Practice writing

Take any subject that you are studying. Choose a few terms that are commonly used in it. Use your own words to try to pin down what the term means for you. If you are noting words that are already familiar to you, think about where your present understanding of them comes from. 

Pay attention to unfamiliar terms in the extracts and main body of this book as you work through it. Use your computer to put together a glossary of terms, editing it as you learn more about the terms you have included. Print it off regularly so that you can use the hard copy for reference. 

The idea of practising writing for university may not seem very controversial but in fact most students don t do much ongoing wTiting for their courses - instead they just have to produce assignments each term as finished products. It isn t usually suggested that they may need to do a lot of preliminary practise, of small amounts of different kinds of writing. Yet it is obvious that to be a tennis player you have to practise. It is the same with 

Practice writing is an easy way of making yourself do plenty of writing. However, as you proceed you will want to make it more focused. Try the technique, for example, when you have had a lecture. If you are able to take 5 minutes at the end to practice-write about it, without referring to your notes, you may be surprised at how much you can remember and produce, and how effectively you will be getting down ideas from the lecture which you can make good use of later. 

In the following task on practice writing, we suggest a topic. The family, because we go on to discuss this as an example. If you prefer, try it now on a topic that is more closely cormected to your study. Notice that here we are suggesting that you work on a general topic from your course, whereas later in the book we examine assignments in a more focused way. 

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With practice writing structural formulas for organic molecules soon becomes rou tine and can be simplified even more For example a chain of carbon atoms can be rep resented by drawing all of the C—C bonds while omitting individual carbons The result mg structural drawings can be simplified still more by stripping away the hydrogens... 

This IS a very useful relationship You should practice writing equations according to the Brpnsted-Lowry definitions of acids and bases and familiarize yourself with Table 1 7 which gives the s of various Br0n sted acids... 

Interactive to practice writing organic mechanisms using curved arrows. 

Gather a couple of sample prompts online or from other books about your exam (see the Additional Resources section for a list of books and online resources). Set the timer for five minutes and practice writing thesis statements and outlines. The more you practice, the easier it will be to plan your essay on exam day. 

Writing Tip When you see this icon, you know that practical writing information follows. Many of the writing tips include additional strategies or well-organized reference information that you can return to time and time again. 

J Walker, Biochem. Educ. 19, 31-32 (1991) A Student s Guide to Practical Write-ups ... 

Week Three Review Analytical Writing topics (go to www.GRE.org/pracmats.html), and practice writing essays. 

You already have lots of practice writing essays, so this is where you get into the details about how to actually construct your essay. What is most essential to remember when you are working on the Issue task is that you are writing a persuasive piece. Ask yourself these questions ... 

Seek out your own difficult passages and practice writing questions about them. 

Carol had hired a local clinical pharmacist who had expertise in ambulatory care as a consultant to assist with the pharmacists education and skills development. The clinical consultant facilitated the case discussions. The cases that were developed for this program required pharmacists to assess and modify patients dietary habits and activity levels. Also, they needed to identify and develop plans for resolving drug therapy problems. They practiced writing recommendations to physicians on the physician communication form. 

The first sentence is a hook it is designed to inspire the reader to want to read the rest of the essay. How can you come up with something so seemingly clever and innovative in a minute or two It s not as hard as it looks what at first glance appears clever and innovative is really the product of a learned method. Two types of hooks are quick and easy to create. If you study them, and practice writing them from sample prompts, you ll be able to write a hook for your essay. 

In this section, we ll put it all together. Three essays of varying quality will be presented, and you ll score them using the SAT essay rubric. Then, we ll examine in detail what worked, what didn t, and what score each essay would receive. In addition, you ll have the opportunity to practice writing quick thesis statements and hooks to a number of sample prompts. These exercises are designed to help you put into practice what you learned in this chapter, and prepare you for writing your own essays in the next three chapters. 

Practice writing thesis statements and hooks that will make your first paragraph strong and memorable. 

When answering the practice writing prompts in this chapter, give yourself about 25 minutes, which is how much time you will have during the actual SAT. Be careful not to write on another topic when answering these prompts during the SAT, an off-topic essay will be given a score of zero. 

Read through and answer the following practice writing prompts, giving yourself about 25 minutes for each essay. Remember, there is no right or wrong argument, but make sure you stay on topic. 

Practice writing out these steps for the other aldol condensations. Solution ... 

Practice writing, especiaiiy visuai writing. Remember Writing great essays is as easy as 1-2-3 ... 

Walker, J. (1991) A student s guide to practical write-ups, Biochemical Education 19, 31-32. Winship, I., McNab, A. (1996) The Student s Guide to the Internet. Library Association, London. 

Why is the production of hydtog n from iron and steam commercially practical Write the equation for the reaction. 

For more practice writing chemicai equations, go to Supplemental Practice Problems in Appendix A. 

The last possible unimolecular pathway, BAC1, is not observed in practice. Write down this pathway and then suggest a reason why this reaction mechanism does not occur. 

Before you practice writing focused topic sentences, you may wish to review pages 33-39, the advice on composing good thesis statements, as the same rules generally apply. 

GOOD PROGRAMMING PRACTICES WRITING EXTENSIBLE AND NONINTERACTIVE PROGRAMS... 

You can get some practice writing electron configurations on the textbook s Web site. 

Although the octet rule and Lewis structures do not present a complete picture of covalent bonding, they do help to explain the bonding scheme in many compounds and account for the properties and reactions of molecules. For this reason, you should practice writing Lewis structures of compounds. The basic steps are as follows ... 

You should practice writing many Lewis formulas. A few common types of organic compounds and their Lewis formulas are shown here. Each follows the octet rule. Methane, CH4, is the simplest of a huge family of organic compounds called hydrocarbons (composed solely of hydrogen and carbon). Ethane, is another hydrocarbon that contains only... 

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