SYLLABUS CALENDAR FOR ENGLISH 41 PEER TUTORS

Week 1:

8/25: Class 1: Welcome. General introduction to tutoring, Eng. 41, and tutors; Review of syllabus; Explanation of additional class observations and interview requirements. Discussion of scheduling tutoring times in Writing Center (WC).

HW: 1) This week, buy your materials

2) fill out tutoring schedule and submit it by the end of the week.

3) Observe one Writing Center orientation this week.

4) Reread all introductory materials about Eng. 41 and the Writing Center.

8/27: Class 2: Class meeting at the Writing Center. Meet Leslie Leach, the manager of the Writing Center. Introduce Writing Center tasks. Review non-tutoring responsibilities handout and initial peer tutor tasks in first weeks of semester.

HW: 1) Attend 2 Eng. 350 classes and also interview a 350 instructor by the end of week 4.

Make sure to take notes on what you observe and also make sure to have the

instructor initial your form.

2) Write journal #1. This is described in the booklet. It's due on Friday, 9/3

3) During Week 2, read AThe Tutoring Process: Paradigms and Practices@ (in the class

booklet) in preparation for class 6.

Week 2 Writing Center Opens This Week:

Note: At this point you should be mostly shadowing senior tutors. If you do tutor, remember to keep it basic by asking to see the student's assignment, reading the paper aloud, sticking to the hierarchy, keeping a record of your session, and not trying to fix everything.

9/1 Holiday for Class 3

9/3 Class 4: Share journal 1 with each other and turn in. Discuss Writing Center orientation materials. Review tutor job description and responsibilities and professional conduct in the WC. Explain Eng. 350 basic skills students and their curriculum. Explain weekly dialogue journal and record-keeping responsibilities. What makes a good tutor? Discuss four major principles of tutoring. Last minute suggestions for 1^st week in the WC.

HW: 1) Memorize the hierarchy of concerns (I will quiz you on this on Monday!). It's in the

booklet.

2) Read chapters 1 & 2 in BGWT (the tutoring book) for Mon. 9/8

Week 3 Tutoring Sessions Begin This Week

Note: Make sure to wear your badge in the WC and keep accurate records of your tutoring

9/8 Class 5: Quiz on the hierarchies. What is meant by being professional? What are the general steps in a tutoring session? What is the hierarchy of concerns? What tutors can and can=t do and Why Focus on the Assignment? (See handouts.)

HW: 1) Write Journal 2 for Friday.

2) Remember to complete your two 350 class visits and interview by the end of week 4.

3) Review the article "Paradigms and Practices" (in the booklet) for Friday.

9/10 Class 6: Discuss AParadigms and Practices.@ What are the steps in the writing process? How are those steps opportunities to tutor? What are Langan=s four bases for evaluating writing? Do exercises applying four bases to student paragraphs.

HW: 1) Read chapters 3 & 4 in BGWT.

Week 4

9/15 Class 7: Review hierarchy of concerns, steps in writing process, and Langan=s four bases. Discuss chapters 3 & 4 in BGWT. Do mock tutoring session with paragraphs lacking coherence. Review paragraph conference guide.

HW: 1) Remember to complete additional requirements sheet by the end of the week.

2) Write Journal 3 for Wed. 9/17

9/17 Class 8: Turn in your 350 class observation and interview sheets. Turn in journal 3. Veteran tutors visit class with helpful hints, wisdom, and strategies for survival.

Week 5

9/22 Class 9: Share your WC problems and successes. How much of a sentence skills expert should a peer tutor be? Define sentence skill responsibilities of peer tutors (handout: What a Writing Tutor Does). Strategies for avoiding proofreading. Discuss results of Eng. 350 observations and interviews. Discuss procedures for observations of faculty and senior tutors in the Writing Center.

HW: 1) Observe a Writing Center instructor or senior tutors in preparation for journal #5

2) Journal 4 is due Wed. 9/24.

9/24 Class 10: Share journal 4 and turn in. Continue with sentence skills review and responsibilities. Explanation of the structure of expository paragraph (ts, ss=s, details, transitions, concluding sentence) and how that knowledge of structure helps in a tutoring session.

HW: 1) Read AFreud in the Writing Center@ for class 12.

Week 6

9/29 Class 11: Share WC experiences. Is your record-keeping accurate and complete? Discuss tutoring techniques from BGWT: promoting dialogue through the use of silence, questioning and facilitation. (See handout.)

HW: 1) Write journal #5 for Wed. 10/1.

2) Continue to observe instructors and senior tutors.

3) Plan to observe an Eng. 150 class next week in lieu of meeting for class 13.

10/1 Class 12: Share Journal 5 and turn in. Explain the professional journal assignment and report to class (see handout). Discuss AFreud in Writing Center@ essay. Report to class about observations of WC staff. Eng.150 class observation explanation.

