Charts
Understanding an assignment
Approaching assignments in the disciplines
Testing a tentative thesis
Characteristics of effective thesis statements
Guidelines for constructing a formal outline
Academic English: Writing across cultures
Checklist
Checklist for assessing the writing situation
Visuals
Annotated article
Annotated visual (McDonald’s advertisement)
Annotated visual (Equal Exchange advertisement)
Annotated paragraph
Chat discussion exploring a subject
Blog discussion exploring a subject
Cluster diagram for an essay on obesity in children
Models
Effective thesis statements
Sample informal outline
Sample formal outline
Listing about funding for college athletics
Listing about violence on television
Listing about performance-enhancing drugs in sports
Freewriting on cloning
Focused freewriting on college students and credit card debt