Resources for Department of English Teaching Assistants
Departmental resources
PEDAGOGICAL RESOURCES
The following are pedagogical resources from TAG, the Equity Office and other sites:
- BC Human Rights code - http://www.bchrt.bc.ca/human_rights_code/default.htm
- Centre for Intercultural Communication - "Hot Moments in the Classroom"
- “Inclusive Teaching”- http://www.fp.ucalgary.ca/stopracism/Inclusive%20Teaching.htm
- “Non-sexist, non-racist writing” - http://www.glos.ac.uk/adu/clt/lts/pdp/lpd/ writingskills/nonsexistnonracist.cfm
- TAG - Guidelines for establishing the rules of class discussion
- York University's interactive tutorial and self-test that helps students recognize examples of plagiarism and develop proper citation strategies - http://www.yorku.ca/tutorial/academic_integrity/
- UBC Writing Centre: http://www.writingcentre.ubc.ca/
- Modern American Poetry (great resource for students; also lists sample syllaby for instructors) - http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/
- New York Times article on teaching (circulated on faculty listserv, Feb 2010) - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/magazine/07Teachers-t.html?pagewanted=1&em
- U of Iowa Writing Centre (with lots of helpful links to other writing/teaching resources) - http://www.uiowa.edu/~writingc/writers/links/process.shtml
- TAG resource "webliography" (with extensive links!) - http://ctlt.ubc.ca/resources/webliography/
resources Shared by UBC English Faculty and Teaching Assistants
- Mike Borkent - Marking Rubric
- Lesya Moore - Sir Peat's Guide to Poetry Under Pressure
- Lesya Moore - Tips for Studying for an English Exam
- Rick Gooding - Poetry Games I (Definition)
- Rick Gooding - Poetry Games II (Lineation)
- Rick Gooding - Poetry Games III (Structure)
- Rick Gooding - Notes on Poetry Games
- Judith Scholes - Marking Rubric
- Terri Tomsky - General Critiquing Text
- Terri Tomsky - How to Write an Essay