Colleagues: During down time last week, I was playing around with some readability evaluators like Hemingway App. Despite their obvious shortcomings, I thought they might have some applicability for what we do. Has anyone used them and found them to be helpful? I ran...
Colleagues: I spend a lot of time trying to show students how clutter is undermining their writing. Why is emphasizing concision important? What goals does it serve? It promotes clarity, because it forces the writer to think through exactly what he or she wants to...
Colleagues: Here’s one exercise I find useful in getting students to think about building sentences around strong verbs. With a highlighter, I mark every use of the verbs be, being been, is, are, was, were, has, have, having and had. Then we count them. Often,...
After reflecting on the past year of tutoring in the Writing Studio, I look forward to refining my tutoring practices for the upcoming semester. To achieve this, I have established a few goals for myself for the fall. When introducing outlining strategies to English 5...
