Write It

Write It is a weekly interactive academic writing workshop. We focus on a different writing topic every week and practice different sentence-level strategies and choices by editing a paragraph together.

Our topics for this term are:

September 13, 2022 – Academic phrases: How do I sound more academic in my writing?

September 20, 2022 – Articles: How do I use words like ‘a’, ‘an’, and ‘the’?

September 27, 2022 – Writing structure: How do I stay focused and organize my ideas?

October 4, 2022 – Transitions: How do I show connections between my ideas?

October 11, 2022 – NO SESSION / READING WEEK

October 18, 2022 – Prepositions: How do I eliminate wordiness in my writing?

October 25, 2022 – Source integration: How do I incorporate research into my writing?

November 1, 2022 – Pronouns: How do I use words like ‘it’ and ‘these’ clearly?

November 8, 2022 – Write like a scholar: How do I write concisely without idioms?

November 15, 2022 – Overview of Write Nights Topics: Recap of topics and chance to ask questions.

Visit https://sass.queensu.ca/resources/academic-english-skills for more information.