The 1997 ACA Culpeper-funded "Communicating in the 21st Century: Writing Across the Curriculum at Private Colleges of the Mountains" began with the belief that writing and technology are integral to all disciplines.  Since 1997, we have been actively involved with private colleges in the Appalachian region.  To help writing program administrators and faculty members who are new to the concept of writing across the curriculum, we offer the following links to resources we have created and others available on the World Wide Web.

Page Index

1. Introduction to WAC
   
2. Assignment Design & Ideas
   
3. Grading and Assessment
   
4. Computer Technology and Software
   
5. ESL and Writing
   
6. Selected Bibliographies
   
7. Selected World Wide Web Resources
   

1. Introduction to WAC

• Starting a WAC Program
• What is WAC? Basic Information and WAC Models
• Common Misconceptions
• How Can I Get WACky In My Course?
• "Must Have" Resources

• Designing Effective Writing Assignments
• Designing Writing Assignments, Manoa Writing Program
• Designing Assignments and Presenting Them to Students
• Write-to-Learn Activities, University of Richmond
• Using Letters as a Writing Tool
• Using Journals, Milligan College
• WACky Ways to Experiment with Writing in your Classroom
• Purdue owls, quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing
• WAC Clearinghouse

• Minimal Marking: A Quick Guide from Indiana University
• Minimal Marking: A Sane Method from Univ. of Texas
• Richard Haswell's Landmark Essay, "Minimal Marking"
• Criteria for Scoring Writing in Writing-Intensive Courses
• Responding to Student Papers, Boise State University
• Emory & Henry Faculty Checklists for Evaluating Writing
• Webster Guide to Grammar and Writing
• Grammar, Usage and Punctuation Guide, Purdue OWL

• Donna Reiss's Electronic Communication Across the Curriculum Sites
• Norton Connect Web
• Daedalus Integrated Writing Environment
• Microsoft Support Knowledge Base
• Computers and Composition
• Alliance for Computers and Writing
• Computers and Composition at Michigan Tech

• Dave's ESL Cafe
• English Learner
• English Grammar Links for ESL Students 
• The ESL Study Hall
• TOEFL.org

• ACA Recommended Reading
• University of Toronto, Books and Articles on Writing in the Disciplines
• University of Milwaukee, WAC Bibliographies by Discipline
• Indiana University, Articles on WAC
• Articles on Grading and Marking
• List of Guides to Writing in Various Disciplines

• The WAC Clearinghouse
• Writing Across the Curriculum and Writing in the Disciplines, Purdue University OWL
• Writing in the Disciplines Web Site, University College of the Cariboo
• Related Links for Writing Support, Knight Institute, Cornell University
• The Penn State Writing Across the Curriculum Web Site
• Skidmore College:  The All-College Writing Board
• Writing in Specific Disciplines, Milligan College
• Project Gutenberg (Public Domain Works)