Learn how Writing Skills Lab was developed to address college readiness gaps by Lumen Learning and the writing and rhetoric team at University of Mississippi.
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Waymaker Writing Skills Lab
Waymaker Writing Skills Lab focuses on the rhetorical content and strategies that are the baseline of effective college writing but also tend to give students trouble.
Course scope gives students a way to master rhetorical concepts and skills in small bites, through practice opportunities and targeted feedback.
Instructors can have students work through the material at their own pace or assign portions that align with what they’re covering in class.
- Updates to course include two new modules, “Reflection” and “Revision." Learn more about the updates in our blog .
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Lumen Learning will be releasing a new Corequisite Waymaker course for English Composition . This course will cover content traditionally taught in the first half of Composition, but supported with additional content for students to review and practice prerequisite reading and writing skills.
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- 2.1: Lesson 1: Writing Preferences and The Writing Process
- 2.2: Exercise 1: Identify Your Writing Preferences
- 2.3: Lesson 2: Writer’s Block
- 2.4: Video: Writer’s Block Instant Cure
- 2.5: Exercise 2: Your Experience with Writer’s Block
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- About This Course
- Course Contents at a Glance
- Learning Outcomes
Faculty Resources
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Module: Rhetorical Reading
- Why It Matters: Rhetorical Reading
- Introduction to Rhetorical Context
- Rhetorical Context
- Practice: Rhetorical Context
- Introduction to Active Reading Strategies
- Strategies for Active Reading
- Academic Reading Strategies
- Introduction to Vocabulary-Building Reading Strategies
- Read Strategically: Context Clues
- Practice: Context Clues
- Read Strategically: Retain New Words
- Read Strategically: Diversify Your Vocabulary
- Putting It Together: Rhetorical Reading
Module: Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay
- Why It Matters: Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay
- Introduction to Organically Structured Essays
- Formulaic vs. Organic Structure
- Beyond Formulaic Writing
- Practice: Organically Structured Essays
- Introduction to Effective Paragraphs
- Key Sentences
- Logic in Paragraphs
- Paragraph Transitions
- Revising Paragraphs
- Introduction to Effective Introductions and Conclusions
- Introductions
- Conclusions
- Putting It Together: Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay
Module: Readability
- Why It Matters: Readability
- Introduction to Apostrophes
- Possessives
- Contractions, Acronyms, and Numbers
- Introduction to Semicolons and Colons
- Semicolons: The Connectors
- Colons: The Signposts
- Practice: Semicolons and Colons
- Introduction to Commas
- Commas As Separators
- Conjunctions and Lists
- Comma Overuse
- Introduction to Run-on Sentences and Sentence Fragments
- Run-on Sentences
- Sentence Fragments
- Putting It Together: Readability
Module: Analysis
- Why It Matters: Analysis
- Introduction to Analysis As Critical Thinking
- What Is Analysis?
- The Language of Analytic Assignments
- Overcoming Barriers to Analysis
- Introduction to the Keys to Successful Analysis
- Suspend Judgment
- Analytic Thesis
- Introduction to Types of Analysis
- Rhetorical Analysis
- Process Analysis
- Critical Analysis
- Putting It Together: Analysis
Module: Rhetorical Appeals
- Why It Matters: Rhetorical Appeals
- Introduction to Logos
- Appeals to Logos
- The STAR Criteria
- Manipulative Appeals to Logos
- Kairos and Logos
- Introduction to Pathos
- Appeals to Pathos
- Manipulative Appeals to Pathos
- Kairos and Pathos
- Introduction to Ethos
- Appeals to Ethos
- Manipulative Appeals to Ethos
- Establishing Ethos
- Putting It Together: Rhetorical Appeals
Module: Academic Argument
- Why It Matters: Academic Argument
- Introduction to Argumentative Thesis Statements
- Argumentative Thesis Statements
- Practice: Argumentative Thesis Statements
- Introduction to Logical Fallacies
- Common Logical Fallacies
- Spotting Logical Fallacies
- Introduction to Building Common Ground
- Audience Analysis
- Audience Awareness
- Tone, Language, and Appeal
- Introduction to Rebuttal and Refutation of Counterargument
- Formula for Refutation and Rebuttal
- Further Your Understanding: Refutation and Rebuttal
- Putting It Together: Academic Argument
Module: Evaluating Sources
- Why It Matters: Evaluating Sources
- Introduction to Types of Sources
- Scholarly vs. Non-Scholarly Sources
- Types of Sources
- Introduction to Print Sources
- CRAAP Analysis of Print Sources
- Introduction to Online Sources
- CRAAP Analysis of Online Sources
- Introduction to Multimedia Sources
- CRAAP Analysis of Multimedia Sources
- Putting It Together: Evaluating Sources
Module: Using Sources
- Why It Matters: Using Sources
- Introduction to Integrating Source Material
- Bringing Sources into the Conversation
- Introduction to Using Paraphrase, Summary, and Quotation
- Paraphrase and Summary
- Practice: Using Paraphrase, Summary, and Quotation
- Applying Paraphrase, Summary, and Quotation
- Introduction to Citing Sources
- MLA Works Cited
- MLA In-Text Citations
- Practice: Citing Sources
- Using Online Citation and Reference Tools
- Introduction to Establishing Source Credibility
- Building Credibility through Source Integration
- Credibility Markers
- Putting It Together: Using Sources
Module: Multimodality
- Why It Matters: Multimodality
- Introduction to Multimodality
- What is a Mode?
- The Five Modes
- Examples of Multimodal Texts
- Introduction to Remediation and Remix
- What Are Remediation and Remix?
- Remix and Attribution
- Putting It Together: Multimodality
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Creative writing resources: Poetry
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Here you'll find some e-books in our collection that discuss the art of writing poetry. We've also included a few free web resources that offer tips on writing poetry.
Digital Resources
- The Purdue OWL: Creative writing guide From Purdue University's Online Writing Lab, this guide includes introductory resources for writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
- Introduction to creative writing (Lumen learning course) Lumen Learning online course, with major emphases on writing fiction and poetry. CC BY (Creative Commons - Attribution) license.
- Writer's digest A free resource for creative writers to find writing advice, writing prompts, information about competitions, and community forums.
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Victor M. Mukhin was born in 1946 in the town of Orsk, Russia. In 1970 he graduated the Technological Institute in Leningrad. Victor M. Mukhin was directed to work to the scientific-industrial organization "Neorganika" (Elektrostal, Moscow region) where he is working during 47 years, at present as the head of the laboratory of carbon sorbents. Victor M. Mukhin defended a Ph. D. thesis and a doctoral thesis at the Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (in 1979 and 1997 accordingly). Professor of Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia. Scientific interests: production, investigation and application of active carbons, technological and ecological carbon-adsorptive processes, environmental protection, production of ecologically clean food.
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