1. I’m not an English Major, I don’t need a course on writing… Let’s ask an Engineer… http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Why-is-writing-important-skill- 2063159.S.68606049 Feel free to view the full website—just click above Click the mouse to advance to the next slide..

2. Why is writing an important skill for engineers? Or--do you want to argue with me that it isn't? 6 months ago Gary In my opinion, majority of the engineering schools do not pay enough attention to the issue and as a result, most of the engineers can not write. Writing skills (no matter what language) are very important (even for engineers). Leon E.

3. Why is writing an important skill for engineers? Or--do you want to argue with me that it isn't? 6 months ago Gary Writing skills are just as important as oral skills. You need to know your audience when communicating with a customer or colleague, manager, student, etc. …when we mention writing, is it writing to communicate or writing to persuade, convince ? Rick NARAYAN

4. Generally, Academic Writing is Persuasive… SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW! The Purpose of Academic Writing can be:  to demonstrate one's knowledge on a topic  to present the results of one's research  to argue or persuade one's point of view Academic writing is written (Audience):  in an academic University environment  for professors, lecturers, other students  for academic Journals or publications Essays and Reports are the two most Common Forms of Academic Writing

5. Academic and Technical Writing Same or Different?  Writing is concise, clear and accurate.  Writing takes into account the audience’s needs.  Information is organized, presented and communicated in a specific format.  Writing presents information to solve a problem or gain a better understanding of a situation.  Writing conveys technical, complex, or specialized information in a way that is easy for a non- technical reader to understand.

6. J Academic WritingTechnical Writing Descriptive WritingJob Description, Incident Report, Résumé, Process Explanation Narrative WritingObservation Report, Progress Report AnalysisPerformance Evaluation, Feasibility Report Cause and EffectAnalytical Report, Product Field Test Report Compare-ContrastProduct Comparison, Feasibility Report Persuasive WritingProposal, Action Plan

7. http://www.google.co.zw/imgres?imgurl=http://connectere.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/horrible.gif&imgrefurl=http://connectere.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/the-pain-of-the-five-paragraph- essay/&usg=__L83RDViczb4WRGBW7faDH0ibJbI=&h=311&w=468&sz=24&hl=en&start=1&zoom=1&tbnid=BfExDemPJ0f7NM:&tbnh=85&tbnw=128&ei=UfBlT_O9DIjF0QXL9pCtCA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dfive%2Bpara graph%2Bessay%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox%26hs%3DaVx%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dcom.yahoo:en-US:official%26biw%3D1366%26bih%3D545%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Dimvns&itbs=1 The Five Paragraph Essay

8. Basic structure of the Five Paragraph Essay Introduction Conclusion BODyBODy

9. Important Concepts Thesis Topic: Controlling, Central or Main Idea that defines an Author’s Point of View Thesis Statement: Thesis topic in the form of a Sentence (or question) Topic: Main Idea, theme Topic Sentence: Sentence that states the main idea of a paragraph.

10. Introduction BODyBODy Conclusion

11. Patterns of Organization: Author’s Purpose –Author’s Purpose – What and why are they writing? at is their Point of View?What is their Point of View? To inform, influence, persuade, advise, describe, explain, enrich, entertain Organization Logical presentation of information Cohesive and Coherent Makes reading Understandable and Predictable

12. Conclusion BODyBODy Introduction

14. Next Presentation: Where to Begin? Three-Step Writing Process Plan Write Revise