- All Writing Lab workshops are free and open to Bellevue College students, faculty, and staff.
- Workshops are 50 minutes long.
- No registration is necessary, just show up.
Spring Quarter 2012 Workshops
For older workshops, see the archive.
Punctuation—We Answer Your Questions
Wednesday, April 25
Room D-240H
Time: 3:30PM to 4:20PM
Ever had a punctuation question you were afraid to ask?
For instance, always wondered about the rules for commas?
Whether periods go inside or outside quotation marks?
Or what the difference is between a colon and a semicolon?
Bring your questions about any aspect of punctuation,
and Kayleen will do her best to answer them!
Personal Statements
Tuesday, May 15
3:00PM to 4:00PM
C-120 A & B
You will learn:
- How to approach a personal statement,
- Information to include and to not include, and
- Writing tips and techniques.
Sponsored by The Educational Planning Advising Center and the Writing Lab
Presented by Kayleen Doornbos
Expanding Sentences with Relative Clauses
Thursday, May 17
Room D-240H
Time: 1:30PM to 2:20PM
In this workshop, learn to embed clauses rather than simply conjoin them.
Embedding one clause within another can make a sentence longer, more complex, and more compelling.
We will focus specifically on embedding relative clauses, both the restrictive and nonrestrictive kinds.
Documenting Sources in MLA and APA
Wednesday, May 23
Room D-240H
Time: 3:30PM to 4:20PM
In this workshop we will discuss
- Why you must attribute information to its sources in academic writing
- How to effectively integrate source material into your writing
- The latest formatting and documentation in MLA and APA styles
Run-ons: What They Are And What to Do About Them
Thursday, May 24
Room D-240H
Time: 5:30PM to 6:20PM
Expanding Sentences with Coordination and Subordination
Thursday, May 31
Room D-240H
Time: 1:30PM to 2:20PM
In this workshop, we will discuss how to create compound sentences through coordination
and complex sentences through subordination.
Particular attention will be paid to subordination,
the most dynamic means of creating emphasis.
A review of the attendant punctuation rules will also be in order.
Workshop Archive
Prewriting
Identifying Your Audience (PowerPoint)
- You will learn:
- Five questions that help you consider your audience, and
- How to use your syllabus to figure out what your instructor wants.
Organizing Your Essay: Thesis Statements, Topic Sentences, and Transitions (PowerPoint)
- You will learn:
- The necessary parts of a thesis statement,
- How to write topic sentences, and
- Three methods of transitioning between paragraphs.
Types of Essays
Argumentative Essays (PowerPoint)
- How to write an argument that is a conversation with your audience,
- Templates that have been used in successful academic writing, and
- The necessary parts of an argumentative essay.
Descriptive Essays (PowerPoint)
- Questions to ask yourself before writing a descriptive essay,
- Words to use in a descriptive essay, and
- Words and phrases to avoid in a descriptive essay.
Descriptive Writing (PowerPoint)
- Techniques for improving your descriptions
Editing
Punctuation: Everything, including Commas (PowerPoint)
- Learn how to use various punctuation marks.
- Practice using punctuation in college-level writing.
Punctuation: Just Commas (PowerPoint)
- Identify parts of a sentence that require commas,
- Learn four main comma rules, and
- Correct run-on sentences.
How to Correct Run-on Sentences (PowerPoint)
- Identify run-on sentences, and
- Four main ways to correct run-on sentences.
Articles: A, An, and The (PDF)
In this workshop you will
- Brainstorm how many article rules you already know,
- Identify and practice using articles, and
- Discover the rules are simpler than you may think!
