| Highline Community College |
Bldg 26 Rm 319i |
Writing Workshops |
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Fall 2009 Description: Using Specific Details *Sept 29th 9:00-9:50 AM, Sept 30th 1:30-2:20 PM & 4:00-4:50 PM Are your descriptions as dull as a rusty kitchen knife? Is your writing sinking because you don’t know what to write to keep it afloat? Learn how to spice up your sentences and also be more precise in your essays.
Dialogue: Using Conversations in Your Writing *Oct 6th 9:00-9:50 AM, Oct 7th 1:30-2:20 PM & 4:00-4:50 PM Learn how to write more convincing dialogue. Also learn about some grammar issues that arise with dialogue, like where to put punctuation, where to break paragraphs, and how to incorporate the dialogue smoothly.
Building Blocks & Neighborhoods: What Makes a Sentence Work *Oct 13th 9:00-9:50 AM, Oct 14th 1:30-2:20 PM & 4:00-4:50 PM Join us to discuss the building blocks of the sentence. Learn to identify the major parts of speech and their roles in the sentence. Understand and build three different types of sentences: simple, compound, and complex.
Common Errors *Oct 20th 9:00-9:50 AM, Oct 21st 1:30-2:20 PM & 4:00-4:50 PM Learn to find and fix common editing errors such as subject-verb agreement, tense shift, fragments, run-ons, and comma splices.
The Wily Comma *Oct 27th 9:00-9:50 AM, Oct 28th 1:30-2:20 PM & 4:00-4:50 PM The comma—one little mark with a whole lot of uses. Learn about where, when, and how to use this fun and exciting punctuation mark!
Summarizing and Paraphrasing *Nov 3rd 9:00-9:50 AM, Nov 4th 1:30-2:20 PM & 4:00-4:50 PM Using someone else’s ideas and information along with your own? Learn to use your sources effectively. And let’s start working on when, why, and how to document these sources.
No Workshops November 10th and 11th
Quoting & Citing Your Sources * Nov 17th 9:00-9:50 AM, Nov 18th 1:30-2:20 PM & 4:00-4:50 PM Let’s continue our discussion of using sources, this time with a focus on how to use quotes and how to avoid plagiarism by crediting your sources properly. It is not as overwhelming as it sometimes seems.
Self Assessment & Writing Portfolio Cover Letters *Nov 24th 9:00-9:50 AM, Nov 25th 1:30-2:20 PM & 4:00-4:50 PM This workshop, geared for Writing 101 and 91/98, will help you to assess your own writing and write a strong portfolio cover-letter. To get the most out of this workshop, bring drafts of your final portfolio.
Other Tricky Punctuation Issues *Dec 1st 9:00-9:50 AM, Dec 2nd 1:30-2:20 PM & 4:00-4:50 PM Join us as we iron out some tricky punctuation issues. This week we will be working with semi-colons, colons, dashes, apostrophes, and hyphens. |
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