Print off this study pack and use it to complete your assignments using the information and by answering the questions set.

Planning your essay study pack

These journal articles have been chosen to give you a deeper understanding of the topics covered in this chapter and to help you read more widely. Click on the link below to access the journal article.

Investigating Instruction for Improving Revision of Argumentative Essays, Jodie A. Butler and M. Anne Britt, Written Communication, January 2011; vol. 28, 1: pp. 70–96

Creative Participation in the Essay Writing Process, Phyllis Creme and Celia Hunt, Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, October 2002; vol. 1, 2: pp. 145–166

From Traditional Essay to 'Ready Steady Cook' Presentation: Reasons for Innovative Changes in Assignments, Maria Leedham, Active Learning in Higher Education, November 2009; vol. 10, 3: pp. 191–206

Beyond the Schooled Form and into the Discipline: An Introduction to Writing-intensive Courses in UK Humanities, Sally Mitchell, Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, June 2010; vol. 9, 2: pp. 185–189

Remember 'Reading' and 'Notemaking' http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/careers/ld/resources/study/reading-and-note-making

Our resources are available through the Reading and Notemaking pages on LearnHigher – see particularly:

Organise your DESK http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/learnhigher/desk/desk.html

And our writing space: A range of writing resources to support you, includes link the Preventing plagiarism tutorial http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/connorj/WritingGroups/

Explore generally – and have a particular look at Academic Writing and Assessment on the LearnHigher site – see what resources are there for you to use.

An Essay Evolves http://evolvingessay.pbworks.com/w/page/19387227/FrontPage

This site contains a whole essay that a real student wrote over time. She also kept a blog of her thoughts whilst writing the essay. Really useful if you want to see what academic writing looks like – and what it feels like to do.

Essay planning animation: One way to plan an essay from Portsmouth University http://ondemand.port.ac.uk/central/One_way_to_write_an_essay.wmv

Getting your writing right: AWE – Academic Writing in English http://slb-ltsu.hull.ac.uk/awe/index.php?title=Main_Page

Shared writing space: This link goes to several shared writing spaces – some supported by Google. Consider how you might use these spaces to work collaboratively with other students – especially if preparing GROUP projects http://etherpad.com

Shared thinking space: This space designed to support group work in more creative ways http://www.sharedthinking.info/

EXCELLENT site for phrases to use in ACADEMIC WRITING http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/

Practising writing (for international students) http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/index.htm

Referencing, grammar … http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/tutorials/citing/harvard.html

Worried about grammar? http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/ac_paper/grammar.shtml

Proof reading tips – try the following http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/proofing_grammar.shtml

http://businessmajors.about.com/od/collegeessaywriting/ht/EssayEdit.htm

http://www.scribblepad.co.uk/HowToProofreadYourWriting.html

Academic video talking through critical essay:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nZnA1opBKk&feature=related

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