WINTER RETREAT 2014

WINTER RETREAT 2014

CORE BELIEFS

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WINTER RETREAT 2014 PART ONE

conversation cafe

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WINTER RETREAT 2014 PART TWO

UCWbL bingo

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objective: to complete each square on your ucwbl bingo card.

you must find a different UCWbLer for each square all squares require the respondents signature some squares also require the respondents answer to the question turn your completed card in to Lauri first 10 to complete win a major award!

UCWbL bingo

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WINTER RETREAT 2014 PART THREE

the breakroom season 2, episode 2 world premiere

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http://youtu.be/D0iNoPBB1lc

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get in groups of four

elect one note taker in each group prepare for UCWbL-wide discussion

the breakroom world premiere

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in groups discuss
what what what what did Geoff do wrong in appointment one? advice did he get in the breakroom? did he do better in appointment two? advice did he apply in appointment two?

the breakroom world premiere

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in groups discuss
what ideas/beliefs are your kryptonite? what do/will you do when you face your kryptonite?

the breakroom world premiere

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lunch

WINTER RETREAT 2014 PART FOUR

WINTER RETREAT 2014 PART FOUR

three card poker

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on the blue index card

freewrite about anything that comes to mind.

three card poker

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on the green index card

select a word, phrase, idea, concept, or image from your blue card and freewrite about that.

three card poker

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on the yellow index card

freewrite about something completely unrelated to anything you wrote about on the blue or green cards.

three card poker

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get in groups of 3
each round will have a genre theme. for each round, each group member reads aloud 1 card from her or his hand. as a group, discuss how all 3 cards could be combined into 1 cohesive essay for the designated genre. discard used cards after each round.

three card poker

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round 1: lab report

each group member reads aloud 1 card from her or his hand. as a group, discuss how all 3 cards could be combined into 1 cohesive lab report. discard used cards after round.

three card poker

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round 2: rhetorical analysis

each group member reads aloud 1 card from her or his hand. as a group, discuss how all 3 cards could be combined into 1 cohesive rhetorical analysis. discard used cards after round.

three card poker

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round 3: UCWbLing blog post

each group member reads aloud 1 card from her or his hand. as a group, discuss how all 3 cards could be combined into 1 cohesive UCWbLing blog post.

three card poker

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WINTER RETREAT 2014 PART FIVE

@depaulucwbl

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round 1: to tweet or not to tweet

determine if the following tweets are real tweets by fellow UCWbLers circle T if a tweet is real circle F if a tweet is fake 2 points per correct answer submit your answer sheets to Katie and Amanda

@depaulucwbl

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round 1: to tweet or not to tweet

1. Kevin Kauffman @RupertGrintsSon Matt F just gave a moving speech about the importance of tutor logs #wow #ucwbl2013

@depaulucwbl

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round 1: to tweet or not to tweet

2. Bedtime reading: Nancy Sommers in preparation for Winter Retreat. #can'twait #riseandshine #UCWbL @kayyteeecee

@depaulucwbl

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round 1: to tweet or not to tweet

3. Allana Tachauer @ChitownHeiress I'm so glad its only Tuesday. Here I was thinking I'd have to stay up into the wee hours to finish a paper but no! Thursday is NOT tomorrow.

@depaulucwbl

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round 1: to tweet or not to tweet

4. Rima Mandwee @RimaMandwee I never thought I would be so devastated that @digication isn't working.

@depaulucwbl

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round 1: to tweet or not to tweet

5. Katie Martin @kmartin2319 I love genre theory more than I love most people and I'm not sorry.

@depaulucwbl

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round 1: to tweet or not to tweet

6. Brandon Haskey @BrandonHaskey The Church of the UCWbL? Hallelujah! #UCWbL2013

@depaulucwbl

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round 1: to tweet or not to tweet

7. Ted Daisher @t3daisher I really need to stop talking about the authors I read like they're my best friends.

@depaulucwbl

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round 1: to tweet or not to tweet

