Introduce yourself to your classmates. Please share the following:
Name (what you preferred to be called)
Location
Family information
Employment/education
Hobbies
Anything you think is pertinent for us to know about you.
Then, share one important thing you learned about yourself from this week’s lecture on “Writing as Process Podcast.” Reflect on this idea, and support your ideas with details from your ...
The Practice Forum is a place to practice important writing skills, and share the results and reflections within a separate forum. Practice forum topics include exercises in developing an academic voice, practicing reading and writing assignments, determining approach, and evaluating thesis statements.
Assignment Requirements
One of the most basic units of an essay is a paragraph. The structure of a paragraph is largely the same given any type of writing assignment, and it is important to be able to identify the parts of the paragraph. To complete this assignment,
Select a paragraph from a book, magazine, or online resource. Make sure it is long enough to warrant analysis and critique. A paragraph with 4 or more sentences should suffice. The paragraph can be on any topic, but it should not be overly technical or in a list format. Type (or copy and paste) that paragraph into your ...
Review this week's assigned reading and resources to prepare for this discussion.
Respond
A community can be a wonderful support system, especially in education. For this discussion, set aside some time to meet and to get to know your colleagues. Access the Cafe: LAPU Google Meet (located in the Student Corner of this Moodle webpage) to meet with others. If you are unable to attend during the scheduled hours, reach out to your colleagues to find an agreeable meeting time or meet with someone else that you know from LAPU. Remember, the point of this exercise is to connect with others. Please only share what information you are comfortable with sharing.
Possible Discussion Topics:
What is your major?
What is your hometown?
What are your hobbies?
Do you have a job? If so, what field are you in?
After interacting with at least one other colleague, answer the following questions:
Review this week’s readings on the importance of considering audience and occasion in your writing.
Respond
What piece of advice from this week’s reading on audience and occasion (or advice you have heard before) will you implement into your own practice?
What difference will this piece of advice make in your writing?
Requirements:
Initial Post: minimum of 250 words
Discuss
Respond to your peers by furthering the discussion on your thoughts on the strategies shared. Post at least two substantive responses to your colleagues. Cite scholarly sources where required. Responses could include suggestions for further resources, questions of clarification, or providing context and insight. Avoid simple posts of agreement; if you agree, explain why, and then thoughtfully further the conversation.
Requirements:
Response to peers: minimum of 150 words
Respond to a minimum of two posts
Discussion Instructions
Post a substantive response to the prompt by the first deadline shown in ...
The Practice Forum is a place to practice important writing skills, and share the results and reflections within a separate forum. Practice forum topics include exercises in developing an academic voice, practicing reading and writing assignments, determining approach, and evaluating thesis statements.
Respond
Before completing this week’s practice forum, please review this week’s readings and media on the importance of considering audience and occasion in your writing approach. The practice forum this week is focusing on how you determine the audience and occasion for your writing assignments, and how this influences your writing. Review the following video to learn more about Venn diagrams.
Follow these steps to complete this week’s practice forum exercise.
Review this week’s reading and media on pre-writing.
Respond
Many learners will give lip service to pre-writing in writing courses, then skip it when the time comes for them to actually begin writing.
Be honest – what is your process (if you have one) for pre-writing?
What are the strengths of this process? Challenges?
If you don’t have a process, why not?
How has your attitude towards pre-writing changed this week as a result of the readings/media?
Requirements:
Initial Post: minimum of 250 words
Discuss
Respond to your peers by furthering the discussion on your thoughts on the strategies shared. Post at least two substantive responses to your colleagues. Cite scholarly sources where required. Responses could include suggestions for further resources, questions of clarification, or providing context and insight. Avoid simple posts...
Review this week's assigned reading and resources to prepare for this discussion.
Respond
What is a topic that should be taught in a college-level course about writing, but isn’t?
What lesson or series of lessons would help you the most as a writer?
How would this teaching affect your writing?
