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English and ESL Group Workshops

Students in composition classes who are assigned tutorials this semester or who want to work on specific areas of their writing can sign up for English or ESL group workshops. Each workshop focuses on a specific tutorial and includes explanation of a specific writing skill, exercises, and a writing assignment. Students who attend a group workshop can complete all the work for an assigned tutorial and should bring their reporting forms.

Please come to the English 800 Lab (18-102) and sign up for group workshops in person. Please note that if fewer than three students sign up for a group workshop, then it will be canceled.

 

Click here for English Group Workshops

Click here for ESL Group Workshops (For non-native speakers/writers of English)

 

English Workshops Scheduled For Spring 2009

*Please complete the Introductory Tutorial: Recognizing Verbs & Subjects before you attend workshops on Tutorials 1-4. To print this introductory tutorial, click here, and then read the explanation, do the exercises, and have an English 800 Lab instructor check your work.

Introductory Tutorial: Recognizing Verbs & Subjects
DATE: TBA, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102

Tutorial 1: Sentence Fragments*
DATE: TBA, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102

Tutorial 2: Run-Together Sentences*
DATE: TBA, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102

Thesis & Topic Sentences
DATE: TBA, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.

PLACE: Bldg. 18-102

Paragraph Basics: Topic Sentences and Unity
DATE: TBA, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102

Thesis & Topic Sentences
DATE: TBA, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102

Tutorial 13: Sentence Focus
DATE: TBA, Monday
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102

Tutorial 10: Coordination and Subordination
DATE: TBA, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102

Tutorial 13: Sentence Focus
DATE: TBA, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102

Paragraph Basics:Topic Sentences and Unity
DATE: TBA, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102

Tutorial 11: Noun Phrase Appositives
DATE: TBA, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102


Tutorial 13: Sentence Focus
DATE: TBA, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102


Tutorial 19: Writing Concisely
DATE: TBA, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102


*Please complete the Introductory Tutorial: Recognizing Verbs & Subjects before you attend group workshops on Tutorials 1-4 and then have an English 800 Lab instructor check your work.

 

ESL Grammar Workshops Scheduled For Spring 2009

These grammar workshops are specifically designed for students who are non-native speakers/writers of English. You may attend an ESL Grammar Workshop if you are a student in ESL 400 or English 850; OR a non-native speaker/writer of English in English 828, 838, 100, 100/101, or 110.

Sign up in person in 18-102 (the English 800 Lab) for group workshops that interest you and are at your appropriate writing level (see below). Each workshop includes the explanation of a specific grammar point, exercises, and an editing or writing assignment. Bring your reporting form or ESL 850 folder. Students who attend a workshop and complete all of the work will receive an instructor signature on their reporting forms or ESL 850 folders to acknowledge their participation. If fewer than three students sign up for a workshop, it will be cancelled. All workshops will be held in the English 800 Lab (18-203). For workshops with an asterisk (*), you should prepare written work before you attend.

ESL Grammar Workshop #1 Basic: How to Correct/Edit Basic Sentence Errors
LEVELS: ESL 827, 828 and 400; ENG 828 and above (ESL Levels 3, 4 & 5 and all ENG Levels)
DATE: Wednesday, January 28 (Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM

ESL Grammar Workshop #1 Advanced: How to Correct/Edit Basic Sentence Errors
LEVELS: ESL 827, 828 and 400; ENG 828 and above (ESL Levels 3, 4 & 5 and all ENG Levels)
DATE: Wednesday, February 4 (Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM

ESL Grammar Workshop #2 Basic: Editing for Basic Subject-Verb Agreement
LEVELS: ESL 827, 828 and 400; ENG 828 and above (ESL Levels 3, 4 & 5 and all ENG Levels)
DATE: Wednesday, February 11(Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM

ESL Grammar Workshop #2 Advanced: Editing for Advanced Subject-Verb Agreement
LEVELS: ESL 827, 828 and 400; ENG 828 and above (ESL Leveles 3, 4, & 5 and all ENG Levels)
DATE: Wednesday, February 18 (Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM

ESL Grammar Workshop #3: Editing for Shifting Verb Tense
LEVELS: ESL 826, 827 and 828 (Levels 2, 3, 4 & 5 and all ENG Levels)
DATE: Wednesday, February 25 (Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM

ESL Grammar Workshop #3: Editing for Shifting Verb Tense
LEVELS: ESL 826, 827 and 828 (Levels 2, 3, 4 & 5 and all ENG Levels)
DATE: Wednesday, March 4 (Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM

ESL Grammar Workshop #4: The Past Perfect vs. The Simple Past
LEVELS: ESL 827 and 828 (Levels 3 & higher)
DATE: Wednesday, March 18 (Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM

ESL Grammar Workshop #5: General Verb Tense Review
LEVELS: ESL 828 and 400; ENG 828 and above (ESL Levels 3 and above; all ENG Levels)
DATE: Wednesday, March 25 (Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM

ESL Grammar Workshop #6: Paraphrasing
LEVELS: ESL 828 and 400; ENG 828 and above (ESL Levels 4 & 5 and all ENG Levels)
DATE: Wednesday, April 1 (Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM

ESL Grammar Workshop #7:Word Form
LEVELS: ESL 828 and 400; ENG 828 and above (ESL Levels 4 & 5 and all ENG Levels)
DATE: Wednesday, April 15 (Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM

ESL Grammar Workshop #8: Advanced Proofreading Techniques*
LEVELS: ESL 828 and 400; ENG 828 and above (ESL Levels 4 & 5 and all ENG Levels)
DATE: Wednesday, April 22 (Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM
Please bring an unedited piece of your own writing (one paragraph or more) to this workshop.

ESL Grammar Workshop #8: Advanced Proofreading Techniques*
LEVELS: ESL 828 and 400; ENG 828 and above (ESL Levels 4 & 5 and all ENG Levels)
DATE: Wednesday, April 30 (Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM
Please bring an unedited piece of your own writing (one paragraph or more) to this workshop.

ESL Grammar Workshop #9 Basic: Using Basic Articles/Determiners
LEVELS: ESL 827 and 828 and all ENG levels (Levels 3 & above)
DATE: Wednesday, May 6 (Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM

ESL Grammar Workshop #9 Advanced: Using Articles

LEVELS: ESL 828 and 400; ENG 828 and above (ESL Levels 4 & 5 and all ENG Levels)
DATE: Wednesday, May 13(Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM

ESL Grammar Workshop #10 Mixed Level: General editing practice
LEVELS: ESL 828 and 400; ENG 828 and above (ESL Levels 3, 4 & 5 and all ENG Levels)
DATE: Wednesday, May 20 (Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM

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