FROM: Ted Panitz [
tpanitz@capecod.net]
Hi Listers,
Are you looking for the perfect gift for your favorite teacher? How
about something (relevant) to welcome teachers back to school? Would
you like to do your Xmas shopping early for teachers in your family,
friends, or acquaintances? How about a jump start for your faculty
development days? What have I left out?
I hope that list members will not consider this a spam email but
my youthful enthusiasm has gotten the best of me. I am thrilled to
announce that my Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) book has been
published in hard copy by Newforums Press.
You may access publishing information at:
http://www.newforums.com/store/index.htm
Click on �better teaching� to get to the general book list and then
scroll down to the bottom of the page or go directly to my book
description at:
http://www.newforums.com/store/store.asp?numberpage=1&images=on&display=full
&category=8&searchstr=8010&searchfield=itemid
If you discover 3 or 4 writing exercises that you can use in your
classes, out of the 41 assignments I present in my book, then I will
consider my book to be a success and I will celebrate with you.
The results I get by asking students to communicate with me via writing
assignments
are quite exciting to me personally and help me demonstrate my concern
for my students
and their performance in my classes.
I would like to ask for you help. I would greatly appreciate it if you
would send this announcement and/or my web page to colleagues at your
school or other institutions and to other discussion lists that you
participate in. I would love to spread the word as far as possible. My
web site address is:
http://www.capecod.net/~tpanitz/tedspage
Below is the table of contents.
Regards,
Ted
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Keeping Teachers and Students Actively Involved by Writing Across the
Curriculum
Preface
Why use writing across the curriculum
TABLE OF CONTENTS OF INDIVIDUAL WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
1-MOTIVATIONAL-GENERAL
A. Write a letter to your students prior to the beginning of the
semester
B. Student autobiography- written prior to the beginning of class
C. Student profile for first class introductions
D. Analyzing the seven principles of good education
E. Student/Professor success contract
2-PERSONAL REFLECTION/MOTIVATION
A. Student post exam questionnaire
B. Students write a letter to a friend- an unusual course evaluation
C. Mid semester course review/student self evaluation.
D. Mid semester push- or how do I survive all my professors demands?
E. Final semester push
F. End of semester student self evaluation
3-CONTENT/PROCESS
A. How can we work better together in groups?
B. Encouraging student writing by example- Analysis of newspaper
articles describing Harvard research on
learning together in groups
C. Developing t-charts to help analyze group functioning
4- CONTENT/PERSONAL
A. There is a poet in all of us
B. Student course portfolio
C. Why study math?
D. Assessing students and your self using the one minute paper
E. Finding analogies in life to clarify course concepts
F. The diary of a student or writing a course journal
5-CONTENT ENHANCING
A. Math is with us every day
B. Math is with us all day.
C. How did you get here- What sequence of events lead you to this
course?
D. Write your own textbook section
E. Becoming an author- Write a short story about how the quadratic
formula came to be
F. Finding examples of math in the media
G. Draw your very own graph
H. Solving the mystery of word problems using the two-column format plus
alternate uses.
I. Engaging partners in a critical thinking exchange of ideas- Write and
swap
J. Vocabulary building through a multi step writing process
K. Developing comprehension skills by combining writing with
collaborative learning activities to analyze history assignments
L. Analyzing a fable Cooperatively
6- ADDITIONAL SAMPLES OF WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
this section contains just writing assignments without explanations.
A-100% Success in Algebra
B- Is The Mastery Approach To Testing A Good One???
C- Math Anxiety Code of Responsibilities
D- Mt Very Own Group's Strategy For Solving Word Problems
E- Calculating Pi- Not The Kind You Eat- A Cooperative Exploration
F- Why Are Fractional Exponents So Hard To Understand?
G- Faculty Writing Exercise
H- Developing a Preparation Strategy For Mastery Tests
6I- Solving Equations Together
WAC WEB PAGES