Strategies on how students can choose a focused research topic / How to choose a research topic

Basics of formatting for academic essays (writing 1)

Structuring an academic paper, with great focus on strengthening thesis statements!

Structuring an academic paper and formatting basics, with coverage of Zotero and other citation tools.

Basic process of developing a thesis statements

Outlines the parts of a typical research essay

Evaluating sources, using them in a paper properly

An introduction of Media Literacy and how we can use it to better access, analyze, and evaluate sources so that we can create and act 

Basics for researching for appropriate sources for a research paper

Analyzing quotes in-depth and applying those quotes to build an understanding of theme

Basics on direct quotation 

How students can avoid use of 1st and 2nd person in academic writing.

Every student has their own form of note taking, this workshop helps to develop these skills by providing three frames for reading as defined by Thomas C. Foster: Memory, Symbol, and Pattern

Building off of the previous workshop, we go over the essay prompts for this unit and create outlines from our annotated notes

Recommended to show to students after their first essay assignment for a course. Discusses the basic principles of revision.

Basics process of Peer Editing & Brief Activity

Differences in formatting and writing between APA style papers and MLA style papers

Covers the basics of MLA and philosophy behind the importance of formatting

What an annotated bibliography is, and how to draft an annotated bibliography based on the expectations of the assignment at hand

A collection of tips, tricks, and resources for students 

What goes into an e-portfolio, linked samples, and other tips for professional/academic development

This workshop can be split into two with complimentary worksheets for students to practice. Fallacies are tricky to remember for students, but this workshop breaks them down using comedy.

Introduction to rhetorical analysis of persuasion techniques (ethos, pathos, logos, and kairos)

 Basic philosophy and practices for academic writing

A look at creating presentations and public speaking

An exercise in researching subjects and different ways of looking at the same topic