The Expository Writing Program (EWP), a University of Michigan-sponsored program, is designated to operate in two distinct ways which include a web site and face-to-face tutoring.
The first component is an interactive web site that will focus on providing students with high interest supplemental material to compliment the information covered in their classes, on- line tutoring, and activities to build the expository skills of students. The exercises will include constructing interesting and exciting academic expository texts as well as functional texts like resumes, statements of purpose, and business reports.
The second component of the EWP consists of on site tutoring/mentoring between the student and a pre-service teacher or a Peer Tutor, from the University of Michigan. The Peer Tutors will guide the students as they develop individual portfolios comprised of original expository essays, technical progress reports, and other professional documents reflecting the style and content of real world work examples.
If you are a member of the EWP, you received a letter prior to logging on this page that represented the group that you will communicate with their team member(s). Now, find that letter below and click on the link to connect to a website that lists names of the group on the left side of the screen.
Once in the site, find your name and click once on "Msgs". This will move your name to the top of the list. Then, find the assignment topic and you will be able to read the message on the right side of the screen.
In order to reply back to your group simply scroll to the bottom of the message and press "reply". After writing your response, maintaining the same topic, simply press send and the message will go out to your group.
You can format messages to the group using the following formatting codes. If you use these codes, be sure to check the box labeled HTML before sending the message.
These codes will be used by the peer tutors to suggest revisions on your papers.