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Writing Guide for Research Papers

Thursday, May 7, 2009
By Kim De Vries

Attached is a basic guide for writing up academic papers. These guidelines are deliberately quite general to avoid restricting your thoughts or needs as a writer. If you have further questions, such as whether your argument makes sense, whether your organization is effective, or other concerns specific to your paper, post your text to the... »

Executive Summaries: Engl 1001 and 2000

Tuesday, May 4, 2010
By Kim De Vries

The main goal of an executive summary is to provide a condensed version of a larger body of research.  And executive summary is similar to an abstract, except that along with the condensed version of the original, it also aims to makes sure readers... »

Xiao-Ming Li’s teaching to the test

Tuesday, May 25, 2010
By simi dhaliwal

Xiao-Ming Li’s teaching to the test  It’s not surprising that countries other then America are teaching for the test. Li explains how students in his country were being taught to write for the Imperial Civil Service Exam, and then when it was no longer a... »


Matsuda commentary

Tuesday, May 25, 2010
By simi dhaliwal

    Rather, second-language writing should be seen as an integral part of both composition     studies and second-language studies, and specialists in both professions should try to   transform... »

Anti-Marijuana Rhetoric Final Essay

Monday, May 24, 2010
By kmontero

Kyle Montero English 5001 Dr. DeVries 20 May, 2010 Anti-Marijuana Rhetoric of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics: Cultivating an Understanding of the American Marijuana Debate The year is 2010 and the state of California is... »

WordPress Blog Link

Thursday, May 20, 2010
By lminnis209

Here is the link to my blog! http://lminnis2.wordpress.com/ »

Political Rhetoric / Project Proposal

Monday, May 10, 2010
By simi dhaliwal

Medi-Cal is California’s Medicaid program. This is a public health insurance program which provides needed health care services for low-income individuals including families with children, seniors, persons with disabilities,... »

Oral Presentations in 5001

Saturday, May 8, 2010
By Kim De Vries

Here is the rubric we’ll be using for oral presentations. Slides will be added after class this week. »