WID Assignments

WID assignments

Teachers of 300-level writing classes at NDSU have pooled these resources so that we can benefit from each other's assignments. You are free to adapt these assignments for your purposes.

Longer Assignments

Researching Discourse Practices in Your Field, submitted by Dale Sullivan
This assignment invites students to become part of a research team that researches discourse practices in several fields and professions. Students read selected theoretical material to gain familiarity with concepts, they conduct interviews, they analyze documents in the field, and they write a final research report.
North Dakota Wheat Case, submitted by Dale Sullivan
This is a case study that asks students to study a co-existence group that formed in North Dakota around the issue of whether or not genetically-modified wheat should be released for planting. Students are asked to write a recommendation to another state that is planning to study the release of another genetically-modified organism. The report is to recommend how to set up a co-existence group somewhat like the North Dakota group, but to improve on it. Students also write governing documents for the new group. This is a major project and could serve as the major research project for a class.
Betsy Birmingham's Collected Assignments for English 320
Dale Sullivan's Collected Assignments for English 320 username = english and password = minard.
Linda Fricker's Assignments for English 320, Fall 06
Linda Fricker's Assignments for English 321, Fall 06
Deona McEnery's Writing Assignments for English 320
Deona McEnery's Writing Assignments for English 321
Maureen Scott's Service Project

Shorter Assignments

Fiction Across the Disciplines , submitted by Cindy Nichols
A creative writing assignment for fiction writers. Also for students of all fields seeking ways to sharpen their writing skills and to imaginatively engage the content of their chosen disciplines.
Poetry Across the Disciplines, submitted by Cindy Nichols
A creative writing assignment for poets. Also for students of all fields seeking ways to sharpen their writing skills and to imaginatively engage the content of their chosen disciplines.
Revise a letter requesting health information, submitted by Dale Sullivan
Students write an analysis of a poorly written request letter, revise the letter, and then explain their revisions.
English 320 Exercises, submitted by Deona McEnery