Write It
Date
Tuesday October 18, 202212:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Location
The QUICThis event is hosted by the QUIC (https://quic.queensu.ca/) and SASS (https://sass.queensu.ca/).
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.