For Writing Tutors

-Purdue OWL’s list of tips and resources for writing tutors

-DePaul Writing Center Tutor Scenario Videos: “The Mime” and “The Deflector”

-The Writing Lab Newsletter

-1st-year writing competencies for undergraduate students at Ohio University

-Contacts for OHIO subject librarians

WED/FRI SPRING MEETING DATES (*in Alden 301u unless otherwise noted)

Jan 30 (2-3) or Feb 1 (11-12)
Feb 13 (2-3) or Feb 15 (11-12, 301 E)
Feb. 27 (2-3) or  Mar. 1 (11-12, Room TBA)
Mar. 13 (2-3) or Mar. 15 11-12, 301f)
Mar. 27 (2-3) or Mar 29 (11-12)
Apr. 10 (2-3) or Apr. 12 (11-12, room TBA) 

PEER OBSERVATION QUESTIONS—OBSERVATION 1

1. What kind of rapport was established in the session you observed?
2. What kind of tone was set in the session you observed?
3. What would you say was the proportion of tutor talk in the session you observed?
4. What kind of talking did the tutor do in the session you observed? (Choose as many as you need from list below.)

Interpretive paraphrase

Directive questions

Open-ended questions (questions that can’t be answered with yes or no)

Advisory directives

Content-clarifying questions

Opposition-based questions

Other kinds—(describe)

1. What kinds of questions was the writer asking?
   1. Interpretive paraphrase
   2. Directive questions
   3. Open-ended questions (questions that can’t be answered with yes or no)
   4. Advisory directives
   5. Content-clarifying questions
   6. Opposition-based questions
   7. Other kinds—say what

(Adapted from  Gillespie and Lerner’s The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring 96.)