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Writing for the MA in Partnership Studies
The Shannon Consortium Regional Writing Centre
Lawrence Cleary and Dr. Íde O’Sullivan, Research Officers,
University of Limerick
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The Time/Space Continuum
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April May June July August
Space: Words written
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The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings
• Where did you want to be at this point in time?• How do you feel about your progress?• How confident do you feel that you can be
where you want to be by the end of August?• How many words would you have to write per
month if you were to meet your August target?
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Factors In Learning And Writing
• CognitiveCognitive—the thoughts that regulate you
• MetacognitiveMetacognitive—your awareness of the way you’re regulated by this and the other three factors and your manipulation of these factors
• AffectiveAffective—the feelings that regulate you
• SocialSocial—the social conditions that regulate you
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Better To Light A Candle Than To Curse The Darkness
• What are my options?– Cognitive strategies?– Metacognitive strategies?– Affective strategies?– Social strategies?
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Your Process
• Planning– Understanding the context into which you write– Gathering information
• Drafting– Developing your ideas
• Global Revision– Structure and Organization: logical flow across and within paragraphs
• Local Revision– Sentence-level issues: structure, organization, grammaticality and
mechanics
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Process…Strategies…Product• Process:
– What are you doing?
– How are you doing it?
– Do your strategies lead to the accomplishment of your space/time/situational requirements?
• Product: – Did you do everything?
– Did you do enough (volume/quality)?
– Did you do it in time?
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Mission Ispossible!
• It is my mission to…• Your mission statement is about you, your
work, and your ideals.• Don’t “box” yourself in. • Keep it short. • Ask for input. • Aim for substance, not superlatives.
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Tomorrow’s just a day away…
• Make a planMake a plan for tomorrow.– What can you reasonably do?– Make a plan that is challenging but achievable.
• Make a planMake a plan for the next day. – What can you finish by the end of that day?– Try for visible results.