Helping Our Students to be More Engaged and Effective Academic Readers

The Writing and Rhetoric Program is hosting three lunch conversations about teaching writing this fall. You are welcome to join us whether you’re teaching a writing intensive class this semester or not. All lunches are on us! Simply charge them to WRPR at the Grille or Crossroads. We realize that due to teaching schedules, you may need to arrive late or leave early.

In this lunch workshop we will review some of the reasons why our students struggle with academic reading. We will then discuss how to create the conditions by which students are likely to engage with our course texts in ways that promote their intellectual engagement and sense of efficacy. Facilitated by Shawna Shapiro, Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric and Linguistics