RE: Form examples

[Molly Wingate <MWINGATE@ADMIN1.CC.COLORADO.EDU>]

Neal,
What kinds of goals might the writing fellows have?  Might you want to list 
some.  Might goals might be:   to listen better, to quit fidgeting, to be 
sure to respond to the writer's concerns.... are these the kinds of goals 
you intend? I like the idea of tutors assessing themselves.   Thanks for the 
idea.

 Perhaps I like the form because it strongly resembles the one we use here. 
 One difference is that we ask the writer to identify the course and to 
restate the assignment  --- just a way of reminding the writer what has 
brought them to the Writing Center.  Every once in a while, I print out for 
the tutors  a comparison of what writers said they wanted to work on and 
what the tutors reported working on.  We also list the strategies tutors 
use:  reading aloud, asking questions, clarifying audience, descriptive 
outlines,  etc.  A printout of strategies used lets tutors know if they have 
fallen in a rut.
Molly Wingate
Colorado College
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Hi, folks.  With all of this talk about forms and such, I thought I'd
contribute two forms I've been working on.  The first is for students to
fill out the first time they use the WC; the second is for tutors and
students to use after a session as a record of what occurred.  Feel free
to comment, suggest improvements, laugh out loud.  Thanks.

        Neal Lerner
        nlerner@acs.bu.edu (for the next two weeks)

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Writing Center Student Data Form

Name (last, first):  _______________________    ID #:  __ __ __ - __ __ -
__ __ __ __  Date:_________

FR ___   SO ___   JR ___   SR ___  GRAD ___   Sex:  M / F

What is your first language?________________

What can a Writing Fellow help you with? (check any that apply)

Getting started                         Revising a draft
___     understanding an assignment     ___     reorganizing ideas
___     identifying target audience     ___     sharpening purpose
___     clarifying purpose              ___     strengthening
evidence/examples

Developing a draft                      Editing a draft
___     choosing a form/structure       ___     improving style/wording
___     re-clarifying purpose           ___     grammar/usage
___     developing ideas                ___     punctuation

___     Other:________________

Address:        On-Campus       ___________________
                Off-Campus      __________________
                                __________________

How did you hear about the Writing Fellows program?

Faculty  ___   Flyer ___  Friend  ___   Advisor  ___   Other____________

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Writing Fellows' Session Notes

Student's Name (Last, First -- please print):__________________________
Writing Fellow:__________________________
Date: _______

We worked on writing for:
Course Number                   Assignment 


If not for a course, describe type of writing involved:


For the student and writing fellow:
What did you work on (check all that apply)?
Getting started                         Revising a draft
___     understanding an assignment     ___     reorganizing ideas
___     identifying target audience     ___     sharpening purpose
___     clarifying purpose              ___     strengthening
evidence/examples

Developing a draft                      Editing a draft
___     choosing a form/structure       ___     improving style/wording
___     re-clarifying purpose           ___     grammar/usage
___     developing ideas                ___     punctuation

___     Other:________________

For the writing fellow:
Briefly list what your goals were for this session:



How highly met were your goals?
1       2       3       4       5
low                             high

Comments (use back of sheet if necessary):