Module 1 — Effective
writing: Strategies
and principles
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Assignment 1B
Your tutor will send you this part of your assignment after you make initial email contact. This assignment part has two main components to it.
Improving writing samples
Included in this exercise will be a number of sentences and paragraphs that demonstrate problematic writing as described in Module 1.
For each sentence or paragraph provided, you must indicate what the main weaknesses are. You must also provide a revised version that improves upon the original sample.
Paragraph development
For this exercise your tutor will provide you with a single block of text. You must turn it into a presentable piece of writing by making paragraphs, adding headings and topic sentences, and including appropriate transition words to improve the flow of the text.
The performance criteria
You will successfully complete this part if:
- you correctly identify weaknesses in the extracts and submitted sentences;
- your rewritten versions of the extracts show improvement in readability, style, and paragraph development.