Fall 2009 workshops All UWC workshops are offered multiple times on multiple days throughout the semester. To find out when a workshop is offered, click on the schedule link on the left. To register for a class, click the register link on the left, or click here.   Using Your Writing Handbook You've purchased The Everyday Writer or another writing handbook -- but what can and should you do with it? In this interactive workshop, you'll explore elements of your writing handbook and help it work for you by "customizing" it for your needs. Be sure to bring your writing handbook to this workshop. NEW WORKSHOP! Developing Ideas for Your Writing Is the blank page too blank? Is your assignment staring back at you? This fun, engaging workshop will help discover ideas for your writing that you didn't even know you had! Understanding Citations Citing sources in writing using accepted citational systems (such as MLA, APA, Chicago Style, or other citational systems) helps readers understand the origins of those sources and how and why they are being used in writing. Understanding when, why, and how to cite sources also helps writers to avoid perceptions of plagiarism. In this workshop you'll learn about the importance of citations and how, when, and why to use them in your writing. Specific practice with frequently-used citational systems (MLA and APA) will take place in additional workshops. Practicing MLA Citations The citational system of the Modern Language Association (MLA) is widely used in humanities-related fields such as literature. This hands-on workshop, limited to 12 people, will help you practice using MLA citations in your writing. Workshop attendees MUST bring their Everyday Writer with them. Practicing APA Citations The citational system of the American Psychological Association (APA is widely used in social science fields such as psychology, anthropology, and sociology as well as fields like education and nursing. This hands-on workskhop, limited to 12 people, will help you practice using APA citations in your writing. Workshop attendees MUST bring their Everyday Writer with them. Jump Starting Your Research Process Writing a researched essay? This workshop will help you develop strategies to begin your research process by developing engaging questions, identifying keywords, and beginning to identify research sources. Note: This workshop meets in Halle Library. See calendar for room number. Strategies for Successful College Reading College courses often bring new kinds of reading and new ways of using reading. This workshop will help you build on existing reading strategies to develop successful strategies for tackling college reading. Jump Starting Your Research Process Writing a researched essay? This workshop will help you develop strategies to begin your research process by developing engaging questions, identifying keywords, and beginning to identify research sources. Note: This workshop meets in Halle Library. See calendar for room number. Using Sources in Your Writing They're your ideas, sure -- but they've been informed by reading, research, and perhaps observation. Now it's time to put them all together in a research essay or other written document. This workshop will help you connect your ideas to the ideas of others, and doing so within the format that you need to use for your writing. Being a Good Peer Reviewer Peer (or reader) review is a crucial part of the writing process and helps to improve the writing of both reviewer and writer. This workshop helps to develop strategies that you can use to provide useful and thorough review, and to think about how the process of reviewing can help your own writing. Evaluating Internet Sources That source about octopi that live in trees seems so credible - but is it? This workshop will help you develop strategies for evaluating the bias and credibility of web pages and other internet sources to determine what is valid for what purposes and why. Note: This workshop meets in Halle Library. See calendar for room number. Reflecting on Your Writing Process In order to transfer strategies from one course to another, it's essential to reflect on the process you are using for work in the course. This workshop will help you develop systematic strategies for reflecting on what you are learning and how you can apply it to other courses and writing situations in and out of college. Finding Library Sources You've located a range of articles and books in Halle Library to help with your reseach - but how can and should you use them? This workshop will help you put those library sources to work to advance and develop the ideas in your research work. Note: This workshop meets in Halle Library. See calendar for room number. Revising Your Writing Get ready for this multi-step revision process that will help you to organize, evaluate, and strengthen your writing. This workshop will help you to revisit your essays with the eyes of a writer, reader, and editor - making revision much less intimidating! Organizing and Structuring Your Writing Good writing helps readers make sense of what's there. Organizing and structuring is one way to help readers get your ideas. This workshop will help you find patterns and meaningful ways to organize and structure your writing. Polishing Your Work (aka Editing) Want your writing to look more polished? This workshop will help develop strategies to edit your writing for surface conventions and punctuation to create polished academic writing. Creating Multigenre Essays Good multigenre essays have clearly identified audiences, terrific genres that synthesize library research, interviews, and observation, well-done reflective essays, and careful connections between all of their components. This workshop will help you develop strategies for creating a great multigenre essay for your writing class. Grammar Strategies 101 Issues of grammar, usage, and mechanics are most effectively addressed in the context of real writing. This workshop will help you develop strategies for addressing these issues in your work. Workshop participants MUST bring copies of their own writing to this workshop. Reading and Understanding Scientific Journal Articles 1: Abstract, Introduction, and Methods Workshop participants will bring copies of scientific journal articles provided by their instructors for an in-depth examination of the conventions and writing strategies utilized in the Abstract, Introduction and Methods sections of a scientific paper. This workshop will break down the conventions step by step according to specific analytic questions to create a fuller understanding of how to write a scientific paper that follows the discipline's particular conventions. Reading and Understanding Scientific Journal Articles 2: Results, Discussion and Citations Workshop participants will bring copies of scientific journal articles provided by their instructors for an in-depth examination of the conventions and writing strategies utilized in the Results, Discussion and Reference sections of a scientific paper. This workshop will break down the conventions step by step according to specific analytic questions to create a fuller understanding of how to write a scientific paper that follows the discipline's particular conventions. Revision Strategies for Science Writing This workshop will go over specific strategies for revising your scientific papers. With helpful tips and tricks to help you organize, evaluate and strengthen your writing, you will be able to craft an effective revising plan that will work for you.  Practicing Revising Your Own Scientific Writing Put the revision plan you developed in "Revision Strategies for Science Writing" to practical use in your own papers. Bring in a science paper that you are revising and work with writing instructors to apply the techniques you learned about to your own writing.   *** Workshop participants MUST bring copies of their own writing to  this workshop. *** Presenting Your Scientific Research With the end-of-term presentations near, you will want some concrete, practical strategies for presenting your scientific research to larger groups. This workshop will provide strategies to strengthen and streamline your presentations, from posters to power points to delivery.