WRITING

GETTING STARTED

Audience HERE

Freewriting HERE

Clustering HERE

MAKING PLANS

Outlining HERE

General Paragraph Outline HERE

Academic Essay Outline HERE

ORGANIZING IDEAS

Sentence Structure HERE

Sentence Combining Skills HERE

Understanding Paragraphs HERE

* Creating a Basic Paragraph HERE

* Understanding and Crafting a Basic Paragraph HERE

Paragraph Development and Topic Sentences HERE

Essays HERE

WORK IN PROGRESS

* Step-by-Step Directions for Paragraph Construction HERE

Rough Drafts HERE

Final Edits HERE

OUTSIDE BOOKS TO HELP

Free EBooks to Improve Writing HERE

NOTE: the * indicates content suggested by Professor Dick for her CLST113 students crafting a paragraph.

Full Lessons on these Topics

Writing Process: Topic Selection
Introduction to Writing Process

• Outcome: Topic Selection
• Starting a Paper
• Choosing and Developing Topics
• Back to the Future of Topics
• Developing Your Topic
• Self Check: Topic Selection

Writing Process: Prewriting

Outcome: Prewriting

• Prewriting Strategies for Diverse Learners
• Prewriting
• Rhetorical Context
• Working Thesis Statements
• Self Check: Prewriting

Writing Process: Finding Evidence
Outcome: Finding Evidence

• Using Personal Examples
• Performing Background Research
• Listening to Sources, Talking to Sources
• Self Check: Finding Evidence

Writing Process: Organizing
Outcome: Organizing

• Moving Beyond the Five-Paragraph Theme
• Introduction to Argument
• The Three-Story Thesis
• Organically Structured Arguments
• Logic and Structure
• The Perfect Paragraph
• Introductions and Conclusions
• Self Check: Organizing

Writing Process: Drafting
Outcome: Drafting

• From Outlining to Drafting
• Flash Drafts
• Drafting
• Self Check: Drafting

Writing Process: Revising
Outcome: Revising

• Seeking Input from Others
• Responding to Input from Others
• The Art of Re-Seeing
• Higher Order Concerns
• Self Check: Revising

Writing Process: Proofreading
Outcome: Proofreading

• Lower Order Concerns
• Style
• Proofreading Advice
• "Correctness" in Writing
• The Importance of Spelling
• Punctuation Concerns
• Self Check: Proofreading
• Conclusion to Writing Process

Research Process: Finding Sources
Introduction to Research Process

• Outcome: Finding Sources
• The Research Process
• Finding Sources
• What are Scholarly Articles?
• Finding Scholarly Articles and Using Databases
• Database Searching
• Advanced Search Strategies
• Preliminary Research Strategies
• Reading and Using Scholarly Sources
• Self Check: Finding Sources

Research Process: Source Analysis
Outcome: Source Analysis

• Evaluating Sources
• CRAAP Analysis
• Evaluating Websites
• Synthesizing Sources
• Self Check: Source Analysis

Research Process: Writing Ethically
Outcome: Writing Ethically

• Academic Integrity
• Defining Plagiarism
• Avoiding Plagiarism
• Using Sources in Your Writing
• Self Check: Writing Ethically

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Other Sites with Helpful Information

·        Understanding Assignments

·        Standards for Writing

·        The Writing Process

 

·        Essay Writing (Style)

·        Essay Writing (Structure)

·        Essay Writing (Content)

 

·        Internal Source Usage

·        Documentation Styles

·        Formatting Essays

 

·        Standard English

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