Sample UWS Exercises
Close Reading
- Pre-Draft Exercises
- Performing a Close Reading: The Onion
- Close Reading a Painting
- Close Reading a Text
- Exercise: Spatial Analysis
Lens Essays
Research Papers
Thesis
Motive
Evidence/Analysis
Structure/Transition
- Elements of the Academic Essay
- Exercise: Identifying the Elements of an Essay
- The Line of Argument
- Analyzing a Sample Body Paragraph
- Handout: Constructing a Strong Paragraph
- Examining Paragraph Structure: "The White Wonder," Slate.com (PowerPoint)
- Exercise: Practicing Paragraph Structure
Style/Grammar
Intros/Conclusions
- Writing Successful Introductions
- Analyzing Your Introduction
- Thesis, Motive, and Introduction
- Opening Lines
- Lesson Plan: Openers and Introductions
- Writing Strong Conclusions
- Analyzing Your Conclusion
- Ways to Make Your Conclusions Effective
Discussion/Conferences
- Responding to Your Students' Essays
- Example 1: Paper Comments
- Example 2: Paper Comments
- Example 3: Paper Comments
- Peer Review: Paper #1
- Peer Review: Paper #2
- Peer Review: Paper #3
- Peer Review: Paper #4
Research/Sources
- Lesson Plan: Working with Sources
- Source Functions Across the Disciplines
- Integrating Quotations into Your Essay
- Exercise: Citations
- Exercises: Writing with Sources