Academic Writing Workshop 1 2020
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EDGE Code
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EDGE IB
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Term
Delivery |
Spring
Online - Live Stream Classes |
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Class Time
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Tues Period 2 & Thurs Period 2
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Instructor
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O'Neill
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Description
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This course teaches students the fundamental elements of academic writing. It begins by guiding students in how to use information from library resources to support an argument, without plagiarizing or misusing the sources information. It then teaches student how to create the structured paragraphs that are common to academic writing and the complex sentences that are used to express complex academic ideas. This class is recommended for students who want to improve their formal writing. The skills learned in this course can be used for academic and business writing.
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Schedule
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1. Course Introduction: What is Academic Writing
2. Writing from sources. 3. Citing sources. 4. Avoiding plagiarism. 5. Summarizing and paraphrasing 6. Linking ideas: Sentence types 7. Linking ideas: punctuation 8. Linking ideas: clauses 9. Explaining cause and effect 10. Hedging claims |
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Homework
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Any writing assignments not finished in class, must be finished at home.
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Materials
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Provided by instructor
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Grading
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Using sources assignment: 45%
Linking ideas assignment: 45% Participation: 10% |
