UW: March 29 (Grammar Review)

UW: March 15-22 (Research, Evaluating Sources, Faulty Parallel, Dangling Modifier)

UW: March 8, 2016 (Editing and Proofreading, Argumentative Essay Workshop)

UW: March 1, 2016 (Basic Rhetoric, Logical Fallacies, Introductions, Noun-Pronoun Agreement)

UW: Feb 22, 2016 (Thesis Statements and Argumentation)

UW: February 2, 2016 (Peer Review Workshop)

UW: Jan 26, 2016 (Critical Reading, "I type, therefore I am," Paragraphing)

Our discussion on critical reading expands on our topics from week 3. We take a deeper look at the methods and strategies writers use to get more out of a text. Summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting are used to present information in a new context, but critical reading is how we make sense of attitudes, ideologies, and patterns of thought in a complex work. We'll discuss Tom Chatfield's "I type therefore I am" and show how close reading leads to exposition, two essential tools for reading and writing in an academic context.

UW: Jan 19 (Summary, Paraphrase, & Quotation)

Our discussions this week will be informed by academic integrity and plagiarism. To this end, we will discuss writing techniques that demonstrate reading comprehension: summary, paraphrase, and quotation. The slides also provide an overview of clauses and sentence structure.

UW: Jan 12 (Introduction to Academic Writing)

This slide deck introduces academic writing through various lenses, including context, audience, and purpose.

UW: Jan 5 (Introduction to the Course)

Introduction to UW 30:151.