Copy of Wilhoit_Responding.pdf
Responding to Student Writing (Wilhoit)
Copy of HaswellMinimal.pdf
Minimal Marking (Haswell)

Writing Program Orientation Archives

Fall 2021 Orientation

The Writing Program fall orientation for new and returning instructors will take place on August 16th and 17th. For information and resources (including recordings of offered sessions), please see the Fall 2021 orientation page.

Fall 2020 Orientation

The Writing Program fall orientation for new and returning instructors took place via Zoom on August 10th and 11th. For information and resources (including recordings of offered sessions), please see the Fall 2020 orientation website.

For additional pedagogical resources (including sample syllabi, assignments, etc.), explore the WAC Clearinghouse Resources and the First-Year Composition Archive.