Session 11: The Final Draft / Write & Improve Assessments
Summary: We had another writing workshop day, where we reviewed writing strategies to help you complete your third draft for your final. There was a focus on APA in-text citations, citing sources, vocabulary, brevity, and exploring the use of more descriptive sentences. Please wait for your instructor to give you feedback on your homework first. If you do not get your paper soon, please do a Write & Improve essay. Alex Essay Writing Tool Step 10 – Revising Do WAVE for your first essay before emailing your final draft. W = Put your paper through APA Essay Write… Read More
Session 10: The APA Academic Essay -The Third Draft
Summary: We had another writing workshop day where we reviewed writing strategies to help you finish your second draft. There was a focus on APA in-text citations, citing sources, vocabulary, brevity, and exploring the use of more descriptive sentences. Please wait for your instructor to give you feedback on your homework first. If you do not get your paper soon, please do a Write & Improve essay. Alex Essay Writing Tool Step 10 – Revising Here are convenient videos on how you can do track changes for your third draft so that you… Read More
Session 09: The APA Academic Essay -The Second Draft
Summary: We had another writing workshop day, where we reviewed writing strategies to help you finish your first draft. There was a focus on APA in-text citations, strong topic sentences, and exploring ways to write more descriptive sentences. Alex Essay Writing Tool Step 10 – Revising Here are convenient videos on how you can do track changes for your second draft so that you can send me a clean copy attached: Do WAVE for your second draft! W = Put your paper through 2nd Draft APA Essay Write & Improve A = APA Style -Owl Purdue V = Veritus Certify! Check… Read More
Session 08: The APA Academic Essay -The First Draft
Summary: We had a writing workshop day where we reviewed writing strategies to help you finish your first draft. There was a focus on APA in-text citations, strong topic sentences, and exploring ways to write more descriptive sentences. Alex Essay Writing Tool Step 10 – Revising Do WAVE for your first essay before emailing your finished first draft! W = Put your paper through Draft 1 APA Essay Write & Improve A = APA Style -Owl Purdue V = Veritus Certify! Check against Plagiarism -Leander HughesE = Check all the Explanations attachments below for draft one and email them to me. “Explanations”… Read More
Session 08: The APA Academic Essay -The First Draft
Summary: We had a writing workshop day where we reviewed writing strategies to write a practical introduction and topic thesis statement. There was a focus on APA in-text citations and exploring writing more descriptive sentences. You worked on research questions and combined notes to write your first draft of your research paper. Isn’t this exciting:)? Do WAVE for your first essay before emailing your first draft! W = Put your paper through Draft 1 APA Essay Write & Improve A = APA Style -Owl Purdue V = Veritus Certify! Check against Plagiarism -Leander HughesE = Check all the Explanations attachments below… Read More
Session 07: The Academic Essay -Introduction
Summary: We had a writing workshop day where we reviewed writing strategies to write a practical introduction and topic thesis statement. There was a focus on APA in-text citations and exploring the use of more descriptive sentences. You worked on research questions and combined and synthesized notes, which is your finalized structure map. Alex Essay Writing Tool Step 09 – Write, repeat Alex Essay Writing Tool Step 10 – Revising Do WAVE for your first essay before emailing your first draft introduction! W = Put your paper through Draft 1 APA Essay Write & Improve, Grammarly, or… Read More
Session 06: The APA Academic Essay -Synthesizing Research/Your Structure Map
Summary: In the class and also in research pairs, you focused on discussing your most current homework, but you also spoke and reflected on your past work on your issue, including the basics historical information, data, the causes, which is your wide reading; and then the effects, and possible solutions or at least some relief to the situation that is your close reading. Afterward, you learned about strategies to synthesize your notes by finalizing your structure map as a template, as an outline for your upcoming APA-formatted paper. Alex Essay Writing Tool Step… Read More
Session 04: The APA Academic Essay -Gathering Research
Summary: We reviewed the agenda for this session and focused on some key APA formatting guidelines. Then, you discussed the research about your issue for the academic essay. The teacher reminded you to keep on asking questions. Lastly, we reviewed the homework for the next class again. We also carefully considered and followed the activities outlined in Alex Essay Writing Tool, steps 7-8, to focus on your close reading. A Writer’s Quote to Consider: “Writing is really a way of thinking — not just feeling, but thinking about disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or… Read More
Session 03: The APA Academic Essay -Gathering Research
Summary: First, we settled in and continued to work on the Academic Essay Writing Survey (attached) to make sure you knew more about the key concepts and terms. To help visualize the terms, you also viewed a final draft of an APA paper a former student wrote after five drafts with my feedback. We also carefully considered and followed the activities of Alex Essay Writing Tool, steps 4 -6. Then, you got into groups and pairs and discussed the homework that you took notes on about your issue that you will write a paper…. Read More
Session 02: The Research Process
Summary: The teacher gave a short introduction to gathering research and taking notes for your upcoming academic essay writing. You get to upload your research notes into a shared Google Doc. Students take notes on paper, take a picture of it, and upload the notes to the document. We also carefully considered and followed the activities of Alex Essay Writing Tool, steps 1 -3. This writing tool is sponsored by the Royal Literacy Fund, a charitable organization, and was created by Dr. Anna Barker, the speaker featured in the videos. A Writer’s… Read More