CAC Resources for Faculty

Communication Across the Curriculum
Monmouth College
Dr. Steve Price, Director

CAC Resources for Faculty

Faculty resources for writing and speaking are posted on this page.

If you have suggestions for other resources that you would like to see included, then please send them to Steve Price, CAC Director.

CAC Brownbag Discussion Series

Spring 2008

CAC Suggestions

Recent Suggestions

Recent Workshops

Academic Honesty/Pedagogy Roundtable

ILA Resources

	Autobiographical Essay
	Constructing Formal Writing Assignments
	Developing Effective Listening Skills (in Convocations, for example)
	Evaluating Student Writing
	Guides to ENGL 110 Textbooks
	ILA Rubric for Evaluating Writing
	Showing Versus Telling: Strategies for helping students distinguish between "showing" and "telling," with examples of each.

Citing Sources (more to come)

	Strategies for Citing Sources
	MLA Citations: Simplified

General Resources

	The Investigative Process: This diagram links investigation with the writing process, showing student writers a process that will help them arrive at a thesis.
	What Is A Thesis, Anyway?: Practical reminders that help student writers craft not only a thesis but also their overall arguments.
	Using Quotations: Practical suggestions and examples for integrating quoted material effectively into a student's argument.
	Peer Critique Suggestions: Practical suggestions for introducing your students to peer critiques.

CATA 101: Foundational Material (more to come): Material your students have learned in CATA 101 that you can build upon in your own courses:

	AMPTOBUL: Most everyone is familiar with the convention of organizing a speech into the three main areas of introduction, body, and conclusion. At Monmouth College, the CATA Department has taken this pattern and made it better, devising a more detailed, elaborate model that we all proudly refer to as A-M-T-O-B-U-L.
	Oral Citations: A handout that reminds students that we we build credibility through oral citations.
	Other Communication Strategies: Speaking Outlines and Connectives: A handout that addresses two common verbal presentation complaints from faculty: reading a speech and lack of connection between ideas.

ENGL 110: Foundational Material: Material your students have learned in ENGL 110 that you can build upon in your own courses:

ENGL 110 Argument Rubric: This evaluation rubric, revised Spring 2008, highlights key elements of argumentative writing stressed in ENGL 110 and can be adapted to thesis-based writing in your own courses.

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