Writing in the First Year Seminar 2001 First Year Seminar workshop FYS Resources Page:  http://www.depts.drew.edu/fys/Resources.htm .

The differences between high school and college writing II:
Academic Integrity and the use of sources.  Drew's policy, the alternative resolution, teaching students to use sources wisely, and the Academic Integrity Contract.
Resources:

CLA Academic Integrity Policy:  http://www.depts.drew.edu/composition/Academic_Honesty.htm

CLA Alternate Resolution:  http://www.depts.drew.edu/composition/alternatve_resolution.html

Avoiding Accidental Plagiarism:http://www.depts.drew.edu/composition/Avoiding_Plagiarism.htm

The very best site for information on Internet Plagiarism: http://www.plagiarized.com/index.shtml

Strategies for preventing plagiarism: http://www.plagiarized.com/prevent.shtml

More information on Plagiarism: http://www.users.drew.edu/~sjamieso/plagiarism.html

Advising about the Drew writing requirement:
What the requirement is, how students fulfill it, how we place them in classes, and why it is a good idea for students to take writing in their first year.
Resources:

The Writing Requirement:  http://www.depts.drew.edu/composition/Writing_Requirement.htm           Note: the ONLY way to exempt from the Drew writing requirement is to bring something           to Drew (AP, SAT II, or IB scores; or a course taken elsewhere).  We no longer accept            papers as part of petitions to be exempt.

F.A.Q. about Writing at Drew: http://www.users.drew.edu/~sjamieso/wtg_FAQs.html

Transferring in a course taken elsewhere: http://www.depts.drew.edu/composition/transfers.html

Placement in Writing:  http://www.users.drew.edu/~sjamieso/Handbook_Question2.htm#placement:

Students as College Writers I:  Designing Writing Assignments
The First Year Seminar Enrichment Committee has determined the amount and kind of writing most appropriate to the first year seminar (please note: this list does NOT include a full term paper using library research.  Studies of student writing--such as the Harvard Assessment in Writing Report of 1987-- show again and again that students learn more about writing and also learn more of the course material if they are given several shorter writing assignments spread throughout the semester).
Resources

Extracts from The Harvard Assessment in Writing Report of 1987: http://www.users.drew.edu/sjamieso/FYS/Harvard_study.html

Writing in the First Year Seminar: http://www.users.drew.edu/sjamieso/FYS/writing_in_FYS.html

Types and Function of Writing in an Introductory Seminar: http://www.users.drew.edu/sjamieso/FYS/type_of_writing.html

Incorporating Writing Assignments into the Course--A Checklist: http://www.users.drew.edu/sjamieso/FYS/checklist.html

Using drafts & other forms of pre-writing: http://www.users.drew.edu/sjamieso/FYS/prewrite.html

Multicultural Awareness Week Assignment:  http://www.users.drew.edu/sjamieso/FYS/MCAW_assignment.html

Students as College Writers II:  Responding to Writing Assignments
Rough Drafts:
Perhaps the hardest thing about responding to student papers is knowing what to respond to first.  Our instinct is to correct surface errors because they are distracting as we read, yet if we want the student to make significant revisions to a draft, we send a mixed message when we also mark editing errors because these cannot be fixed before the student has completed major revisions.  Students will tend to make the editing corrections and think the paper is finished.  It is much more helpful to note three or four kinds of  editing errors and ask students to find and correct those errors once the revision is complete.
Final Papers:
Comments need to both explain the grade and help students know what they should do again in the future--as well as what they should avoid.  Students can always list in great detail their flaws as writers, but they are rarely able to list their strengths.  It is therefore useful to help them develop greater overall understanding of their writing abilities.
Resources:

Strategies for Peer Review:  http://www.users.drew.edu/sjamieso/FYS/peer.html

Commenting on Writing Assignments--A Checklist:  http://www.users.drew.edu/sjamieso/FYS/commenting.html

Drew University Writing Center:  http://www.depts.drew.edu/writecen/

Grade Definition Worksheet: http://www.depts.drew.edu/composition/grade_description.html

Students a Researchers II: Designing Research Assignments
Although the First Year Seminar does not require a research paper, it is vital for students to learn effective research skills as early as possible in college.  Shorter assignments that require information retrieval and reporting prepare students for full length research papers and help them to see research as an essential part of a college education.
Resources:

Designing Research Assignments:  http://www.users.drew.edu/~jcaldwel/fysorient01.htm#designing