The student demonstrates understanding of the appropriate tools, procedures and resources for research in the field of religion.

The student demonstrates understanding of the procedures for producing a written research project in the field of religious studies according to a defined style guide.

The student demonstrates understanding of the basics of formal writing in American English.

• The student will demonstrate understanding of how to formulate a research topic into a thesis declaration and structured analysis of information in a coherent presentation.

• The student will give presentations, oral and written, demonstrating basic skills in the formulation of a thesis declaration and the structuring of research data in a coherent presentation.
• The student will give presentations, oral and written, demonstrating basic skills in formal academic writing in English.

• Differing levels of writing
• UNC Writing Style guidelines
• Basics of formal writing
• Guidelines from The Learning Centre
• UEfAP guidelines to Formal Academic Writing: Features of Academic Writing
• Tips on Formal Writing by Dr. James E. Bednar
• Sentence formation
• Long and short
• Simple, Compound and Complex forms
• Declarations, Questions, Commands, and Exclamations
• Paragraph formation
• UEfAP guidelines to Formal Academic Writing: Paragraph
• Style patterns
• What constitues "style"?
• Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
• Wikipedia summation of Strunk and White's Elements of Style, revised.
• Guide to Grammar and Style by Jack Lynch
• How do I know which is the correct style?
• Wikipedia guidelines from Strunk and White
• Avoid plagiarism at all costs!
• UEfAP guidelines to Formal Academic Writing: Plagiarism

Electronic Proofing

Spell checker

Grammar checker

• Limitations of grammar checkers
• Microsoft Word FAQ on its Grammar Checker

• Revise, revise, revise
• How many times is enough?
• Things to look for in editing
• Editing Checklist

3. Using the UNC Writing Style Guidelines, critique the effectiveness of the style in the Catholic Encyclopedia article on Biblical Criticism-

Instructions:

• Download the Catholic Encyclopedia article on Biblical Criticism
• Develop a summary of the UNC Writing Style Guidelines principles
• Critique strengths and weakness of the Catholic Encyclopedia article on Biblical Criticism against the guidelines
• Record your analysis in a MS Word document and then submit it as an assignment through the Cranfordville Online Assignments Turn In page.
• MS Word document file name: R600Topic05ICALastname.doc
• Inside the document file, be sure to include
• Header: your name, course number R600, date
• Topic Heading
• If a group assignment, then include everyone's name that is in the group.
• Assignment comes due on Week 6 of the semester.

4. Using the Part One guidelines for formal writing at The Learning Centre rewrite this newspaper article (pdf format) from the Washington Post in formal written expression.

Instructions:

• Print the newspaper article (pdf format) from the Washington Post
• Develop a summary of the The Learning Centre principles
• Rewrite the newspaper article (pdf format) from the Washington Post against these principles
• Record your analysis in a MS Word document and then submit it as an assignment through the Cranfordville Online Assignments Turn In page.
• MS Word document file name: R600Topic05TIALastname.doc
• Inside the document file, be sure to include
• Header: your name, course number R600, date
• Analysis
• Assignment comes due on Week 7 of the semester.

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