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The 'Write' Stuff The ‘Write’ Stuff The Write Stuff is a practical reference intended for students, teachers and parents of Mercy College. It is designed to assist in researching and responding to learning tasks, and to provide access to a standardisation of formats and genres across the departments. Created 2004 by Cathy Samson (TL) and committee comprising Tony O’Brien, Angela Mynn, Jeanne Allen Updated 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 Updated and Revised, with additional material added, by Stephen Crocker (TL) 2021 Table of Contents MERCY 101 – ‘The Essentials’ ............................................................................................. 4 THE INFORMATION LITERACY PROCESS ........................................................................................... 4 GLOSSARY OF COGNITIVE VERBS ..................................................................................................... 7 ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES ............................................................................................................. 11 TIPS FOR EMAIL SUCCESS .............................................................................................................. 11 COMPARE AND CONTRAST ............................................................................................................ 12 ACADEMIC VOCABULARY .............................................................................................................. 15 PERSONAL EDITING CHECKLIST ...................................................................................................... 16 PROOF READING KEY .................................................................................................................... 16 STUDY SKILLS ................................................................................................................................ 17 TAKING NOTES.............................................................................................................................. 17 REVISION ...................................................................................................................................... 17 USING THE INTERNET FOR RESEARCH ............................................................................................ 18 REFERENCING GUIDELINES............................................................................................... 20 USE OF QUOTES / CITATIONS AND REFERENCING .......................................................................... 20 Referencing Images ............................................................................................................... 22 PRESENTATIONS .............................................................................................................. 23 POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ....................................................................................................... 23 ORAL PRESENTATION .................................................................................................................... 24 PROCEDURAL WRITING ................................................................................................................. 25 BIBLIOGRAPHY WRITING ................................................................................................. 26 Bibliography Example ................................................................................................................... 27 BIBLIOGRAPHY – DATA COLLECTION SHEETS ................................................................................. 28 Bibliography - Online Referencing Generator ................................................................................ 30 Annotated Bibliography: Planning Scaffold ................................................................................... 31 Appendix Guidelines ..................................................................................................................... 32 ENGLISH .......................................................................................................................... 33 ADVERTISING................................................................................................................................ 33 BIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................................................. 35 MEMOIR ....................................................................................................................................... 36 DIARY WRITING ............................................................................................................................ 37 ESSAY WRITING ............................................................................................................................ 38 Examples of essay introductions: ........................................................................................... 40 Essay Planning ....................................................................................................................... 41 Analytical Essay Example ....................................................................................................... 42 Informative Essays ................................................................................................................. 43 2 | P a g e PERSUASIVE WRITING ................................................................................................................... 45 Generic Features of a Persuasive Speech ................................................................................ 46 MONOLOGUE TEXT STRUCTURE .................................................................................................... 50 STRUCTURE / PRESENTATION OF A SCRIPT .................................................................................... 51 DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE .............................................................................................................. 52 POETRY ........................................................................................................................................ 54 Basic Analysis Structure of a Poem ......................................................................................... 56 Annotating A Poem ............................................................................................................... 57 FEATURE ARTICLES ........................................................................................................................ 58 Feature Article Checklist ........................................................................................................ 60 NARRATIVE – (SHORT STORY) ....................................................................................................... 61 Short Story Structure ............................................................................................................. 61 Peer Checklist ........................................................................................................................ 63 NEWSPAPER REPORT .................................................................................................................... 64 The Newspaper Triangle ........................................................................................................ 66 BOOK REVIEW .............................................................................................................................. 67 Book Review Template .......................................................................................................... 68 HUMANITIES.................................................................................................................... 69 HISTORICAL SOURCES ................................................................................................................... 69 Source Analysis and Evaluation Table – CAMPO ..................................................................... 70 MAPPING (BOLTSS) ....................................................................................................................... 71 DATA COLLECTION ........................................................................................................................ 72 Questionnaires ...................................................................................................................... 72 Surveys .................................................................................................................................. 73 POSTER ......................................................................................................................................... 74 WRITTEN REPORTS ....................................................................................................................... 75 HUMANITIES Report Structure ............................................................................................... 75 Data Report Layout for Geography ........................................................................................ 76 PEEEL Year 10 History ............................................................................................................ 77 SCIENCE ........................................................................................................................... 78 SCIENTIFIC ESSAY .......................................................................................................................... 78 SCIENCE PRACTICAL REPORT ........................................................................................................
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