Los Angeles Vally College

Workshops

Free workshops to improve writing


For the current semester's workshop materials, PowerPoints, and videos, click here: Materials

 

Spring 2013 Workshop Schedule

 

All LAVC students are welcome to attend these sessions.

 

  • All students must bring their LAVC student ID card to attend.
  • For any information, please call (818) 947-2810.
  • All workshops take place in either in LARC 203 or LARC 229.

 

 

Topic

Date

Time

Location

1

The Writing Process

Tuesday, Feb. 12

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

2

Paragraph Writing

Wed., Feb. 13

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

3

Introduction to Essay types

Tuesday, Feb. 19

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

4

Essay Structure

Wed., Feb. 20

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

5

Thesis Statements

Tuesday, Feb. 26

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

6

Revision and Editing

Wed., Feb. 27

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

7

MLA Formatting

Thursday, Feb. 28

5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

LARC 229

8

Tips on Scholarship Essays

Tuesday, March 5

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

9

Business Writing

Wed., March 6

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 229

10

Persuasive Writing

Thursday, March 7

5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

LARC 229

11

Parts of Speech

Tuesday, March 12

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

12

Articles, Adjectives, Adverbs

Wed. March 13

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

13

Auxiliary-Helping Verbs

Tuesday, March 19

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

14

Verb Tenses

Wed., March 20

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

15

2 Verb Tenses in 1 Sentence

Tuesday, March 26

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

16

Conjunctions

Wed., March 27

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

17

Sentence Types

Tuesday, April 9

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

18

Sentence Patterns

Wed., April 10

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

19

Punctuation

Tuesday, April 16

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

20

Run-on/Fragments

Wed., April 17

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

21

In-Class Essay Managing Time

Tuesday, April 23

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

22

In-class Essay Structure

Wed., April 24

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

23

Active Reading

Tuesday, April 30

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

24

Summary/Evaluation

Wed., May 1

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 229

25

Critical Thinking

Tuesday, May 7

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

26

Creating Resumes

Wed., May 8

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

27

Introduction to Screenplays

Thursday, May 9

5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

LARC 229

28

Proofreading

Tuesday, May 14

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

29

Research Tips

Wed., May 15

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

30

Evaluating Websites

Tuesday, May 21

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

31

MLA Citations/Work Cited

Wed., May 22

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

LARC 203

For PowerPoint presentations and workshop resources, visit the Workshop Library