| Register today for one or all of the workshops listed below! Registrants will receive confirmation and reminder emails with workshop details and Zoom links. For additional resources, you can self-enrol in the Writing Plus course on Quercus at uoft.me/writingplus. If you have any questions, please contact newcollege.writingcentre@utoronto.ca. |
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| Essential Skills: Take control of your U of T experience by mastering these fundamentals of student success. | ||
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| 60-minute workshops, Saturday mornings | ||
| Zoom | ||
| Survival Skills – Resources and strategies for making the most of your U of T experience | Sep 6 | 9:30 AM |
| Critical Reading and Thinking – How to get the most out of your textbooks and research sources | Sep 6 | 10:45 AM |
| Making Your Sentences Flow – Ways to construct sentences so your ideas unfold coherently and clearly | Sep 6 | 12:00 PM |
| Writing Well Under Pressure – Learn how to use your time effectively and efficiently to write better assignments and get better marks | Sep 27 | 9:30 AM |
| Verifying Gen AI Sources – Get more diverse output from GenAI and learn how to double check the accuracy/integrity of the sources GenAI gives | Sep 27 | 10:45 AM |
| Using Gen AI Resources – Creating effective prompts and avoiding GenAI-related academic integrity infractions | Sep 27 | 12:00 AM |
| Essay Writing from Start to Finish: Improve your writing—improve your GPA! Find out how in these step-by-step workshops. | ||
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| 50-minute workshops, Tuesday afternoons | ||
| Zoom | ||
| Understanding the Assignment – Making sense of essay topics – getting on the right track from the start | Sep 9 | 4:10 PM |
| Finding Scholarly Sources – Strategies for finding and identifying the most useful research sources | Sep 16 | 4:10 PM |
| Developing your Thesis – How to write clear, focused, forceful thesis statements (and how not to!) | Sep 23 | 4:10 PM |
| Organizing your Essay – Building coherent, connected arguments using reasoning and evidence | Sep 30 | 4:10 PM |
| Using Sources – Using summary, quotation, and paraphrase correctly and effectively | Oct 7 | 4:10 PM |
| Revising your Essay – Improve your editing and proofreading skills | Oct 14 | 4:10 PM |
| 60-minute workshops, Saturday mornings | ||
| Zoom | ||
| Understanding the Assignment – Making sense of essay topics – getting on the right track from the start | Sep 13 | 9:30 AM |
| Finding Scholarly Sources – Strategies for finding and identifying the most useful research sources | Sep 13 | 10:45 AM |
| Developing your Thesis – How to write clear, focused, forceful thesis statements (and how not to!) | Sep 13 | 12:00 PM |
| Organizing your Essay – Building coherent, connected arguments using reasoning and evidence | Sep 20 | 9:30 AM |
| Using Sources – Using summary, quotation, and paraphrase correctly and effectively | Sep 20 | 10:45 AM |
| Revising your Essay – Improve your editing and proofreading skills | Sep 20 | 12:00 PM |
| Practical Grammar: Learn the essentials of grammar to write more polished and effective prose. | ||
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| 60-minute workshops, Saturday morning | ||
| Zoom | ||
| Writing Grammatical Sentences – How to write clearer, more varied, and more sophisticated sentences | Oct 4 | 9:30 AM |
| Editing for Grammar – How to address common issues such as subject-verb agreement, verb tense, and word choice | Oct 4 | 10:45 AM |
| Making Punctuation Work for You – Take advantage of commas, colons, semicolons, dashes, and parentheses | Oct 4 | 12:00 PM |
| Exam Prep Essentials: Learn to study efficiently and effectively, and take your exams with confidence! | ||
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| 50 minute workshops, Tuesday afternoons | ||
| Zoom | ||
| Short Answer and Essay Exams – Techniques for making the most of your knowledge when writing under pressure | Nov 11 | 4:10 PM |
| Preparing for Multiple Choice Exams – Understanding multiple-choice questions, preparing for and managing the exam | Nov 18 | 4:10 PM |
| Our Exam Prep workshops are organized by the Centre for Learning Strategy Support. The centre also offers a range of workshops related to academic skills development. Learn more and register for their additional exam prep workshops here. |
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