8. Patrick Krebs @wrdswifbenefits I loved reading good books aloud at the #DPU banned books week event! #UCWbL2013

@depaulucwbl

WINTER RETREAT 2014 PART FIVE

round 1: to tweet or not to tweet

9. Karla Williams @karlawllms just finished writing my first blog post for the @DePaulUCWbL. Hope people like it! #boom #ohyea

@depaulucwbl

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round 1: to tweet or not to tweet

10. Elizabeth Gaughan @elizabethshere Today I tried (and failed) to explain the term "meta" to my parents. Clearly they've never been to the @DePaulUCWbL

@depaulucwbl

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round 2: the customer=always right

on the green sheet of paper, write the Amazon review Linda Shamoon and Deborah Burns, authors of A Critique of Pure Tutoring, might have posted for Jeff Brooks Minimalist Tutoring: Making Students Do All the Work. (5 minutes) each team will read their review aloud. Matthew will assign 0, 5, 10, or 20 points after each review based on how well he thinks the team channeled Shamoon and Burns.

@depaulucwbl

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round 3: hashtag wars

in the envelop, each team will find a comment violating Hyland & Hylands warning about sugaring the pill on the included index card, write a revised comment worthy of the hashtag #clearandconstructivefeedback teams with the same comment will go head-to-head. Both teams will read their revised comment aloud and Liz will assign points to both teams.

@depaulucwbl

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round 3: hashtag wars

1. This sentence ties really well into your thesis, in terms of addressing health problems created by the illegal organ trade. I am a bit unclear as to how it is related to your points you made earlier in the paragraph.

@depaulucwbl

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round 3: hashtag wars

2. This is a good breakdown, but it almost seems redundant. Especially since all three are the same.

@depaulucwbl

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round 3: hashtag wars

3. The meaning of this sentence is very clear, Id just recommend going into how Murray uses these different styles of writing to support his claims.

@depaulucwbl

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round 3: hashtag wars

4. This paragraph is very interesting! However, since I do not have the prompt is this paragraph required? Does the prompt ask for your personal experience?

@depaulucwbl

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round 3: hashtag wars

5. I think you make the point you want to make, but certain things could be more condensed, and other things can be explained further.

@depaulucwbl

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round 4: tweets through time

each team has 5 minutes to write a tweet with at least 1 hashtag as if they were the person involved in a historic moment in peer writing tutor history. teams will read their tweets aloud and Lauri, Liz, and Matthew will each assign 0, 5, 10, or 20 points.

@depaulucwbl

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round 4: tweets through time

Person: @stephennorth Moment in History: 1984; the eve of the publication of Stephen Norths essay The Idea of a Writing Center.

@depaulucwbl

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round 4: tweets through time

Person: @toriharingsmith Moment in History: 1992; 1 month after the publication of Tori Haring-Smiths Changing Students Lives: Writing Fellows Program

@depaulucwbl

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and the top 5 teams are

____team ____team ____team ____team ____team

@depaulucwbl

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round 5: FTW
on the orange piece of paper, each of the top 5 teams must write a caption for the following Andrea Lunsford photo. after 3 minutes, turn your paper in to Katie or Amanda who will read the captions aloud. the winning team will be determined by which caption receives the best audience reaction.

@depaulucwbl

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@depaulucwbl

WINTER RETREAT 2014 PART SIX

WINTER RETREAT 2014 PART SIX

goal setting

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get in groups
coordinators, assistant coordinators, team leaders, and team members join together with your team full-time peer writing tutors get in groups of fourtry to have a mix of first-year and longer-tenured UCWbLers

goal setting

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everyone, individually
look at the goals you set for yourself at in September
if you wrote up reflections on your goals during autumn quarter, jot down some ideas on any tweaks or additions to your goals you might want to make for WQ & SQ if you havent yet reflected on your goals this year, do so now. Also consider any tweaks or additions to your goals you might want to make for WQ & SQ

goal setting

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in groups
non-team-based groups: share your goals, reflections, and tweaks/additions with one another; ask your group members for any feedback they might have teams: work together to generate and record S.M.A.R.T. goals for your work the remainder of the year

goal setting

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hot chocolate & dessert bar