{"id":277,"date":"2020-05-27T12:23:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T12:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/writing-workshop\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=277"},"modified":"2024-04-24T23:50:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T23:50:17","slug":"why-it-matters-writing-in-college-workshop","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/chapter\/why-it-matters-writing-in-college-workshop\/","title":{"raw":"Why It Matters: Writing in College Workshop","rendered":"Why It Matters: Writing in College Workshop"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Why examine types of essays you'll write in college?<\/h2>\r\nLearning and decoding the different rhetorical types of writing prompts will help you throughout your college studies. No matter the subject, instructors are likely to ask you to do things like compare and contrast two objects in science or describe a painting for an art class. This is important because understanding the assignment, and what is being asked is why this matters.\r\n\r\nIn this writing workshop, we are not going to be writing full essays. Instead, we\u2019ll practice a technique called brainstorming using different techniques like \"mind mapping\u201d that can help generate and organize ideas before taking on any kind of writing assignment. We\u2019ll use the different types of brainstorming activities as a way to think through a variety of essay prompts and break down what it is that they\u2019re asking for.\r\n<div class=\"textbox exercises\">\r\n<h3>Writing Workshop: Your Working Document<\/h3>\r\nEvery component of the working document will be introduced throughout this module in a blue box such as this one.\u00a0<strong>Open your working document now and keep it open as you progress through the module<\/strong>.\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Go to the assignment for this module in your LMS. Click on the link to open the Working Document for this module as a Google Document. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">C<\/span><\/span>hoose \u201cfile\u201d then \u201cmake a copy\u201d to make your own version of the document. If you prefer to download it as a word or other file, you may.<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-661\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5208\/2020\/04\/24162714\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-24-at-12.22.11-PM-300x250.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the file, make a copy, button inside of google docs\" width=\"260\" height=\"217\" \/><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Rename it as \u201cYOUR NAME: Working Doc \u2013 Writing Essentials\u201d and move it to a folder where you can easily find it.<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-662 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5208\/2020\/04\/24162747\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-24-at-12.23.48-PM-264x300.png\" alt=\"screenshot of copy document and renaming settings inside of google docs\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" \/><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Next, go to the <strong>sharing settings<\/strong> and change it so that \"<strong>Anyone with the link can comment<\/strong>.\" This will enable your instructor to make comments on the document.<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-663 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5208\/2020\/04\/24162816\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-24-at-12.25.55-PM-300x172.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of GoogleDocs sharing settings set to &quot;Anyone with the link can comment&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" \/><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Now hold onto this document\u2014we'll need it soon! (You'll submit the link to your instructor once you've completed the Writing Workshop activities).<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<h2>Why examine types of essays you&#8217;ll write in college?<\/h2>\n<p>Learning and decoding the different rhetorical types of writing prompts will help you throughout your college studies. No matter the subject, instructors are likely to ask you to do things like compare and contrast two objects in science or describe a painting for an art class. This is important because understanding the assignment, and what is being asked is why this matters.<\/p>\n<p>In this writing workshop, we are not going to be writing full essays. Instead, we\u2019ll practice a technique called brainstorming using different techniques like &#8220;mind mapping\u201d that can help generate and organize ideas before taking on any kind of writing assignment. We\u2019ll use the different types of brainstorming activities as a way to think through a variety of essay prompts and break down what it is that they\u2019re asking for.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox exercises\">\n<h3>Writing Workshop: Your Working Document<\/h3>\n<p>Every component of the working document will be introduced throughout this module in a blue box such as this one.\u00a0<strong>Open your working document now and keep it open as you progress through the module<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Go to the assignment for this module in your LMS. Click on the link to open the Working Document for this module as a Google Document. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">C<\/span><\/span>hoose \u201cfile\u201d then \u201cmake a copy\u201d to make your own version of the document. If you prefer to download it as a word or other file, you may.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-661\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5208\/2020\/04\/24162714\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-24-at-12.22.11-PM-300x250.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the file, make a copy, button inside of google docs\" width=\"260\" height=\"217\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Rename it as \u201cYOUR NAME: Working Doc \u2013 Writing Essentials\u201d and move it to a folder where you can easily find it.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-662 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5208\/2020\/04\/24162747\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-24-at-12.23.48-PM-264x300.png\" alt=\"screenshot of copy document and renaming settings inside of google docs\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Next, go to the <strong>sharing settings<\/strong> and change it so that &#8220;<strong>Anyone with the link can comment<\/strong>.&#8221; This will enable your instructor to make comments on the document.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-663 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5208\/2020\/04\/24162816\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-24-at-12.25.55-PM-300x172.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of GoogleDocs sharing settings set to &quot;Anyone with the link can comment&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Now hold onto this document\u2014we&#8217;ll need it soon! 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