HW: 1) Article presentations from professional journals will begin in week 8, so begin reading

through articles in the WC to find the article that you'd like to present on..

2) In Week 7, remember that you're going to be observing an English 150 class. The

handout will be due on Wed. 10/8

Week 7

10/6 Class 13: canceled to allow for Eng. 150 class observations.

HW: 1) Journal 6 is due on Wed., 10/8

10/8 Class 14: Share Journal 6 and turn in. Turn in Eng. 150 observation handout. Share WC experiences. Report on Eng. 150 observations. Review rhetorical features of examples, cause/effect, and, especially, narrative paragraphs and how to evaluate them. Role play how to tutor a narrative paragraph.

HW: 1) Read "Minimalist Tutoring" in class booklet for class 16.

Week 8

Observation of tutoring begins.

10/13 Class 15: Eng. 150 instructor visits class. Discuss Eng. 150 curriculum. Share WC experiences. Discuss pro=s and con=s of minimalist tutoring.

HW: 1) Write journal 7 for Wed., 10/15.

10/15 Class 16: Share journal 7 and turn in. Article presentation begins. Discuss listening techniques. Why is it so difficult to really listen? Take listening self-assessment, and review personal checklist of listening behaviors. Role play listening behaviors. Review observation criteria. Discuss "Minimalist Tutoring."

HW: 1) Read "Collaboration and Ethics" for class 18.

Week 9

10/20 Class 17: Share WC experiences. Discussion of writing process paper due week 11. Discuss heuristics from chapter 4 BGWT and strategies to help with invention. ( See handout.). Define and identify subjects, verbs, IC, DC, and prepositional phrases.

HW: 1) Write journal 8 for Wed., 10/22.

2) Begin your Writing Process Paper with a freewrite, a cluster, or some other introductory step.

10/22 Class 18: Article presentation. Discuss collaboration vs. minimalist vs. affective tutoring styles. What style of tutoring do you prefer? What styles have you observed in the WC? What does it mean to act professionally in the WC?

HW: 1) Read "Engaging in Dialogue" for class 20.

2) Write a shitty first draft of your Writing Process Paper.

Week 10

10/27 Class 19: Share WC experiences. Article presentation. Analyze transcripts of two different tutoring sessions (Murray and Garrison). Definition of basic essay and its essential components and their functions. Examine bare bones structure of essay with particular attention to the role of topic sentences.

HW: 1) Write journal 9 for class 20.

2) Revise your shitty first draft into a reasonable first draft this week for your Writing Process Paper.

10/29 Class 20: Discuss strategies for engaging in dialogue. Define and identify independent and dependent clause and phrase. Do practice exercises. Look at grammar refresher handout and punctuation pattern handout.

HW: 1) Finish your first draft of your Writing Process Paper and begin getting feedback from other peer tutors.

2) Read essay on AMulti-sensory Tutoring@ for class 22 .

Week 11

11/3 Class 21: ESL expert will visit our class.

HW: 1) Journal 10 is due at class 22.

2) Finish peer tutor feedback on the Writing Process Paper.

3) Revise your final draft of the paper, gather together all the drafts, notes, tutor feedback sheets, and get ready to turn it in for class 22.

11/5 Class 22: Turn in journal 10. Share papers in small groups and turn in. Article presentation. What is the role of technology in the WC? Look at Purdue OWL. Discuss pro=s and con=s of OWL=S, online tutoring, grammar hotlines, and Internet linkups in the WC. Discuss multi-sensory tutoring techniques.

HW: 1) Read chapters 5 and 6 in BGWT for class 24.

Week 12

11/10 Holiday Class 23

HW: 1) Write Journal #11.

11/12 Class 24: Share Journal 11 and turn in. Article presentation. Introduce glossing technique to support revision, organization, and development. Apply techniques to actual student papers.

HW: 1) Read essay on co-dependency for class 26.

Week 13

11/17 Class 25: Explanation of competency exam process. How can peer tutors help students prepare for the competency exam? Practice evaluating competency exams at Eng. 150 and 350 level.

HW: 1) Write journal 12 for class 26.

2) Read chapters 7 and 8 in BGWT.

11/19 Class 26: Share journal 12 and turn in. Article presentation. Discuss co-dependency essay. Review glossing applications. In-class tutoring session with tutor=s essays.

HW: 1) Read essay ACan Grammar Be Taught?@ for class 28.

Week 14

11/24 Class 27: Share WC experiences. Article presentation. What are strategies for handling difficult students? More competency exam evaluations.

HW: 1) Write journal #13 for class 28.

11/26 Class 28: Wrap up.

Week 15

End-of-semester conferences and results of observations. Evaluation of Eng. 41 and tutoring experience. Bring tutor typography and journal 14 to tutor conferences.

Please note: This syllabus is tentative. I may have to delete, add, or rearrange information as I see fit.