1. Final revision

2. What to revise? Thesis (due 20 June) Poster (due final version 26th May) Web site Leaflet/brochure Brief communication Oral presentation (15 + 5 min) All are documents that you can use in job applications.

3. Poster Wednesday 10.15-11, Kepler, short poster session with feedback before final version Thursday, send in final version Friday, Uno sends the pdf’s for printing Monday 13.15-14. Kepler, revising the prel. printed version. (Colours etc correct) Tuesday-Wednesday. Printing posters –(If you add 200kr you’ll get a plasticized)

4. Website and Brochure Comments through Blackboard/email Tuesday 31 May is absolute final day.

5. Brief communication Comments through Blackboard/email Due 20 June

6. Oral presentation 2 June Chance to practice in advance including recording: –Tuesday 31/5 08:00 – 12:30, Planck –Wednesday 1/6 08:00 – 18:00 Planck Discussions with Uno, book half an hour

7. Revising Go back to all lectures and especially Lecture 2

8. Revision Organize the ideas –Add and delete ideas –Arrange the idea in order Add content and details –Are there any gaps? To the reader… What’s you’re style? –Tone appropriate for reader Formal, casual, persuasive, frantic.. –Sentences, the phrases Get rid of some sentences, avoid redundancy (typical problem/error)

9. Revising ideas List your ideas Combine overlapping to specific ideas Split too general ideas Make an outline of the ideas Do this at least three times

10. Revising content - a big job Prioritize content elements Transitions between content –within paragraphs –between paragraphs –between sections Content development/how much detail –Where to add –What to add –Why it have to be there –Think of your audience, what’s relevant

11. Revising content - a big job Prioritize content elements –Within a paragraph or section Thesis - claims Main ideas Specific support Transition

12. Thesis - claims Transition Thesis - claims Main ideas Specific support Transition Thesis - claims Main ideas Specific support Transition Thesis - claims Main ideas Specific support Transition Thesis - claims Main ideas Specific support Transition

13. Revising content - a big job Transitions between content –within paragraphs –between paragraphs –between sections Signal your transition to the reader –By a word or phrase –Check that your actually making transitions

14. Revising content - a big job Prioritize content elements Transitions between content –within paragraphs –between paragraphs –between sections Content development/how much detail –Where to add –What to add –Why it have to be there –Think of your audience, what’s relevant

15. Revising content - a big job More on: Content development/how much detail –Develop your ideas Do not repeat with new words, add something or be more specific –A way to be more specific: Choose examples Discuss example, explain why it’s important and useful with this specific example

16. Types of content Analysis: –how and why things are important and whit it means and suggest Other ideas –Avoid plagiarism, using other ideas incorrectly Do check when ideas are others and check both correct litterature and not plagiarizing Check by marking and go back to reference for each mark –Common knowledge, defined of audience

17. Revise for style Your audience –Define it, by a heading and a list a few names of persons you know –Go back and test the different sections and sentences, always referring to the audience Clarity: Is it coherent and cohesive (understandable and connected) –Organze phrases, get rid of some –check for independent clause, use : or ; (clause=sats sw) –Get rid of redundancy, repaeting words, phrases, ideas

18. Revise for style Clarity: Is it coherent and cohesive (understandable and connected) –Wordiness: –Prepositional phrase, don’t start with it »The voice of the man is.. »The man’s voice is… –Too many adjectives in the same sentence »Find more descriptive verb to get rid of adjectives »Or decide to leave some out, no relevance –Passive voice. Avoid whenever posssible »The plane was flown by three officers »Three officers flew the plane

19. Finally Don’t make it more complicated than it is! Short sentences One message per sentence (in general) Conclude now and then to keep it together Make a statement, a body and a conclusion, over and over again. Use words that you are familiar with (otherwise study when the word is used by others) SIMPLIFY, BE CLEAR