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Planning a Successful Semester of Writing
Summer 2015Brought to you by the
UMKC Writing Studio
http://medium.com
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Take 5 to Reflect on your Writing Process
What are your thoughts, fears, emotions, and beliefs about writing? About your own writing ability?
Discussion
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Common Reactions to Writing
When thinking about college writing now, do you feel…
O Anxiety
O Excitement
O Boredom
O Daunting
O Overwhelming
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Consider…
O What caused these mindsets?
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O What are the rules of writing an essay?
O Brainstorm
O Write on whiteboard
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Writing can also…
O Inspire
O Generate more ideas
O Teach you about yourself
O Improve your mood
O Generate more opportunities
O Improve grades
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Adopting Writing-Friendly Habits
O Keep a journal.
O Write creatively.
O Read for pleasure as well as for class.
O Be mindful, curious, and aware.
O Find a peaceful place to work.
O Don’t be afraid to try new things or make mistakes.
O Start!
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Adopting Academic-Writing Friendly Habits:Generating Ideas
• Connect to what you write about.
• Passion and interest are first steps to great writing.
• Read widely in your field.
• Read as a writer.
• Identify techniques the author uses to persuade you.
• Reflect on class concepts and keep notes on your reactions.
• Make an idea web, brainstorm, or free-write.
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Adopting Academic-Writing Friendly Habits:
The Assignment
O Familiarize yourself with your discipline and your professor’s expectations.
O Know what your strengths and weaknesses are as a writer.
O Use an outline
O An organized visual of your thought process
O Research in advance.
O Keep notes on sources.
O Redrafting is key.
O You are not your first draft
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Adopting Academic-Writing Friendly Habits:The Assignment Continues
OSeek feedback early
O Professors, classmates, and the Writing Studio
OWhat works best for you?
ODo you think then write, or write then think? Both?
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Adopting Academic-Writing Friendly Habits:
Keeping Stress to a Minimum
O Identify your expectations for the semester.
O Set specific goals and timelines based on:O Assignment due dates
O Class
O Work
O Exercise/Yoga/Stretching
O Extracurricular activities
O Family, friends, etc.
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Keeping Stress to a Minimum
O Take breaks to rejuvenate your mind.
O Live a balanced life.
O Visit the MindBody Connection on Campus (Downstairs @ Atterbury Student StudentSuccess Center.)
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Writing Reaps Many Benefits
• Therapeutic effects
• Positive health effects
• Improves executive functions of the Brain
• Promotes Creativity
• Promotes Reading, Speaking, and Listening skills
• Helps in all classes and in life
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Reflect on and Share Your Writing
O Encourages Ownership
O Encourages Reflection
O Concludes a process, makes a full circle
O Encourages more writing
O Expands your social network.
O Keeps you up-to-date within your field.
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Ideas on where to share:
O Undergraduate English Council Spring Symposium
O Undergraduate English Council Poetry Readings
O Submit to campus journals: The Sosland, Dossier, Number One
O Participate in Creative Writing Wednesdays on The Writing Studio social media.
O Visit your academic field’s homepage to find more options
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This is the Semester that I will Learn how to…
O Identify 3 ways in which you want to improve and practice your writing this summer.
O What are some first steps to accomplish your goals?
O Productivity Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd7wAithl7I&list=PLzm2lHmtOJLtZxmRH-v7yo30UYEIZrdz8&index=2
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Writing Prompt
O Tribe prompt