Writing Workshop (WW) Assignments
These exercises will be completed during class time on the day indicated and uploaded to the my.physics secure portal 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"—September 2
WW #2—"Literature Search"— ReadMe—September 9
Bardeen Baym Kwiat Leggett Selvin Van Harlingen
WW #3—"Using the Right Word"—September 16
WW #4—"Four-Letter Words in Science Writing (no, not those words)"—September 23
WW #5—"Ambiguous Pronouns"—September 30
WW #6—"Them Thar" Indirect Openings"—October 14
WW #7—"The Three-Preposition Rule (3PR)"—October 21
WW #8—"Making Verbs Work"—October 28
WW #9—Parallel Construction—November 4
WW #10—"Shooting for Shorth"—November 11
WW #11—"Putting it All Together"—Editing Ms. P Style—Bonus—Submit by December 9
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