How to Get Students from Reading and Discussing to Writing

Date: 

Thursday, January 19, 2023, 2:45pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

125 Mt. Auburn St. 3rd Floor

Led by:
Jonah Johnson, Assistant Director, Writing Pedagogy

From an instructor’s perspective, students’ progress from “doing the readings” to “turning in the paper” can feel like a black box: How do reading and class discussion turn into words on the page? In this session, we will bring that process out into the light, modeling practical approaches to writing assignments that will help your students engage with every stage of the writing process—from class discussion itself to formulating a possible thesis to working with evidence to other pre-draft strategies. By the end of the session, you will have the building blocks for a generalizable approach to guiding students (and planning what to do in section!) through most types of writing assignments.

This workshop is being offered as part of Winter Teaching Week and is designed for GSAS PhD students and others at similar career stages engaged in the teaching of Harvard College undergraduates. Pre-registration is required.

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