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Language Learning Center Writing Workshop for Multilingual Speakers and Writers Matthew David Collins Pizzorno Adjunct Faculty Palomar College and ALCI: CSU San Marcos

Your Academic Writing GPS: Topic Sentences and Thesis Statements

Understand the basic organization of an Academic Paragraph and Essay. Understand how a Topic Sentence gives directions to your Paragraph. Understand how a Thesis statement gives direction to your Essay. Upon finishing this workshop, you will be able to:

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Contact Me:  Ideas for future workshops ?????????????  Sign in Sheet  Questionnaire