Even those faculty who have experience
teaching writing in composition classrooms find it difficult
to shape writing assignments clearly in order to elicit the
best possible writing samples from their students. Even those
faculty who know all of the jargon from the field of composition
and rhetoric find it difficult to find time in their content
courses to teaching writing skills, especially elements of
the writing process, to their students. Even those those faculty
who have years of experience grading essays find it difficult
to know what to say in certain grading circumstances. In short,
while assigning, teaching, and grading writing can be rewarding,
it is not always easy. Nevertheless, allowing your students
to write about subjects in your classroom is one of the most
pedagogically sound methods for engaging them in their work.
Strong writing assignments can allow students to pull together
their thoughts on several subjects within one discipline or
across disciplinary lines in a way that few other critical
thinking tasks can. The Millsaps Writing Program therefore
seeks to support you as you endeavor to teach writing. We
hope to do this in a variety of ways, and we are eager to
assist you with incorporating writing into your courses in
any ways as many ways as possible.
- Referral service for faculty
concerns about individual student writers
- Brainstorming on ways to involve
writing in any course
- Consultation and collaboration
on writing assignments for courses in any major
- Team-teaching writing assignments
in classes
- In-class writing workshops
- Resources
for Faculty
To enlist our services as you
incorporate writing into your courses, simply contact the Writing Program.
