The course website for WRI3020 with Dr. Erin Andersen
I’ve always been drawn to languages, and when I was in high school I wanted to eventually become an ESL instructor after college. I probably won’t end up pursuing this, but learning other languages still excites me. Now that I’m beginning my journey as a writing tutor, I know that I will most likely have […]
I completed my solo tutoring session during the second-to-last week of the semester, just hours before I helped out with Late Nite Writes. Princess observed my session, and when I arrived at the Writing Collaboratory we discussed tutoring for a few minutes and reviewed the appointment form, so I knew what to expect. When the […]
My co-tutoring session occurred the week before the end of the semester, at Late Nite Writes. All of the tutors were very busy: there was no shortage of tutees that wanted assistance with their writing. My tutee, an Equine Studies major, arrived at ten o’clock, and we discussed her paper for over an hour. I’m […]
I wasn’t as anxious coming into my second observation session as I was for the first. I observed Princess, and I was quite excited because she seems quieter and more reserved, like me, and I wanted to see how these qualities help her in her tutoring sessions. She regularly tutored the student that made the […]
I was quite anxious during my first tutoring observation session on March 5th, right before Writing Tutor Training. I was surprised when I arrived at the Writing Collaboratory: the appointment was scheduled for 3:15, but the tutee came earlier than expected – closer to 3:00! When I walked in around 3:10, Amanda, the tutor, was […]
For my blog post I covered three of the readings in the week of April 2nd that consisted of questions about gender and queerness. The articles describe how they’re handled in Writing Centers. My readings were O’Leary’s, “It’s Not What You Say, But How You Say It (And To Whom): Accommodating Gender in the Writing Conference”, […]
When I went to observe a tutoring session, I originally scheduled my observation with Princess, and I ended up observing Princess and Marissa at the exact time. Of course, it was very difficult and hard to keep up with them both, but the fact that they were two different types of tutors made it easier […]
When I first went into my solo tutoring session, I’ll admit that I was nervous. Many questions were running through my head: what if I made a mistake, what if the tutee didn’t understand me, what if I didn’t explain myself correctly? The list can go on. Thankfully, the session went smooth. I was able […]
The session started with the tutor (Will) and tutee talking about the student’s paper. The tutor made sure that he asked about the prompt and what the paper was about. Unlike my first observational session, where the student read their paper aloud, Will was the one who read the paper. By reading it, the mistakes […]
My first observational tutoring session was with Morgan at 3 o’clock. She was very polite, and I’ll admit that it was nerve-wracking to ask someone if you can observe them doing their job. Not wanting to be too apparent, I sat at a table behind Morgan and her tutee after getting permission from her to […]
