College Writing Essentials

Learn and practice important skills for successful college writing.
What you'll learn
Learn essential college writing skills
Writing skills for academic success
College readiness expectations
Requirements
Good grammar skills
Good spelling skills
Grade level reading skills
Description
"College Writing Essentials" is extremely valuable to anyone attending college or preparing to enroll after a long absence from high school. Since college writing classes cost thousands of dollars, you surely do not want to fail your writing courses. Before students can compose a sentence, paragraph or full essay, they must understand the fundamental principles that guide those assignments. In this streamlined class, you will get a good foundation for successful college writing, as well as tips and techniques on how to organize college essays. What you learn in this course will also carryover to research papers and standardized tests. Start your college writing journey with learning how to write good sentences and paragraphs, which leads to a discussion of the writing process and how to generate and arrange ideas for an essay assignment. Learn to develop good thesis statements. You will also learn about academic writing guideline, basic research skills, informal vs. formal writing styles, and how to avoid plagiarism.Instructional Materials: This class offers detailed video lessons, downloadable handouts, quizzes and practice exercises to reinforce learning on each topic. Students can review the materials as often as necessary and learn at their own pace. Each section includes printable, self-grading exercises to reinforce your learning.Video LessonsDownloadable HandoutsQuizzesPractice ExercisesReasons to Enroll: Students receive clear, effective instruction on writing standards.Lifetime access to class materials.No time limit to complete the course.
Overview
Section 1: Before You Get Started
Lecture 1 Your Student Dashboard
Lecture 2 Downloading Extra Resources
Lecture 3 About This Class
Section 2: Writing Good Sentences
Lecture 4 Sentence Lecture Video
Lecture 5 Good Sentences Lecture Notes
Section 3: Writing Good Paragraphs
Lecture 6 Paragraphs Lecture Video
Lecture 7 Effective Paragraphs Lecture
Lecture 8 Practice: Effective vs. Ineffective Paragraphs
Lecture 9 Paragraph Exercises
Section 4: The Writing Process
Lecture 10 Writing Process Lecture Video
Section 5: Thesis Statements
Lecture 11 Thesis Video Lecture
Lecture 12 How to Write a Thesis Statement
Lecture 13 Thesis Statement Exercise & Answers
Section 6: Academic Writing Guidelines
Lecture 14 Video: Academic Writing
Section 7: Basic Research Skills
Lecture 15 Basic Research Video
Lecture 16 Basic Research Lecture Notes
Lecture 17 Important Research Terms
Lecture 18 Library Research Demo
Section 8: Plagiarism
Lecture 19 Understanding Plagiarism Video
Lecture 20 Plagiarism Lecture Notes
Lecture 21 Examples of Plagiarism
Lecture 22 Plagiarism Exercise & Answers
Section 9: Conclusion
Lecture 23 Course Wrap-up
Lecture 24 Your Certificate
Lecture 25 Student Resources
Lecture 26 More Writing Resources
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