Writing Workshop (WW) Assignments
These exercises will be completed during class time on the day indicated and emailed to Celia at the conclusion of that day's session.
The purpose of WW is to help you improve your critical reading and rhetorical skills, and they will be graded as "showed up and made a sincere effort" = full points; "no show" = 0 points. In addition, your thoughtful and enthusiastic participation in WW and completion of the exercises will contribute to your "participation" points, as shown in the course grading scheme.
The writing workshop assignments are password protected and are available only students enrolled in PHYS 496. Please treat these exercises as confidential; they are not to be reposted or distributed to others outside the class.
WW #1—"Finding the Right Word"—August 31 Solutions
WW #2—"Literature Search"—September 7 ReadMe
Bardeen Baym Kwiat Leggett Selvin Van Harlingen
WW #3—"Using the Right Word"—September 14 Solutions
WW #4—"Four-Letter Words in Science Writing"—September 28 (no, not those words) Solutions
WW #5—"Ambiguous Pronouns"—October 5 Solutions
WW #6—"Them Thar" Indirect Openings"—October 12 Solutions
WW #7—"Evaluating Figures and Captions"—October 19 Solutions
WW #8—"The Three-Preposition Rule (3PR)"—October 26 Solutions
WW #9—"Making Verbs Work"—November 2 Solutions
WW #10—"Writing Instructions"—November 9 Solutions
WW #11—"Shooting for Shorth"—November 16 Solutions
WW #12—"Putting it All Together—Editing Ms.-P Style"—December 7
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