UNE Writing Lab Diagnostic Survey

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Consider your reading and writing experiences to decide if SAS 011: Writing Lab is for you.

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Be sure to read Malcolm Gladwell’s “Small Change” and consider the sample writing assignment before answering the following questions.

In high school, I was required to read material like Malcolm Gladwell’s “Small Change”: *

A. Regularly

B. Occasionally

C. Rarely

D. Never

Most of the writing I did in high school involved: *

A. Responses to many kinds of texts, including historical reading, scholarly articles, and literature

B. Interpretation of literary texts (novels, short stories, poems)

C. Responses based on opinion rather than evidence based on readings

D. Personal, creative, or narrative writing

In high school, I wrote critical responses to assigned readings not unlike Malcolm Gladwell’s “Small Change”: *

A. Regularly

B. Sometimes

C. Rarely

D. Never

In analyzing readings in high school: *

A. I found that I could usually identify main ideas and secondary ideas in the material

B. I found that all the information was important, making it difficult to identify key points

C. I was rarely asked to analyze readings

When I consider the task and elements of the sample writing assignment, *

A. I’m confident that I can do this kind of work independently

B. I’m somewhat confident that I can do this kind of work with assistance

C. I’m pretty sure I’d benefit from one-on-one help as I do this kind of work

Which statement best captures your understanding of academic writing? *

A. Writing that has a measured stance and allows room for alternative views when evaluating an issue

B. Writing that takes an objective approach, or that takes a clear, assertive stance when evaluating an issue

C. Writing that has a clear thesis or stance and at least three major supporting claims in paragraphs

Which response best represents your self-assessment of your sentence-writing abilities? *

A. I have a good command of written English and am confident in my ability to write and punctuate sentences

B. Although I can generally punctuate sentences correctly, I know I struggle with a couple basic writing issues. I may confuse there and their, its and it’s, or I sometimes find that I have run-on sentences in papers I write in high school

C. I sometimes struggle to write complete sentences, often struggle to recognize missing apostrophes when signaling possession, and/or have a difficult time writing papers that meet the minimum page or word requirements in assignments

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