Did you know that 黄色直播 Writing Centre offers free seminars on academic integrity and preventing plagiarism? Learn more by visiting our Academic Integrity Seminar page.
The following free workshops and events are open to all 黄色直播 and King始s students:听
Weekly Wednesday and Thursday Workshops (Online 2:00-3:30PM Atlantic time in the Fall and Winter terms)听
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The Writing Centre鈥檚 Weekly Wednesday and Thursday Workshops are a series of synchronous sessions on a variety of important topics in academic writing. The sessions are led by experienced Writing Centre staff members. The sessions are free to join, and no pre-registration is required. Please see our听schedule for Fall 2024 below.
Wednesday and Thursday Workshop Schedule
Thursday, Oct. 24
2:00 鈥� 3:30PM
Writing Quickly in Class: Effective In-Class Writing Strategies
Many classes across disciplines require students to write within the classroom or exam space. This might be for a short-answer quiz, an in-class essay, or a reflective response. This 90-minute workshop will review strategies for in-class writing tasks to ensure students can write with clarity and confidence.
Wednesday, Oct. 30
2:00 鈥� 3:30PM
Critical Thinking for Research [Cross-listed with GradPD]
Successful academic writing requires the ability to think critically about the questions you want to ask in your research, the materials you encounter in trying to answer those questions, and the way you incorporate those materials into your own work. This workshop will give students the opportunity to practice asking critical questions to improve their academic research and writing skills.
Thursday, Nov. 7
2:00 鈥� 3:00PM
Putting Words Together: Sentences and Clauses
Learn about the different ways words and clauses can be joined into sentences and how to use these different kinds of sentences in your writing. This workshop will also include a discussion of active and passive constructions.鈥�
Wednesday, Nov. 20
2:00 鈥� 3:00PM
Putting Words Together: Paragraphs
Strong academic documents are built on strong paragraphs. This session will focus on deconstructing drafts at the paragraph level to rebuild stronger papers. We will focus on developing ideas within the paragraph unit with emphasis on crafting strong topic sentences, developing cohesion and concision, varying sentence structures, and building logical flow and transitions. The workshop will conclude with an independent workshopping activity.
Thursday. Nov. 28
2:00 鈥� 3:30PM
Finding your Voice: Building confidence as a scholarly writer [cross-listed GradPD]
This workshop aimed at undergraduate students identifies the qualities and characteristics of traditional academic writing and offers participants techniques and strategies for finding their own unique academic voice. The workshop will ask participants to reflect on and apply the knowledge presented through a short, independent writing activity. For this, they should bring a paragraph or two of recent academic writing to the session. Participants will leave with tangible resources as well as techniques to further develop and hone their academic voice.
Wednesday, Dec. 4
2:00 鈥� 3:30PM
Writing the Literature Review [GradPD]
A literature review attempts to analyze what scholars have written about a given topic or question. Comprehensively and critically reviewing the literature allows authors to not only situate their own work but to persuade readers that the work is necessary and worthwhile. This workshop will focus on structuring the literature review using writing strategies to summarize and synthesize the literature while maintaining or establishing your own voice.鈥�
Write with Us! Daily Pomodoro Sessions听听
The Writing Centre is offering daily group writing sessions every weekday morning from 10:05-10:55 AM (ADT) on听. Join Writing Centre staff members, students, and other members of the Dal community to set writing goals and write against the clock in two 25-minute bursts to help you get started on your writing day. No preregistration or commitment necessary: come to as many or as few sessions as you like!
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Writing Week at 黄色直播 (November 12th-15th, 2024)听听
Join a community of writers during the听Writing听Centre's听online quarterly Writing Week, November 12th-15th, 2024. Build motivation and momentum鈥攁nd find support, accountability, and consistency鈥攖hrough daily check-ins with peers and听experienced advisors. Register through听the GradPD website, and see our Writing Week schedule below.
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Writing Week Schedule
Tuesday, Nov. 12
9:00 鈥� 10:00AM
Writing Week Day 1: Getting Unstuck [GradPD]
Do you find yourself running out of momentum with your writing or stuck in a loop of endless revisions? This session will present writing strategies such as reverse outlining to help get you 鈥渦nstuck鈥� and back on track with your graduate writing projects.
Wednesday, Nov. 13
9:00 鈥� 10:00AM
Writing Week Day 2: (Re)finding Play and Joy in the Graduate Writing Process [GradPD]
While graduate students often enter their disciplines because they have found a project that is invigorating or intellectually stimulating, the process of researching and writing a large project can be daunting and/or draining. This workshop introduces creative writing strategies to help keep the writing process playful and joyful. Keeping this process fun and dynamic can increase productivity and help keep graduate writers on task.
Thursday, Nov. 14
9:00 鈥� 10:00AM
Writing Week Day 3 Managing Big Writing Projects [Cross-listed with GradPD]
Whether you are writing a lengthy term paper, completing an honours project, or beginning work on a graduate thesis or dissertation, it can sometimes be difficult to undertake a big writing project. This seminar will provide goal setting and time management techniques to help you stay on track.
Friday, Nov. 15
9:00 鈥� 10:00AM
Writing Week Day 4: Critical Thinking for Revision [GradPD]
Successful revision requires students to think critically about the material they have written. The writing process can sometimes make it difficult for writers to distinguish between what actually appears on the page and what they believe appears on the page. This workshop will allow students to practice asking critical questions to guide their revision process.
Writing Centre GradPD Workshops (Online 2:00-3:30PM Atlantic time)
The Writing Centre partners with the Faculty of Graduate Studies to deliver a series of synchronous sessions on a variety of topics relevant to graduate and professional program students. Please see our听schedule for Fall 2024.
Writing Centre 3MT Workshops (Winter 2025)
The Writing Centre partners with the Faculty of Graduate Studies to deliver workshops designed to prepare graduate students for the 3MT competition.听Winter 2025听Schedule TBA.
