At the University Center for Writing-based Learning (UCWbL), you may have a writer come in that is intimidated because they have to draft a paper that provides…
Category: Peer Writing Tutoring
Reflections on tutor’s professional experiences and poignant advice about the role itself; challenges they faced and/or victories with their important teachings; the divergent writerly genres one might encounter; and the scope of such position beyond the Writing Center
The other day, I had an appointment with a student who needed help understanding a reading for class because she had to write a response to it.…
I have found that the University Center for Writing-based Learning’s, (UCWbL)’s, core practice “Collaboratively set an agenda to guide your work” can be easily transferred to subjects…
How do we learn to write? How do our teachers teach us to write? Do they teach us to write, or do they teach us to prioritize…
“If you want to become a better writer, read more.” Since childhood I have heard this statement from those closest to me, from my grandfather, a huge…
There is a reason that “Build and cultivate rapport” is one of the core beliefs of DePaul University’s Center for Writing-based Learning (UCWbL); it’s an integral way…
I will be using New Historicism in Literary Studies and the principles underlying New Historicism used in Classical Studies to examine the need for questions here at…
A successful advertising campaign is one of the most difficult tasks to accomplish. This is because the smallest error can throw an entire campaign’s message off. The…
Imagine this. You’re working at the UCWbL and you have a face-to-face appointment come in. You shake hands (in a pre-COVID era), introduce yourselves, build rapport, bada…
My approach to motivational scaffolding in a world of virtual learning and zoom school.