Real-world Writing
What your teachers should have told you about how to write
more efficiently and effectively on the job
Academic Writing
How to share what you learned in school correctly and credibly
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| Real-world Writing |
Email
Etiquette
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Email Etiquette:
Keeping Your Foot Out of Your Virtual Mouth
http://word-crafter.net/EmailEtiquette.ppt
Email:
Recommended Resources
http://word-crafter.net/email.html
What Not to Email:
Look Professional by Avoiding Common Mistakes
http://word-crafter.net/WritingCoach/what_not_to_email.doc
Looking Professional Online:
Why Facebook Isn't Always Your friend
http://word-crafter.net/WritingCoach/Social_Media_Etiquette.ppt
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| Memos |
Writing High-Impact
Memos
http://word-crafter.net/writing-resources/high_impact_memo.doc |
| Plain Talk |
Creating Tables
http://word-crafter.net/writing-resources/creating_tables.doc
Using Bullets
http://word-crafter.net/writing-resources/using_bullets.doc
Writing High-Impact Memos
http://word-crafter.net/writing-resources/high_impact_memo.doc
For more information, see Plain
Talk at Writing-Resources.us.
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Presentations
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How Many
Bullets Can I Have on a Slide? (article)
http://word-crafter.net/articles/research_bullet_points.pdf
Pecha Kucha: No More
Death by PowerPoint (article)
http://word-crafter.net/pecha_kucha.doc
Pecha Kucha: Visual Haiku (presentation)
http://word-crafter.net/pechua_kucha.pps (plays automatically)
http://word-crafter.net/pecha_kucha.ppt (with
notes)
zipped
version: http://word-crafter.net/pecha_kucha.ppt.zip
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Writing Productivity
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The Art
of Meatball Writing
http://word-crafter.net/WritingCoach/meatball_writing.doc
Be Your Own Proofer
http://word-crafter.net/WritingCoach/proof_your_own.pdf
Go Ahead; Make
a Mess
http://word-crafter.net/WritingCoach/messy_draft.doc
Giving Employees
Feedback on Writing
http://word-crafter.net/WritingCoach/feedback.pdf
Habits of Highly Productive
Writers
http://word-crafter.net/articles/Productive_Habits.doc
How Far Can You
Trust Word's Grammar Checker?
http://word-crafter.net/WritingCoach/trust_grammar_checker.doc
Less Is More: Giving
Feedback on Student Papers
http://word-crafter.net/WritingCoach/marking.doc
Turning Blocks
into Starting Points
http://word-crafter.net/WritingCoach/blocks_into_starting_points.doc
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Academic Writing
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APA Style
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Introduction
to APA Style
http://word-crafter.net/APA/APA_ALOP242.ppt
Common APA Mistakes
http://word-crafter.net/CompII/APAcommon_mistakes.ppt
Checklist for
Finding Common APA Mistakes
http://word-crafter.net/articles/CommonAPAMistakes.doc
Documentation
Decision Tree
http://word-crafter.net/APA/APAdecisiontree_6th_edition.doc
For more information,
see these APA
resources.
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APA Style
Exercises
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APA Scramble:
A Kinetic Activity to Teach APA Reference
Style (5th edition)
http://word-crafter.net/articles/APAscramble.doc
(not updated
for 6th edition,
but it may spark
some ideas)
APA Parenthetical
Citation Review: Sleep Deprivation
http://word-crafter.net/articles/ParentheticalReviewAPA.doc
Where Do Intext Citations
Go?
http://word-crafter.net/CompI/intext_practice_procrast.doc
For more information,
see these APA
resources. |
Assessment
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Checklist
for Finding Common APA Mistakes
http://word-crafter.net/articles/CommonAPAMistakes.doc
Writing Good
Multiple-Choice Questions
http://word-crafter.net/articles/Writing_MC_Items.doc
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Writing Process
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The Art
of Meatball Writing
http://word-crafter.net/WritingCoach/meatball_writing.doc
Be Your Own Proofer
http://word-crafter.net/WritingCoach/proof_your_own.pdf
Go Ahead; Make
a Mess
http://word-crafter.net/WritingCoach/messy_draft.doc
Giving Employees
Feedback on Writing
http://word-crafter.net/WritingCoach/feedback.pdf
How Far Can You Trust
Word's Grammar Checker?
http://word-crafter.net/WritingCoach/trust_grammar_checker.doc
Turning Blocks
into Starting Points
http://word-crafter.net/WritingCoach/blocks_into_starting_points.doc
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