by Leda Lozier When I was assigned at the beginning of the semester in my Writing Intensive Program (WIP) course to create a presentation about a topic on writing that I would teach in five minutes—a 5MT—I was nervous and anxious. I asked myself, “What can I teach in only five minutes”?! I thought about…
by Alyssa Brown, Sociology, ’18–19 Sometimes I read students’ papers, and I imagine how I would write it to make it sound “better” or how I would organize it to make it flow in the way I think would make sense. I think about the way that I would write their paper if it were…
by Al Byrnes As I have worked as a writing coach for the Writing Intensive Program (WIP) at the University of Georgia, I have learned the importance of supporting students. Through facilitating meaningful opportunities for practice and through explicitly teaching writing as a process, I have helped students develop their writing skills. The training I…
by Mallory Lind Due to the positivist standardized testing strategies of most schools in America laid out by programs like No Child Left Behind, many students have come of age thinking that making a certain grade is the only thing that matters in their schooling. This leaves students with a severe lack of intrinsic motivation…