session 08: essay writing (continuation)

1-Paula presentation: 2 diagrams

Essay writing critical analysis

Plan of an 8 paragraphs essay

- workshop: apply this plan for critical thinking to plan your essay
think of your essay considering each of the 6 steps outlined in the critical thinking chart

2. plan of a first paragraph

2-Paula presentation: 1 diagram
the first paragraph plan

apply this plan to structuring your first paragraph

Useful resources:
http://www.palgrave.com/skills4study/mp3s.asp

I-Critical Thinking Skills by Stella Cottrell. to find out how you can improve your critical analysis and thinking in your written work, and why it is just so important.

-Listen/download this audio file
http://www.palgrave.com/skills4study/mp3s/criticalanalysis.mp3
-Download the transcript (PDF ~ 37K)
http://www.palgrave.com/skills4study/pdfs/critical%20analysis%20.pdf
-download Chapter 1 What is critical thinking?
http://www.palgrave.com/pdfs/1403996857.pdf

II-Tricks of the Writer’s Trade, based on Write it Right by John Peck and Martin Coyle.

The secret to writing a great sentence is keeping it simple. Many people imagine that good writers use words in a complicated way, but the tricks of the trade are all about making your writing easy to read.

This audio explores some straightforward methods of constructing your writing in a clear, engaging manner and conveying your meaning as directly possible.

-Download the audio file
http://www.palgrave.com/skills4study/mp3s/Write%20it%20Right_Tricks%20of%20the%20Trade%20edited%20v2.mp3

-Download the transcript (PDF ~ 24K)
http://www.palgrave.com/skills4study/pdfs/Tricks%20of%20the%20Writers%20Trade.pdf