KGUW_3-4_12-13_1C: Advice from §1C

Advice for students

taking Writing III and IV

next year (2013-14)

In comments on this post, students who have taken part in Writing IV, section 1C, are to provide advice based on their experience this year, for the benefit of their successors next year. The presentation below outlines the short essay writing task calling for the former to prepare, compose, and post their advice for the latter.

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KGUW_3-4_12-13_1A: Advice from §1A

Advice for students

taking Writing III and IV

next year (2013-14)

In comments on this post, students who have taken part in Writing IV, section 1A, are to provide advice based on their experience this year, for the benefit of their successors next year. The presentation below outlines the short essay writing task calling for the former to prepare, compose, and post their advice for the latter.

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Grammarist: resource site for writers

Though plain in appearance, the Grammarist site looks like a rich source of information for writers – on everything from punctuation and spelling to style. The site sports six categories: usage, words and phrases, spelling, grammar, style, and writing (sidebar, left).

There are numerous avenues into the site, in addition to previews of recent posts displayed 10 at a time in the main column. It has an alphabetical index (top left), as well as a glossary (lower left). "The date on each post reflects either the date that post was first published or the date of its last major revision" (About Grammarist: Colophon, ¶3, retrieved 2013.01.25). Colored tags next to previews of posts indicate to which category each post belongs.

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Advice on clarity and use of transitions from ULiveandLearn (2012)

Here's a snippet from a wiki for another course, pointing out a resource for business writing:

In ... [Effective Business Writing – Flow and Format (ULiveandLearn, 2012)], ... [the] editors suggest "[e]liminating wordiness ... [to] make your writing clear and direct" (¶1), as well as using "transitions ... to show the logical relationship between ideas" (¶3), especially in business writing. ... [That blog] post provides an example paragraph, along with lists of transitions for showing relationships such as additions, causes and effects, and contrasts.

(English V-VI,  ACTIVEBk1_2ndEdition2007,
Unit 05: Our Modern Lifestyle)

You can find other resources related to the use of transitions in writing, in that section of the English V-VI course wiki.

Reference

ULiveandLearn. (2012.12.27). Effective Business Writing – Flow and Format. Retrieved December 31, 2012, from http://adaptknowledge.com/2012/12/effective-business-writing-flow-and-format

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