In-Class Workshops and Brief Introductions

Welcome to our newly consolidated page offering information about two different class visit options offered by the Writing Studio:

To request either option, simply complete the request form at the bottom of this page.

Option 1: Brief Introductions to the Writing Studio

To help your students feel more at ease talking with others about their works in progress, we recommend inviting one of our consultants to give a ten-minute presentation to your class. We鈥檒l provide all the essential details about the Studio and invite students to ask questions about how we can meet their individual needs. We recommend scheduling these visits either early in the semester or near the time when you distribute a significant writing assignment.

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Option 2: In-Class Writing Workshops

Writing Studio workshops are designed by our consultants for use in the classroom. These workshops focus on different elements of academic writing and have the following goals in mind: encouraging students to reflect upon their writing habits, introducing students to writing exercises and strategies that they can use in courses across the curriculum, and enhancing discussion of discipline-specific writing practices among students and faculty.

Each workshop runs approximately 45 minutes and includes a discussion of writing strategies, a consultant-facilitated conversation with the instructor and students about writing conventions relevant to the course, and at least one writing activity. Instructors are important participants in the workshop conversations, and should plan to contribute relevant materials and be present on the day of the workshop. Several of the workshops are designed to work in conjunction with a class assignment.

We are happy to present up to two workshops per class, per semester. Because our workshops are meant to be highly collaborative, we ask that there be no more than 35 students per workshop consultant.

Questions? Contact our workshop coordinator by emailing wsworkshops@vanderbilt.edu.

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Available In-Class Workshops

Transitioning to College Writing

Transitioning to College Writing workshop

This workshop is designed mainly for 100-level courses. It is most appropriate toward the beginning of the semester shortly after students have received the prompt for their first formal writing assignment. The workshop encourages students to be aware of the conventions of academic writing and attentive to its differences across disciplines. With the assistance of the instructor, we discuss academic writing as a form of conversation with the ideas of others, the role of disciplinary differences in college writing assignments, and the demands of the course for which the students are writing. The workshop ends with an exercise that helps students interpret their writing assignment and begin making a plan to complete it. The course instructor will need to provide a paper prompt.

To learn more about this workshop and the materials required for it, consult the .
Brainstorming

Brainstorming workshop

This workshop assists students in finding traction and focus during the brainstorming phase of the writing process. Using a prompt provided by the instructor, we work through several exercises designed to help students generate new ideas and then sharpen and develop the most promising. The course instructor will need to provide a paper prompt.

To learn more about this workshop and the materials required for it, consult the .
Revision

Revision workshop

This workshop assists students with the revision of a paper they have already drafted, focusing on large-scale concerns like argument, analysis, and structure. We work through three revision activities, beginning with a brief exercise in which students rearticulate the main claims of their papers, followed by an exercise designed to identify organizational problems. For the third activity, the instructor may choose one of four exercises, allowing the instructor to tailor the workshop to a specific assignment or the particular goals of the course. The course instructor will need to be sure students bring an essay draft to class.

To learn more about this workshop and the materials required for it, consult the .
Thesis Statements

Thesis Statements workshop

This workshop focuses on understanding the characteristics of a strong thesis and how to write one, as well as the conventions of academic argument more broadly. Using a prompt from the class or a sample prompt, students will begin drafting their own thesis statements. A discussion about how to argue for one鈥檚 thesis rounds out the workshop. The course instructor will need to provide a paper prompt and sample weak thesis statements for that assignment.

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Using Textual Evidence

Using Textual Evidence workshop

This workshop discusses the ways analysis of quotations can be used as support for argumentative claims. Students will evaluate, discuss, and revise their own use of textual evidence in a draft. The instructor plays an important role here in helping the students understand what constitutes good evidence and effective use of evidence in his or her discipline and course. The course instructor will need to be sure students bring an essay draft to class.

To learn more about this workshop and the materials required for it, consult the .
Organizing Research Papers

Organizing Research Papers workshop

This workshop is designed to be implemented after students have already gathered most of the materials they will require to write their research papers. The workshop helps students impose order on their materials and formulate a plan for integrating the research into their papers. Using an organizational grid, students will focus on meaningfully categorizing and evaluating their research in light of a focused research question. The course instructor will need to be sure students bring their research materials to class.

To learn more about this workshop and the materials required for it, consult the .
Ethnographies

Writing Ethnographies workshop

This workshop focuses on two parts of writing ethnographies. First, students discuss the importance of neutral and detailed description when conducting field work, taking time to practice writing or revising their own field notes. Second, following a discussion of how ethnographies draw upon field notes as evidence, students will begin drafting sentences that use their observations to support their claims and tie their notes to course concepts. Course instructors may request this workshop either before or after students have conducted fieldwork.

To learn more about this workshop and the materials required for it, consult the .
Co-Teach/Custom

Co-Teach workshop option

We know that our list of in-class workshop scripts does not fit every need. If you鈥檝e looked through our existing workshops and do not see what you鈥檙e looking for, we would love to work with you to create a workshop to meet your needs and facilitate it alongside you.

If you鈥檙e interested in working with us to develop a workshop, please select 鈥淐ustom/Co-Teach鈥� option on the request form below. After we receive your request, we will connect you with a full-time staff member who will contact you to set up an in-person meeting. For all such co-teach requests, we recommend requests be placed a month in advance, at minimum, allowing time for at least one required planning session between the course instructor and Writing Studio representative.

Some examples of customized workshops include a peer review session tailored to a specific assignment, a session focused on citation conventions in a particular field, a workshop focused on constructing a compelling scientific narrative, and a multimodal composition workshop on podcasting.

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