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Mastering Academic Writing: Drafting Papers Effectively

This session guides you through the essential aspects of academic paper writing in biblical studies. You'll learn the importance of writing, how to draft a coherent paper, and how to respond to academic questions effectively. You'll explore key components such as the expected format, length, and style of different paper types. Gain insights on structuring your ideas, using your words wisely, and ensuring your introduction and conclusion align with your paper's purpose. Equip yourself with the tools needed for successful academic communication.

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Mastering Academic Writing: Drafting Papers Effectively

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  1. Biblical Studies and Academic Writing Class 18 Drafting a Paper

  2. Aim • At the end of this session you should: • Know why you write • Know how to draft a paper • Know how to respond to a question

  3. Outline • Why Write? • Drafting a Paper • Responding to a Question • Pulling it Together

  4. Why Write? • You write to communicate • Your thoughts • To yourself • To others • Your reading • To yourself • To others • Your conclusions • To yourself • To others

  5. Why Write? • To communicate your thoughts • Reflections on what you have read • What you are thinking about something • May not be well thought out but is your own thoughts • What you have experienced • It is not right or wrong it just is • Where you are at so far in coming to a conclusion about something

  6. Why Write? • To communicate your reading • Also known as research • To demonstrate your understanding of what you have read • Should be structured and not random quotes on the topic cobbled together • To show you have read the expected material

  7. Why Write? • To communicate your conclusions • You have thought about something • You have read about something • What do you now think? • This may or may not be the same as when you started

  8. Why Write? • Sometimes to understand what you know about a topic • These are the writings you should not hand in • Rework them as these are for you only and not for other people such as your markers • There is a difference between writing to understand and demonstrating understanding • Know how you write

  9. Outline • Why Write? • Drafting a Paper • Responding to a Question • Pulling it Together

  10. Drafting a Paper • You need to know the following: • What is the expected format • What is the expected length of the paper • What is style of the paper

  11. Drafting a Paper • Expected formats vary • Essay • Introduction, Body, Conclusion • Discussion Paper • Body, Short Conclusion • Portfolio • Answers to specific questions • Book Review • Book Details, Review, Conclusion

  12. Drafting a Paper • The word, page or paragraph length • Affects how much you are expected to write • Helps you determine how much you should write on each area

  13. Drafting a Paper • Guidelines to use your words wisely • Essay • 10% Introduction, 80% Body, 10% Conclusion • Discussion Paper • 90% Body, 10% Short Conclusion • Portfolio • 100% Answers to specific questions • Book Review • (N/A) Book Details, 90% Review, 10% Conclusion

  14. Drafting a Paper • The style of the paper • Reflective • You usually can use the word “I” • Formal • You usually do not use the word “I” • The exception to this may be the Introduction or the Conclusion • Informal • You may use the word “I”

  15. Drafting a Paper • Guidelines to use your words wisely • Essay • Usually formal • Discussion Paper • Usually informal though may be reflective • Portfolio • Usually informal though may be reflective • Book Review • Usually formal

  16. Drafting a Paper • Create a structure • Use headings • You can delete them before you hand in the paper • These are for your benefit • Work out how many words in each section • Try and stick to this

  17. Outline • Why Write? • Drafting a Paper • Responding to a Question • Pulling it Together

  18. Responding to a Question • What are you asked to do? • For an example look at: • http://edorigami.edublogs.org/2010/06/01/evaluation-rubric-exemplars/ • Different styles of answers based on what is required

  19. Responding to a Question • What are you asked to do? • Look at the Harvest Form and Style Guide

  20. Responding to a Question • Make sure you cover all you are asked to complete • Multi-part questions require multi-part answers • Read the question (over and over) • Underline the important words • Circle the important concepts • In your structure do you address these?

  21. Responding to a Question • Your draft structure • The overall structure for an essay • Introduction • Body • Conclusion • The structure for the specific essay question • Introduction • Body • Part 1 of question • Part 2 of question • Part 3 of question • Conclusion

  22. Outline • Why Write? • Drafting a Paper • Responding to a Question • Pulling it Together

  23. Pulling it Together • When there is an introduction • It should say what you intend to do • When there is a conclusion • It should say what your writing decides upon • No new information • You are writing to understand when you add new information

  24. Pulling it Together • Alignment • Does your introduction say what the body does? • Does your conclusion say what the body points to? • Do the introduction and conclusion talk about the same material in the same way?

  25. Pulling it Together • Look at an assessment task from another unit • What are you being asked to do? • What structure should your answer have?

  26. Aim • At the end of this session you should: • Know why you write • Know how to draft a paper • Know how to respond to a question

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