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Academic Writing Class timetable

The Academic Writing classes differ from workshops in that they run over a 9 week course of 1 hour sessions. There is no obligation to attend all seminars. Classes focus on examples of good academic writing, with emphasis on the language and grammar needed for writing at tertiary level.

Date

Time

Room

Topic

Week

Mon 2 March

5:00pm407.312Getting organised
(Organising and planning your ideas; different approaches; overall structure and building an argument)

2
Tues 3 March
2.00pm407.312
Wed 4 March10:00am407.213
Mon 9 March5:00pm407.312
Introductions with impact
(Writing a good introduction; positioning your topic/subject)
3
Tues 10 March
2:00pm407.312
Wed 11 March10:00am407.312
Mon 16 March
5:00pm407.312
Active and passive voice
(Impersonal style; introducing quotes; using verbs well)

4
Tues 17 March
2:00pm407.312
Wed 18 March10:00am407.213
Mon 23 March5:00pm407.312Paragraphs that hang together well
(Paragraph structure; internal coherence and development in a paragraph)
5
Tues 24 March2:00pm407.213
Wed 25 March
10:00am407.213
 Mon 30 March5:00pm407.312Well-structured sentences (1)
(Sentence structure; clauses and sub-clauses; bullets)
6
 Tues 31 March2.00pm 407.213 
 Wed 1 April10.00am407.213

 Tuition free week

  Tuition free week

Mon 20 April5:00pm407.312Well-structured sentences (2)
(Clear, concise sentences; articles; fragments)
7
Tues 21 April
2:00pm407.213
Wed 22 April
10:00am407.213
Mon 27 April5:00pm407.312Making connections
(Linking words and phrases; linking parts of an essay; cohesion)
8
Tues 28 April
2:00pm407.213
Wed 29 April
10:00am407.213
Mon 4 May5:00pm407.312Past, present, future?
(Verb tenses; gerund – ‘ing’; active/passive voice; analysis)
9
Tues 5 May2:00pm407.213
Wed 6 May10:00am407.213
Mon 11 May5:00pm407.312Editing like a professional
(Proofreading and editing your work)
10
Tues 12 May2:00pm407.213
Wed 13 May10:00am407.213

Academic writing class, semester 1, 2009