Reading is a given in college: no matter your major, you will be reading a lot. Sometimes it might be difficult to decipher what the message or purpose is of a piece of writing. The Reading & Writing Center will facilitate reading workshops so students can gain useful reading and note-taking strategies.
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In this workshop, students will learn how critical reading skills and strategies improve comprehension of fiction and non-fiction text.
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In this workshop, students will learn how to locate the author’s gist and identify key points justifying the author’s claim.
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In this workshop, students will understand how to apply context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
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In this workshop, students will learn to explain the differences and uses of summarizing and paraphrasing. Students will learn how to correctly format their paraphrased information to avoid plagiarism or misrepresenting their original sources, how to create a summary that does not have needless details, and how to identify which kind of source usage will work best depending on the various aspects of their writing.
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In this workshop, students will learn effective note-taking strategies to identify main ideas and important information from a text.
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In this workshop, students will learn ways of engaging with, analyzing, and understanding different forms of literature. This workshop will help give students the tools they need to conduct effective literary analysis and allow them to practice the methods for examining what makes literature work and what makes it profound.
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