Requirements:
Response to peers: minimum of 250 words
Discuss
Respond to your peers by furthering the discussion on your thoughts on the strategies shared. Post at least two substantive responses to your colleagues. Cite scholarly sources where required. Responses could include suggestions for further resources, questions of clarification, or providing context and insight. Avoid simple posts of agreement; if you agree, explain why, and then thoughtfully further the conversation.
Requirements:
Response to peers: minimum of 150 words
Respond to a minimum of two posts
Discussion Instructions
Post a substantive response to the prompt by the first deadline shown in the weekly overview ...
The Practice Forum is a place to practice important writing skills, and share the results and reflections within a separate forum. Practice forum topics include exercises in developing an academic voice, practicing reading and writing assignments, determining approach, and evaluating thesis statements.
Respond
This week’s reading and resources focused on writing effective thesis statements. In the practice forum, you are going to practice evaluating sample thesis statements using the criteria discussed in the readings/media. To complete this activity,
Evaluate each thesis statement using the criteria discussed in this week’s readings/media. Each thesis statement should be evaluated on a scale of 1-10. Use the attached document to complete this evaluation. The aspects from which you should evaluate are
Reflect on the quotation and share how it is true for you.
Explain a situation(s) in which this quote was particularly true, and discuss what it taught you then, and how it teaches you now.
Requirements:
Initial Post: minimum of 250 words
Discuss
Respond to your peers by furthering the discussion on your thoughts on the strategies shared. Post at least two substantive responses to your colleagues. Cite scholarly sources where required. Responses could include suggestions for further resources, questions of clarification, or providing context and insight. Avoid simple posts of agreement; if you agree, explain why, and then thoughtfully further the conversation.
Describe the speaker’s main points about basing your beliefs/attitudes about a person/group/culture on one facet of that person/group/culture.
Respond to those points.
What was her most compelling point?
How does this insight change your views about writing and the importance of diversity within writing?
Requirements:
Initial Post: minimum of 250 words
Discuss
Respond to your peers by furthering the discussion on your thoughts on the strategies shared. Post at least two substantive responses to your colleagues. Cite scholarly sources where required. Responses could include suggestions for further resources, questions of clarification, or providing context and insight. Avoid simple posts of ...
The Practice Forum is a place to practice important writing skills, and share the results and reflections within a separate forum. Practice forum topics include exercises in developing an academic voice, practicing reading and writing assignments, determining approach, and evaluating thesis statements.
Using your most recent paper as the subject, complete one of the Revision Exercises, one of the Editing Exercises, and one of the Proofreading Exercises. You can choose which of the exercises you complete, but you must complete one from each category. It is suggested you conduct the activities that reflect most your needs. For instance, if you struggle with wordiness, you might want to choose the activity in the Editing Category that relates to this topic.
Once you have completed the exercises, reflect upon the following questions in the practice forum:
Review this week's assigned reading and resources to prepare for this discussion.
Respond
How has your writing practice changed in the past eight weeks?
Describe at least three areas of improvement, including specific examples of those areas.
Detail how your writing will be different in the future.
How will you implement what you learned in this course?
Requirements:
Initial Post: minimum of 250 words
Discuss
Respond to your peers by furthering the discussion on your thoughts on the strategies shared. Post at least two substantive responses to your colleagues. Cite scholarly sources where required. Responses could include suggestions for further resources, questions of clarification, or providing context and insight. Avoid simple posts of agreement; if you agree, explain why, and then thoughtfully further the conversation.
Post general questions related to course content, activities, assignments and details here. Message your Prof directly for questions related to personal progress or grading.
Take a moment to briefly introduce yourself, including where you are in your academic journey, what your goals are and a little about your background. Then check out your peers' posts to learn more about them.
When posting your initial response to the prompt create a new topic by selecting "Add a new discussion topic"
When responding to the post of one of your peers hit "Reply" on their post
