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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