Language Learning Center Writing Workshop for Multilingual Speakers and Writers Matthew David Collins Pizzorno Adjunct Faculty Palomar College and ALCI: CSU San Marcos

Discovering the Writer within: The Academic Writing Process

Understand a writing prompt, so you can discover the information you already posses. Apply your knowledge of the writing process to understand a prompt, come up with your own ideas, and begin to organize these ideas into a coherent structure. Upon finishing this workshop, you will be able to:

What is the meaning of a PROCESS? How does this meaning apply to Academic Writing? (How should you begin to organize your thoughts and ideas after you receive your writing assignment?)

1. Choose a Topic 2. Brainstorm (This is the most VITAL component) 3. Organize/Outline 1. What are the Main ideas? 2. What are the supporting ideas) 4. Write, and Write, and Write, and Write, and Write some more 4. Write, and Write, and Write, and Write, and Write some more– 4 Main Characteristics of the Academic writing process

Let’s Practice These concepts…

Choosing a Topic: What is your professor asking you to do?? Prompt #1: Some students prefer to study alone. Others prefer to study with a group of students. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Prompt #2: T ECHNOLOGY MAKES COMMUNICATION EASIER IN TODAY ' S WORLD. M ANY PEOPLE CHOOSE TO WORK AT HOME IN FRONT OF A COMPUTER SCREEN. W HAT DANGER DOES THE SOCIETY FACE BY DEPENDING ON COMPUTER SCREENS RATHER THAN FACE - TO - FACE CONTACT AS THE MAIN MEANS OF COMMUNICATION ?

Brainstorming: Thinking about the topic and discovering your inner writer TIPS ON BRAINSTORMING FOR AN ESSAY : Ground Rules 1.Focus on quantity: 2.Withhold criticism: 3.Welcome unusual ideas: 4.Combine and improve ideas: 1+1=3

More Brainstorming: TIPS ON BRAINSTORMING FOR AN ESSAY : I keep six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who. Rudyard Kipling

Taking down our fabulous brainstorming ideas: Starting to Organize our Writing Oh yeah, this idea will get me an A+ Best idea yet An Even better idea Really Good idea Bad Idea So So Idea Super fabulous ideas Awesome concept What is this thing????

Graphic Organizers In order to really use these ideas, you must discover what GRAPHIC ORGSNIZER is right for you. Check this out when you have a few minutes……. But for today’s workshop, let’s use my favorite Graphic Organizer…..A Mind Map or Cluster Diagram.

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