1. Academic Writing in the Sciences: Theory and Practice Tatiana B. Alenkina, Ph.D.

2. Learning Outcomes: - Rhetorical Knowledge; -Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing; -Processes ; - Conventions

3. Scaffolding Exercises - Style Informal Writing (Writing Response Papers) – Processes; Formal assignments – Disciplinary Writing.

4. Academic Sciences Theory Research and Rhetoric Generalized academic writing; Disciplinary academic writing. Hard and Soft; As important as Practice.

5. Style Scaffolding exercises Style as the Matter of Correctness, Clarity, Grace, Punctuation and Mechanics, Cohesion and Coherence.

6. Process Writing assignments – Providing a student a RAFT (Role, Audience, Format, Task). and TIP (Task as Intriguing Problem) Meaning-making assignments in Physics- related fields: Writing to Learn Approach Real-life physics;

7. Genre Annotated bibliography; Review article; Mini-review; Research article; Abstract.

8. Conclusion Designing and sequencing assignments is of primary importance for acquiring Critical Thinking skills.