Academics at Cal: How to Apply Writing and
Study Strategies for Success
Beginning in the Fall of 2007, we are piloting By-Request Workshops.
Using the By-Request Workshop form below, academic faculty, staff, and student organizations can request a writing or study strategies workshop to be presented on-site, at their classroom or meeting space.
Benefits for Faculty, Academic Staff, and Student Organizations:
For requesters, our new By-Request Workshops offer a number of benefits. You can select from the list below the presentation that best suits your needs. You can plan ahead and choose what date and time you want us to present, and the SLC will send our well- trained tutors, peer mentors, or professional staff to facilitate your workshop.
In order for us to respond to your workshop request, we ask that you adhere to the following:
- Please submit your request no later than two weeks before the actual date when you want us to present.
- Only faculty, academic staff, and student groups who are working with registered undergraduate students can request these workshops.
- We ask that you make copies of all the handouts you want us to use during the presentation.
- To the extent that is possible, we ask that the workshops take place on-campus and between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
Benefits for Students:
With the help of your instructor, staff advisor, or student group leader, we will design a fun and productive By-Request Workshop to suit your needs. Whether in helping you to devise strategies for brainstorming, planning, drafting, and revising essays or to manage your time and learn more effectively, SLC tutors, peer mentors, and professional staff will employ our best time-tested activities and written materials to help you learn. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions about the approaches to academic reading, studying, speaking, and writing we will share with you.
The Fall 2007 By-Request Workshop topics are listed below, for your information.
Note-Making
Learn to make the most of all your notes! Apply active reading and listening strategies and learn new methods for taking and organizing notes. |
Close Reading Strategies
Want to delve beyond the surface meaning of the books you're reading? Learn to mindfully approach reading as a process. This workshop will show you what goes into close textual analysis. |
Brainstorming
Don't know what to write about? Learn invention strategies that can lead you to exciting paper ideas. |
Thesis Statements
What goes into a thesis? Formulate effective theses and discover how the thesis works in a paper. |
Introductions and Conclusions
Unsure how to develop your intros and conclusions? Analyze the purpose of introductions and conclusions and learn new ways to implement creativity in your writing. |
Proving Your Argument With Evidence
Learn tools to integrate quotes and evidence into your paper. Discover how to effectively analyze quotes and evidence to support your argument. |
Revision Strategies 1: Content
Learn effective ways to proofread and edit your papers to make your writing more understandable and convincing to your reader. |
Academic Tone In Your Papers And Participation
Wondering how to write for an academic audience? Not sure how to approach your professor with questions? Learn more about the characteristics of an academic audience and effective ways to approach office hours, speak up in class, and achieve confidence in your writing and public speaking. |
Time Management and Procrastination
Learn strategies that will help you plan your academic work schedule more effectively. Formulate an action plan to help you prevent procrastination and achieve a more balanced life. |
Making The Most Out of Study Groups
Many students have benefited from participating in study groups. Learn how to organize and facilitate study groups efficiently. Collaborate for success! |
Writing A Research Paper
Are you writing a research paper? This workshop will review the steps involved in narrowing
down a topic and writing a focused, well-researched essay. |
Revision Strategies 2: Grammar
Done editing the content of your paper and want to polish up your grammar? Learn effective ways to proofread your papers and edit for sentence-level concerns to make your writing more understandable to your reader. |
Summary vs. Analysis
Are you being asked to "show and not tell" what you are getting from the text? This workshop will help you learn how to base your analysis on concrete textual evidence. |
[Please note: Fall 2007 requests have closed. Please feel free to submit a request for Spring of 2008.]
NOTE: The Internet Explorer browser is problematic. When requesting a workshop, Windows users are encouraged to use Firefox, Macintosh users are encouraged to use Safari. We apologize for the inconvenience.
We are available for advance consultation. For more information, visit http://slc.berkeley.edu or e-mail:
Study Strategies Co-coordinators:
Gonzalo Arrizón (Rm. 144 Chávez Student Center) imp8@berkeley.edu
Nic Voge (Rm. 136 Chávez Student Center) nicvoge@berkeley.edu
Writing Program Co-coordinators:
Alberto Ledesma (Rm. 127 Chávez Student Center) aledesma@berkeley.edu
Carolyn Swalina (Rm. 121 Chávez Student Center) cbs@berkeley.edu
