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Proofread carefully to see if you any words out . ~ Author Unknown Welcome to Seminar 4! Ice breaker : Who is your favorite author?. Agenda. Unit 3 Reflection Writing Process Strategies Kaplan University Writing Center Discussion: Why is writing well so important?

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  1. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out. ~Author UnknownWelcome to Seminar 4!Ice breaker: Who is your favorite author?

  2. Agenda • Unit 3 Reflection • Writing Process Strategies • Kaplan University Writing Center • Discussion: • Why is writing well so important? • How will writing well be an asset to you in your chosen field? • How will you use good writing skills in your chosen profession?

  3. Unit 3 Reflection Questions?

  4. Writing Process Strategies The 3 Choices a Writer is Faced With..? 1. 2. 3.

  5. Writing Process Strategies • The 3 Choices a Writer is Faced With: • Topic • Language • Organization

  6. Writing Process Strategies Steps in the Writing Process (at the very least there are 4): 1. 2. 3. 4.

  7. Writing Process Strategies • Prewriting • Drafting • Revising • Editing

  8. Writing Process Strategies What is a Thesis Statement? It’s all about focus ! Tip: Write the body of your paper THEN write your introduction and conclusion

  9. Writing Process Strategies What is the connection between reading and writing?

  10. Quotation: “If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write.” STEPHEN KING, On Writing

  11. Kaplan Writing Center You can access the KU Writing Center from your student portal home page. It is on the right-hand side of the page under Academic Support.      Services…

  12. Writing Center Can: Brainstorm ideas for projects Help you find and establish a focus for your writing Help with the development of a thesis and basic structural considerations Assist with issues related to correct wording, grammar, punctuation, and APA. Help you use existing resources in the Writing Center like the writing reference library

  13. Specific links to… Writing Tutor: Chat with a live tutor online. Q&A Writing Center: Submit a question to a tutor. Writing Reference Library: Explore a variety of reference documents about grammar, mechanics, APA formatting and citations, and the writing process itself. Paper Review Service: Submit a paper for feedback. Support for English Language Learners: The ELL Program accommodates the diverse needs and learning styles of Kaplan University’s international and multilingual community.

  14. Discussion • Why is writing well so important? You are what you write!

  15. Good Writing Skills • How will writing well be an asset to you in your chosen field? • How will you use good writing skills in your chosen profession?

  16. Ready to take a little writing test?

  17. Pick out the errors . . . There where two persons who decided to go for a wok in the woods, for a bit of exercise.

  18. There where (were) two persons (people) who decided to go for a wok (walk) in the woods, (omit comma) for a bit of exercise.

  19. Pick out the errors . . . As they approached a hug bare, they new they must run for there lives or be eaten hole.

  20. As they approached a hug (huge)bare (bear), they new (knew) they must run for there (their) lives or be eaten hole (whole).

  21. What are the differences? • There, their, they’re • Its, it’s • Your, you’re • To, two, too

  22. Questions or additional thoughts?

  23. Great Job Tonight!!! Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.  ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

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