Ensuring Success at Seminary By Frank Gray. With the rich opportunities to learn and assimilate the full range of spiritual lessons that the seminary.

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Ensuring Success at Seminary By Frank Gray

With the rich opportunities to learn and assimilate the full range of spiritual lessons that the seminary affords, every student should strive to develop the highest level of skill in thinking, writing, and speaking. To this end, this hack will focus on grasping ideas and information and getting organized. The first step is selecting and focusing the topic.

The textbook practice is the following:  State the thesis  Develop an outline  Write the first draft  Revise and Edit and Rewrite  Polish the final draft

Strategic elements to consider:  Definition of the specific Audience  Definition of the exact Purpose  Definition of your Stance and Voice as the writer  Facts, definitions, concepts relevant to the topic (accepted and validated)  Perspectives by experts, analysis, and critics

Once the significant issues of purpose, audience and stance are defined, the next step is to develop a thesis statement. This sentence has the following characteristics:  An judgement, attitude or opinion concerning the topic which will be developed in the paper  8 to 15 words in a declarative voice  Placement somewhere in the introductory paragraph, usually near the end  A clear and distinct point of view

Whether listening to a lecture in class or researching a topic for a writing project/presentation, the practice of note-taking is crucial to academic success. Although many individuals attempt to take notes verbatim, a personal system of analysis and abbreviation will make the effort more efficient in learning and using the information.

1. Don't write down everything that you read or hear. Be alert and attentive to the main points. Concentrate on the "meat" of the subject and forget the trimmings. 2. Notes should consist of key words or very short sentences. If a speaker gets sidetracked it is often possible to go back and add further information. 3. Take accurate notes. You should usually use your own words, but try not to change the meaning. If you quote directly from an author, quote correctly. 4. Think a minute about your material before you start making notes. Don't take notes just to be taking notes! Take notes that will be of real value to you when you look over them at a later date. 5. Have a uniform system of punctuation and abbreviation that will make sense to you. Use a skeleton outline and show importance by indenting. Leave lots of white space for later additions.

6. Omit descriptions and full explanations. Keep your notes short and to the point. Condense your material so you can grasp it rapidly. 7. Don't worry about missing a point. 8. Don't keep notes on oddly shaped pieces of paper. Keep notes in order and in one place. 9. Shortly after making your notes, go back and rework (not redo) your notes by adding extra points and spelling out unclear items. Remember, we forget rapidly. Budget time for this vital step just as you do for the class itself. 10. Review your notes regularly. This is the only way to achieve lasting memory.

The quality and reliability of sources is always an issue, especially sources on the internet. For theological purposes, it is always best to trust the peer evaluated scholarly materials from writers and editors of recognized expertise. Journals, conference papers, databases, and books with extensive bibliographies are especially useful. The following is a useful tool to determine the usefulness and appropriateness of sources:

Questions (Q) Analyses (A) Main Ideas (MI) Comparisons/Criticisms (C/C) Ah Ha (!) References (R) Look Up (LU) Definitions (D) Criticisms (Cr) Connections (Cn)

Several note-taking methods exist to efficiently and effectively capture information, images, video, and speech during research and lectures.  Outlining  Cornell Method

The simple purpose of an outline is to organize and develop a map for the writing assignment showing the scope and sequence of the content, the focused purpose of the writing, the audience, and the logic. For the purposes of most theological writing, outlines develop the topic with explanation and analysis which leads to a logical conclusion. Headings must be parallel and coordinated throughout.

 Introduction: Thesis statement within context paragraph  Body: Headings, subheadings and details  Conclusion: Final paragraph with summation statement that ties the analysis/persuasive logic together

 Alphanumeric  Full sentence  Decimal Samples: _544.pdf _544.pdf

Template:  content/uploads/2015/10/Cornell- Note_Taking- System.pdf?o=37877&l=sem&qsrc=999&qo=s emQuery&ad=semD&ap=google.com&an=goog le_s&am=broad content/uploads/2015/10/Cornell- Note_Taking- System.pdf?o=37877&l=sem&qsrc=999&qo=s emQuery&ad=semD&ap=google.com&an=goog le_s&am=broad

The following are frequently used strategies to efficiently and effectively develop the essay in a tightly organized fashion.  Definition – relevant and appropriate  Comparison/Contrast  Relationship – cause/effect, time, consequences  Variation – change, varieties  Application – uses, implications  Analysis – relationship among components

 Chronological  Spatial  Persuasive: support structure, discovery structure, Pro-and-Con Structure  Use of transitions: see Word doc ‘Transitions’

 Dartmouth Institute for Writing and Rhetoric: speech.dartmouth.edu/learninghttp://writing- speech.dartmouth.edu/learning  Graff, Gerald, and Cathy Birkenstein, “They Say/I Say”. The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing, 2 nd ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company,  Purdue Online Writing Lab guide to the Chicago Manual of Style:  Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 8th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013.

 Organizing as You Write, University of Nevada Las Vegas: I4YntNUkybmFWRzVGLVE I4YntNUkybmFWRzVGLVE  The Five Features of Effective Writing by Kathleen Cali and Kim Bowen: