Fall 2008 - Free Writing Practice is Back!
Join us every Thursday in M212 from 3:00-4:30 PM to
• Improve Your Writing Fluency
• Learn to Dodge Banned Errors
• Prepare for the WPE (Writing Proficiency Exam)
Fall 2008 Writing Practice Schedule:
| Date | Subject |
| 11 Sept 08 | The Basic Sentence (Unit 1); Analyzing the Writing Assignment |
| 18 Sep 08 | Sentence Focus (Unit 2); Practicing Brainstorming |
| 25 Sep 08 | Joining Sentences with Coordinators (Unit 3); Analyzing Readings to Develop Essays: Inductive Reasoning |
| 2 Oct 08 | Joining Sentences with Subordinators (Unit 4); Doing and Writing up Research: Deductive Reasoning |
| 9 Oct 08 | Joining Sentences to Show Comparison and Contrast (Unit 5); Beginning and Concluding Essays |
| 16 Oct 08 | Joining Sentences to Show Contrast (Unit 6); Practicing Close Reading |
| 23 Oct 08 | Showing Logical Relationships (Unit 7); Developing Supporting Arguments for Essays |
| 30 Oct 08 | Joining Parallel Structures (Unit 8); Organizing Ideas in Essays |
| 6 Nov 08 | Modifying Nouns with Appositives (Unit 11); Practicing Sentence Fluency (with students' own writing) |
| 13 Nov 08 | Modifying Nouns with Verbal Phrases (Unit 13) Practicing Sentence Fluency (with students' own writing) |
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20 Nov 08 |
Reviewing Sentence Construction Techniques (Units 1-8; 11, 13) |
Strongly Recommended:
Textbook: Altman et al., Sentence Combining Workbook. 2nd Ed. Boston: Thomson Wadsworth, 2007, ISBN 978-1-4130-1977-3. Available in LTU Bookstore and online.
For further information, call 248-204-4125 or e-mail the Director.