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Workshops for the Fall 2009 Semester
Please register in advance.
If possible, anyone who wants to attend a Writing Center workshop should register in advance by sending an e-mail to Karen Petit, Ph.D.kmpetit@ccri.edu
or call: 401-825-2279.
In the e-mail or phone message, information about these areas should be included:
- Participant’s name
- Workshop’s title
- Date and time of the workshop
- Participant’s e-mail address or phone number.
Workshops focused on study and career skills
are offered by:
All CCRI students, faculty & staff are invited to attend one or more of these free workshops:
- Paragraph Structure and Topic Sentences
- Essay Structure and Thesis Statements
- Practicing Grammar with Online Quizzes
- 2009 Changes in the MLA System
- Punctuation !!!
- Creative Revision Techniques
- Responding to Literature with the MLA System
- Research Papers: The MLA System
- Research Papers: The APA System
- Research Papers: The MLA System
Paragraph Structure and Topic Sentences
Friday, September 18, 2-2:50 p.m.: Knight Campus (Warwick), Room
6580
This workshop describes topic sentences, details, paragraph organization,
and idea connections. The participants will get practice with topic sentences
and details by doing online exercises.
Essay Structure and Thesis Statements
Friday, September 25, 2-2:50 p.m.: Knight Campus (Warwick), Room 6580
This workshop looks at essays, thesis statements, introductions, conclusions,
and body paragraphs. Handouts and online exercises will include examples
of good and bad thesis statements.
Practicing Grammar with Online Quizzes
Friday, October 2, 2-2:50 p.m., Knight Campus (Warwick), Room 6580
The participants in this workshop will review fragments, run-ons, punctuation,
pronouns, and other problem areas by seeing PowerPoint presentations and
by getting practice with online quizzes.
2009 Changes in the MLA System
Friday, October 9, 2-2:50 p.m., Knight Campus (Warwick), Room 6580
This workshop begins with a short PowerPoint presentation that describes the MLA system's 2009 changes. Then workshop participants will look at handouts, online information, and explanation of in-text citations and Works Cited pages. Finally, methods of fixing MLA system errors will be discussed while looking at an example of a bad paragraph.
Punctuation !!!
Friday, October 16, 2-2:50 p.m., Knight Campus (Warwick), Room 6580
This workshop looks at commas, semi-colons, colons, run-ons, and other areas.
Punctuation handouts, online presentations, and practice with online quizzes
are important parts of this workshop.
Creative Revision Techniques
Friday, October 23, 2-2:50 p.m., Knight Campus (Warwick), Room 6580
A PowerPoint presentation will describe revision methods and ways of soliciting
editorial comments. The participants will look at some online resources
and will practice some revision techniques.
Responding to Literature with the MLA System
Friday, October 30, 2-2:50 p.m., Knight Campus (Warwick), Room 6580
This workshop focuses on websites, the MLA system, suggestions on how to
respond to literature, and analytical questions about setting, plot, characters,
point of view, theme, symbols, and other areas. The participants will revise
bad examples of a summary and an interpretation of a short poem.
Research Papers: The MLA System
Friday, November 6, 2:00-2:50 p.m., Knight Campus (Warwick), Room 6580
This workshop includes handouts, online information, and explanation of
in-text citations and Works Cited pages. Using the MLA system with 2009 updates, participants
will revise a bad example of a paragraph.
Research Papers: The APA System
Friday, November 13, 2-2:50 p.m., Knight Campus (Warwick), Room 6580
This workshop includes handouts, online information, and explanation of
in-text citations and Reference pages. Using the APA system, participants
will revise a bad example of a paragraph.
Research Papers: The MLA System
Friday, November 20, 2-2:50 p.m., Knight Campus (Warwick), Room 6580
This workshop includes handouts, online information, and explanation of
in-text citations and Works Cited pages. Using the MLA system with 2009 updates, participants
will revise a bad example of a paragraph.
Please register in advance.
If possible, anyone who wants to attend a Writing Center workshop should register in advance by sending an e-mail to Karen Petit, Ph.D., at kmpetit@ccri.edu, or by calling 401-825-2279. In the e-mail or phone message, information about these areas should be included: the participant’s name, a workshop’s title, the date and time of the workshop, and the participant’s e-mail address or phone number.
