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Skills focus for this week-Essay Writing and Planning- Topic 3

These sites have been selected to help you reflect on how you write-

http://sites.uws.edu.au/learning/earlychildhood/mod2.htm#2

http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/olib.html#Essay

http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/olib.html#Exam

http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/olib.html#Reading

http://www.maps.jcu.edu.au/netshare/learn/essay

Signal words http://king.prps.k12.ca.us/nclc/teachers_pages/mr_grace/AcademicWritingSignalWords.pdf

Using verbs to sound more professional http://www.tesltimes.com/verbchoice.html

Using the Passive Voice and other features of Academic Writing http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/academic/3avi.html

Essay exams http://www.cte.iastate.edu/tips/essay.html

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~compose/student/ac_paper/what.html

Summary http://www.mantex.co.uk/books/essay01.htm

More resources can be found at  Why is Academic Writing So Hard?

Exam Tips

Ten traps of studying http://caps.unc.edu/TenTraps.html

Study and Exams http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/study/

Exam stress http://www.adelaide.edu.au/counselling_centre/brochures/exams.html

Here is one of the best explanations of productive pedagogies by a student from the last assignment.  Make sure you explain key ideas in the topic in your writing.  Was your explanation as clear as this?

"The Queensland Government is trying to deal with these issues by implementing a number of projects into the Education system such as the New Basics Project. This project follows a framework that ties in the “New Basics” (what is taught), “Productive Pedagogies” (how it is taught) and “Rich Tasks” (how kids show it) (New Basics Project, 2000). Perhaps the most influential of these are the productive pedagogies. There are twenty productive pedagogies, grouped under four headings: recognition of difference, connectedness, intellectual quality and supportive classroom environment. These pedagogies relate to what is happening in our society and help to achieve goals of student success. Teachers teachers can choose and develop strategies in relation to what are they teaching and the variable styles, approaches and backgrounds of their students (New basics Project, 2000)"

Did you know?- You can search online databases EBSCO and Electric Library at the Brisbane City Council Library website by clicking on the Online Reference Library link.  It's free, you just need to have the barcode off the library card you get when you join)  http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/uhtbin/webcat