Building Your Writing Foundation: Workshop Series

The Academic Success Centre is once again offering an eight-part online workshop series during the Spring 2024 term called Building Your Writing Foundation. The series includes eight sessions that will equip students with foundational writing skills for college success.

Students are welcome to attend any or all eight sessions. No registration is required – just log on!

Sessions will be held Wednesdays from 12:15-12:45pm on Webex. Students can log on to the workshop with this link.

Workshop Schedule:

  • Writing Professional Emails // Wednesday, May 8, 12:15-12:45pm – What does a professional email look like? When should I send one?
  • Writing Paragraphs // Wednesday, May 15, 12:15-12:45pm – How should I organize my ideas in a paragraph?
  • Proving Your Point in Writing // Wednesday, May 22, 12:15-12:45pm – What does ‘claim + evidence’ mean? How can I prove my point in writing?
  • APA Basics // Wednesday, May 29, 12:15-12:45pm – What is APA citation style? Why do we use it? Where can I find information to use APA accurately?
  • Summarizing // Wednesday, June 5, 12:15-12:45pm – How can I reduce a text to only the main idea?
  • Paraphrasing // Wednesday, June 12, 12:15-12:45pm – How do I use other writers’ ideas in my writing?
  • Writing Reflections // Wednesday, June 19, 12:15-12:45pm – What does it mean to ‘reflect’? How can I write about what I’ve learned?
  • APA –  Q & A // Wednesday, June 26, 12:15-12:45pm – Am I using APA correctly in my writing?  How can I be sure?

Questions? Contact writing@rrc.ca.

Click here for more information on the ASC website.