As an open access companion resource to the Writing Spaces textbook series, the Activities & Assignments Archive offers pedagogical resources grounded in current practice and scholarship, organized by topic. Each document presents a pedagogical activity or assignment, curated by teacher-scholars for writing students, and reviewed by the Writing Spaces editorial team. Have an idea for an Activities & Assignments submission? Send us an email at writingspacestextbooks@gmail.com.
Rhetorical Awareness
Assignments
- Rhetorical Analysis: Creating an App Casebook – by Melvin Beavers
- “Lend Ears!”: Creating Audio recordings of Final Drafts to Develop Rhetorical Awareness – by Heather Shearer
- How to Write a ________ Like a _________ – by Keri Epps
- Reflective Cover Letter by Jessa M. Wood
- Multimodal Proposal – by Charles McGregor
- Avoiding the Savior Complex in Community-Engaged Writing – by Charisse S. Iglesias
Activities
- “Establishing the Who”: Professional Writing, Power Dynamics, & Improv – by Lauren Esposito
- Exploring Community and Personal Connection as Idea Generation for Argumentative Writing – by Amanda Rachelle Warren
- Lobsters and Second Conversations: Addressing the “So What” in Your Writing – by Stina Kasik Oakes
Invention (Prewriting)
Assignments
- Engaging Podcasts as a Dynamic Genre for Invention – by Charles Woods & Devon Ralston
- Multimodal Proposal – by Charles McGregor
- Developing Fruitful Research Questions – by Emily Spitler-Lawson
Activities
- Thinking out Loud: The Prewriting Interview – by Helen H. Choi
- Exploring Community and Personal Connection as Idea Generation for Argumentative Writing – by Amanda Rachelle Warren
Language & Power
Assignments
- Non-standardized Grammar Assignment – by Cheyenne Franklin
- Literacy Autobiography – by Anita Chaudhuri & Subrata Bhowmik
Activities
- “Establishing the Who”: Professional Writing, Power Dynamics, & Improv – by Lauren Esposito
- Exploring Ideology in Written Language: A Translingual Approach – by Alex Way
Research
Assignments
- Using Recipe Archives for Place-Based Research and Writing – by Ashley Beardsley
- Writing About Writing (WAW) Synthesis Essay Assignment by Jessica Jorgenson Borchert
- Emotionally Aware Ethnography – by Sarah Bramblett
- Engaging Podcasts as a Dynamic Genre for Invention – by Charles Woods & Devon Ralston
- Object Ethnography for the Real-World: Using Objects and Documents for Disciplinary Development – by Meng-Hsien (Neal) Liu
- Literacy Autobiography – by Anita Chaudhuri & Subrata Bhowmik
- Developing Fruitful Research Questions – by Emily Spitler-Lawson
Activities
- Writing Like a Game Designer – by Elizabeth Caravella & Rich Shivener
- “I Didn’t Know I Could Research That!”: Using Objects for Research Topic Invention – by Mario A. D’Agostino
- “Upstream” and “Lateral” Moves Through Information Networks” – by Philip Longo
- Playing with Paywalls: Information Literacy in Theory and Practice – by Arielle Bernstein & Chelsea L. Horne
- Unpacking Abstracts: Conventions of Empirical Abstracts in Social Science Papers – by Faqryza Ab Latif
- A Full Class Annotated Bibliography: In-Class Community Building & Applied Social Composing Practice – by Zoe McDonald
- Dramatizing the Conversation: Creating Dialogue Scripts to Support Source Synthesis – by Kim Fahle Peck
Cultural and Identity
Assignments
- Non-standardized Grammar Assignment – by Cheyenne Franklin
- Personal and Cultural Identity Through Food: A Multimodal Cultural Cookbook – by Andrea Janelle Dickens
- Literacy Autobiography – by Anita Chaudhuri & Subrata Bhowmik
- Avoiding the Savior Complex in Community-Engaged Writing – by Charisse S. Iglesias
Activities
- “Establishing the Who”: Professional Writing, Power Dynamics, & Improv – by Lauren Esposito
- Exploring Ideology in Written Language: A Translingual Approach – by Alex Way
Grammar & Style
Assignments
Activities
Process & Revision
Assignments
- Emotionally Aware Ethnography – by Sarah Bramblett
- Writing Like a Game Designer – by Elizabeth Caravella & Rich Shivener
- “Lend Ears!”: Creating Audio recordings of Final Drafts to Develop Rhetorical Awareness – by Heather Shearer
- How to Write a ________ Like a _________ – by Keri Epps
- Using a Growth Mindset and Revision Plan to Interpret and Apply Instructor Comments – by Roger Powell
Activities
- Using Reflection and Metacognition to Develop Your Half Essay – by Lindsay Knisely
- Our Sonically-Composed Worlds – by Matt Hill
- Problem-Exploring the Game ‘I Am Bread’ as a Tool for
- Teaching Growth Mindset in First Year Writing – by Laura E. Decker
- Towards Self-assessing Writing beyond Writing Center Consultations – by Saurabh Anand
- Peer Review and the Writer’s Worksheet – by Anthony Edgington
Public Writing & Advocacy
Assignments
- Safety and Accessibility Problem Statement – by Kelly Scarff
- Avoiding the Savior Complex in Community-Engaged Writing – by Charisse S. Iglesias
- Getting in Conversation about Activism: Group Podcast Assignment – by Jeanette Lehn
- Engaging Audiences Beyond the University: Writing in and Reflecting on Non-Academic Rhetorical Situations – by Rebecca Chenoweth
Activities
- Write-a-thons and Community Panels: Encouraging Students to “Go Public” with Their Writing – by Megan Heise
- Our Sonically-Composed Worlds – by Matt Hill
Digital Literacy
Assignments
- “Lend Ears!”: Creating Audio Recordings of Final Drafts to Develop Rhetorical Awareness – by Heather Shearer
- Getting in Conversation about Activism: Group Podcast Assignment – by Jeanette Lehn
- Writing Like a Game Designer – by Elizabeth Caravella & Rich Shivener
- Engaging Podcasts as a Dynamic Genre for Invention – by Charles Woods & Devon Ralston
Activities
Multimodal Composition
Assignments
- Multimodal Proposal – by Charles McGregor
- Literacy Autobiography – by Anita Chaudhuri & Subrata Bhowmik
- Getting in Conversation about Activism: Group Podcast Assignment – by Jeanette Lehn
- Personal and Cultural Identity Through Food: A Multimodal Cultural Cookbook – by Andrea Janelle Dickens
- Engaging Podcasts as a Dynamic Genre for Invention – by Charles Woods & Devon Ralston
- The Twine Project: Engaging Metacognition and Remediation with Digital Narrative – by Brian Ernst
Activities
Metacognition & Reflection
Assignments
- Writing Like a Game Designer – by Elizabeth Caravella & Rich Shivener
- Putting Ourselves in the Company of Writers: Creating Successful Collaborations – by Samantha NeCamp & Connie Kendall Theado
- Using a Growth Mindset and Revision Plan to Interpret and Apply Instructor Comments – by Roger Powell
- Reflective Cover Letter – by Jessa M. Wood
- Object Ethnography for the Real-World: Using Objects and Documents for Disciplinary Development – by Meng-Hsien (Neal) Liu
- The Twine Project: Engaging Metacognition and Remediation with Digital Narrative – by Brian Ernst
Activities
- Using Reflection and Metacognition to Develop Your Half Essay – by Lindsay Knisely
- Reflective Artist’s Statement for Multimodal Assignments – by Benjamin Djain & Angela Geosits