Offers guidance on how to improve your skills by describing the different approaches you can take to different assignments. This title offers examples of analysing assignments, and also discusses the note-taking, mind-mapping, and various types of...
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Offers guidance on how to improve your skills by describing the different approaches you can take to different assignments. This title offers examples of analysing assignments, and also discusses the note-taking, mind-mapping, and various types of reading which should go into any preparation. Front Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: You and university writing -- 1.1 Why a book on university writing? -- 1.2 Working with others -- 1.3 You as a writer -- 1.4 Different types of writing -- 1.5 Talking for writing -- 1.6 Getting started, keeping going and dealing with writing blocks -- Keeping a learning log -- 1.7 Getting help -- 1.8 A note on word processing -- 1.9 A tour through the rest of the book -- Chapter 2: Getting started -- 2.1 Bridging a gap: you and university study -- 2.2 Practice writing -- Fast writing -- 2.3 Brainstorming -- 2.4 Generating questions -- Chapter 3: Writing for different courses -- 3.1 Ways of writing -- 3.2 Different perspectives -- 3.3 Unpacking assignments -- 3.4 Key elements of university writing -- 3.5 Different ways of knowing -- 3.6 Structure and argument -- 3.7 The traditional essay format approach to writing -- 3.8 The 'building blocks' approach to writing -- Chapter 4: 4 Beginning with the title -- 4.1 Keywords -- 4.2 Disadvantages of just looking for keywords -- 4.3 Analysing the assignment -- Example A -- Example B -- Example C -- Chapter 5: Reading as part of writing -- 5.1 Approaching reading -- 5.2 Choosing your reading for an assignment -- 5.3 Working with your reading -- 5.4 Thinking about the different texts -- 5.5 Reading and note taking -- 5.6 Making mind maps from reading -- 5.7 Keeping records -- 5.8 Making meaning through reading -- 'Fitting together' reading -- 'Analytic' reading -- 5.9 Reading your own and other students' work -- Chapter 6: Organizing and shaping your writing -- 6.1 Getting the assignment into shape -- 6.2 Different approaches to planning and organizing your writing -- The diver writer (see Figure 6.1) -- The patchwork writer (see Figure 6.2) -- The grand plan writer (see Figure 6.3).
