Bedford Guide for Writing Tutors

by Ryan, Leigh; Zimmerelli, Lisa

• ISBN13: 9780312566739
• ISBN10: 0312566735
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-24
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Summary

With more activities and exercises than ever before, this fifth edition ofThe Bedford Guide for Writing Tutorsprovides a concise and practical introduction to tutoring. Its nine chapters provide principles and strategies for working with diverse writers and assignments in a variety of contexts: college or high school, online or face-to-face, in the writing center and beyond. Visit the companion Web site forThe Bedford Handbook, Eighth Edition (hackerhandbooks.com/bedhandbook) to find additional tools for tutors and writers including handouts on common writing, grammar, and punctuation problems; documentation help; links to tutoring resources; and an annotated bibliography.

Table of Contents

Preface for Writing Center Directors	p. iii
Introduction for Tutors	p. vii
The Writing Center as a Workplace	p. 1
Professionalism toward the Writer	p. 1
Professionalism toward Other Tutors	p. 2
Professionalism toward Teachers	p. 3
Exercises For Getting Started	p. 4
Keeping a Personal Tutoring Journal	p. 4
Participating in Discussion Forums	p. 5
Learning about Writing Center History	p. 5
The Writing Process	p. 6
A General Guide to Stages of the Writing Process	p. 8
Prewriting	p. 8
Writing	p. 9
Revising and Editing	p. 9
Stages of the Writing Process	p. 10
Exercises For Exploring The Writing Process	p. 11
Comparing Writing Guides and Handbooks	p. 11
Teaching Writing	p. 11
Talking about the Writing Process	p. 12
Talking about the Writing Process at Your School	p. 13
Exercises For Reflecting On Your Writing Process	p. 13
Reflecting on Writing	p. 14
Sharing Your Writing Process	p. 15
Reflecting on Being Tutored	p. 16
Inside the Tutoring Session	p. 17
Getting Started	p. 17
Setting the Agenda	p. 19
Three Effective,, Powerful Tools	p. 21
Active Listening	p. 22
A Note about Asking Questions	p. 24
Facilitating	p. 24
Silence and Wait Time	p. 27
Wrapping Up a Session	p. 28
The Many Hats Tutors Wear	p. 28
The Ally	p. 28
The Coach	p. 29
The Commentator	p. 29
The Collaborator	p. 29
The Writing "Expert"	p. 30
The Learner	p. 30
The Counselor	p. 31
When Is a Tutor Not a Tutor?	p. 31
Exercises For Exploring The Roles Tutors Play	p. 32
Exploring Tutors' Roles	p. 32
Observing Tutors' and Writers' Body Language	p. 32
Observing Tutoring Sessions	p. 32
Exercises For Practicing Tutoring Techniques	p. 32
Roie-Piaying the Tutoring Session	p. 33
Tutor Observation Sheet	p. 34
Role-Playing Tutor Strategies in the Prewriting Stage	p. 38
Helping Writers throughout the Writing Process	p. 41
Prewriting	p. 41
Finding and Exploring a Topic	p. 41
Planning to Write	p. 45
Working with a Text at a Computer	p. 46
Writing, Revising, and Editing	p. 48
Making Global Revisions	p. 48
Saving Multiple Drafts	p. 51
Making Sentence-Level Revisions	p. 51
Editing for Grammar, Punctuation, and Mechanics	p. 52
Using a Handbook	p. 54
Coping with the Long Paper	p. 54
Exercises For Using Writing References	p. 56
Exploring Prewriting Strategies	p. 56
Developing a Handout	p. 56
Working with Handbooks and Other References	p. 56
The Writers You Tutor	p. 58
Learning Styles	p. 59
Some Helpful Strategies	p. 60
Student Concerns	p. 61
The Writer with Writing Anxiety	p. 61
The Writer with Basic Writing Skills	p. 63
The Second Language Writer	p. 65
The Writer with a Learning Disability	p. 70
The Adult Learner	p. 71
Exercises For Reflecting On Tutoring Situations	p. 72
Reflecting on Writers' Concerns	p. 72
Reflecting on Your Own Writing Concerns	p. 73
Reflecting on Tutoring Techniques	p. 73
Learning from Scholarly Articles	p. 73
Learning from Students	p. 73
Tutoring in a Digital Age	p. 74
Online Tutoring	p. 74
Synchronous Tutoring	p. 75
Asynchronous Tutoring	p. 76
Stock Response for Constructing Paragraphs	p. 79
Online Writing Resources	p. 81
Online Writing Labs	p. 81
Online Writing Guides and Handbooks	p. 81
Online Videos	p. 82
Helping Writers Evaluate Online Sources	p. 82
Exercises For Tutoring In A Digital Age	p. 85
	p. 85
Standardized Template	p. 86
The Challenges of Online Tutoring	p. 85
Creating Stock Responses	p. 85
Helping Writers across the Curriculum	p. 87
Research Papers	p. 87
Lab Reports and Scientific Papers	p. 88
Argument or Position Papers	p. 90
Literature Papers	p. 90
Book, Film, and Play Reviews	p. 91
PowerPoint Presentations	p. 92
Résumés (Traditional)	p. 93
Résumés (Scannable)	p. 95
Cover Letters	p. 96
Essays of Application	p. 97
Coping with Different Tutoring Situations	p. 99
The Writer Who Comes at the Last Minute	p. 99
The Unresponsive Writer	p. 100
The Antagonistic Writer	p. 101
The Writer Who Selects an Inappropriate Topic or Uses Offensive Language	p. 102
The Writer Who Plagiarizes	p. 102
The Writer with the "Perfect" Paper	p. 105
The Writer with the Long Paper	p. 105
Exercises For Coping With Different Tutoring Situations	p. 106
Role-Playing Different Tutoring Situations	p. 106
Reflecting on Different Tutoring Situations	p. 110
Summing It All Up	p. 111
Exercises For Developing Your Philosophy of Tutoring	p. 112
Reflecting on Your Tutoring	p. 112
Creating a Metaphor for Tutoring	p. 113
Tutors Askà	p. 115
Tutors Talk: Evaluating What They Say	p. 119
Presenting at a Conference	p. 121
Outside Tutoring and Editing Jobs	p. 124
Index	p. 127
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