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This resource is a syllabus for the Prison Writing Center Praxis I/O course offered at Scripps College by Dr. Kimberley Drake. In this course, students will discuss the theory and practice of an Inside/Out Writing Center, with the goal of establishing and maintaining a Writing Center at CRC. The class will examine academic writing alongside journalism and other forms of nonfiction writing, and students will practice these kinds of writing and all aspects of the writing process as they learn how to give one-on-one feedback in a Writing Center setting. Along the way, students will discuss the politics of the English language, rhetorical strategies in writing and in oral feedback, and writing pedagogy in prisons—including that of the Inside/Out program. Assignments include prewriting, reflective writing, and essay-writing and revision; sentence-level editing; small- group peer workshop; full-class workshop; mock tutorial and debrief; discussion of readings; presentations; and oral presentation skill-building.
