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 and ESL group
workshops. Each group 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 Fall 2008
*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: September 8, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102
Tutorial
1: Sentence Fragments*
DATE: September 15, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102
Tutorial 2: Run-Together Sentences*
DATE: September 22, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102
Thesis
& Topic Sentences
DATE: September 29, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102
Paragraph Basics: Topic Sentences and Unity
DATE: October 6, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102
Thesis & Topic Sentences
DATE: October 13, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102
Tutorial
13: Sentence Focus
DATE: October 20, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102
Tutorial
10: Coordination and Subordination
DATE: October 27, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102
Tutorial
13: Sentence Focus
DATE: November 3, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102
Paragraph Basics:Topic Sentences and Unity
DATE: November 10, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102
Tutorial 11: Noun Phrase Appositives
DATE: November 17, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102
Tutorial 13: Sentence Focus
DATE: November 24, Monday (Alunan)
TIME: 11:30-1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Bldg. 18-102
Tutorial 19: Writing Concisely
DATE: December 1, 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 Fall 2008
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 (18-102). 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, August 27 (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, September 3 (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, September 10 (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, September 17 (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)
DATE: Wednesday, September 24 (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)
DATE: Wednesday, October 1 (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 & 4)
DATE: Wednesday, October 8 (Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM
ESL
Grammar Workshop #4: The Present Perfect vs. The Present Perfect
Progressive
LEVELS: ESL 828 and 400; ENG 828 and above (ESL Levels 4 & 5
and all ENG Levels)
DATE: Wednesday, October 15 (Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM
ESL
Grammar Workshop #5: Paraphrasing
LEVELS: ESL 828 and 400; ENG 828 and above (ESL Levels 4 & 5
and all ENG Levels)
DATE: Wednesday, October 22 (Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM
ESL
Grammar Workshop #5: Paraphrasing
LEVELS: ESL 828 and 400; ENG 828 and above (ESL Levels 4 & 5
and all ENG Levels)
DATE: Wednesday, October 29 (Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM
ESL
Grammar Workshop #6: Advanced Proofreading Techniques*
LEVELS: ESL 828 and 400; ENG 828 and above (ESL Levels 4 & 5
and all ENG Levels)
DATE: Wednesday, November 5 (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 #6: Advanced Proofreading Techniques*
LEVELS: ESL 828 and 400; ENG 828 and above (ESL Levels 4 & 5
and all ENG Levels)
DATE: Wednesday, November 12 (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 #7Basic: Using Basic Articles/Determiners
LEVELS: ESL 827 and 828 (Levels 3 & 4)
DATE: Wednesday, November 19 (Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM
ESL Grammar Workshop #7Advanced: Using Articles: Idomatic Expressions
LEVELS: ESL 828 and 400; ENG 828 and above (ESL Levels 4 & 5
and all ENG Levels)
DATE: Wednesday, November 26 (Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM
ESL Grammar Workshop #7Advanced: Using Articles: Idomatic Expressions
LEVELS: ESL 828 and 400; ENG 828 and above (ESL Levels 4 & 5
and all ENG Levels)
DATE: Wednesday, December 3(Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM
ESL Grammar Workshop #8 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, December 10 (Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM
ESL Grammar Workshop #8 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, December 17 (Sobel)
TIME: 2:45 - 4:05 PM
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