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Writers At Work: A Review for Professionals - Part IV: Achieving a Professional Style

(Contact Hours: 16) $145.00

Course Description

This is the last of four review courses that together provide an in-depth review of grammar, punctuation, mechanics, sentence structure and style. While it is preferable that students take all four courses in sequence, they may also pick and choose the individual courses that suit their needs.

Part IV of the review will help the student develop an emphatic and readable style and to design visually appealing documents. Exercises, tutoring and mastery quizzes help students ensure that they understand the concepts and can revise their own writing to emphasize important points, flow logically, and appeal to the eye. Topics include managing sentence emphasis, creating parallel structures in sentences and paragraphs, maintaining flow and focus in sentences and paragraphs, and designing documents.

Required Book:
"The Classic Guide to Better Writing: Step-by-Step Techniques and Exercises to Write Simply, Clearly and Correctly" by Rudolf Flesch & Abraham H. Lass.

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Outcomes

1. The student demonstrates the ability to identify and revise unfocused and awkward writing and to create emphatic, logical, and visually appealing prose.
2. The student demonstrates the ability to use parallelism and sentence structure to emphasize information.
3. The student demonstrates an ability to design documents that are visually appealing and that improve reader retention of information.
4. The student demonstrates an ability to use white space, headings and appropriate type styles for particular types of documents.

Assessment

The class provides several levels of assessment:

1. A diagnostic test, taken at the beginning of the course, which assesses the student's strengths and weaknesses.
2. Exercises that allow students to practice what they learn each week.
3. Weekly quizzes that allow the student to prove his or her mastery of the concepts learned. Student must attain a mastery level of 80% in each unit.

Week 1   

The student will learn about how to emphasize certain information through the grammatical structure of sentences and through organization of paragraphs. Through reading, studying and completing exercises, the student will become proficient in constructing sentences that use appropriate emphasis. The instructor will be available for tutoring and to answer questions. A quiz at the end of the week will ensure mastery of the materials and may be retaken until the student shows a mastery level of at least 80%.

Week 2   

The student will learn to use parallelism to emphasize information. Through reading, studying and completing exercises, the student will become proficient in using parallelism in coordinate and subordinate clauses, phrases, in lists and sentences, and within paragraphs. The instructor will be available for tutoring and to answer questions. A quiz at the end of the week will ensure mastery of the materials and may be retaken until the student shows a mastery level of at least 80%.

Week 3   

Through reading, studying and completing exercises, students will learn how to create a logical flow of information from sentence to sentence. The instructor will be available for tutoring and to answer questions. A quiz at the end of the week will ensure mastery of the materials and may be retaken until the student shows a mastery level of at least 80%.

Week 4   

Through reading, studying and completing exercises, students will their ability to create attractive, professional documents by using active white space, appropriate use of type, headings, and divisions. The instructor will be available for tutoring and to answer questions. A quiz at the end of the week will ensure mastery of the materials and may be retaken until the student shows a mastery level of at least 80%.

To register or for more information

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