The YSP Summer Focus Writing course is a 7-week program designed to give Summer Focus students the basic information necessary to write a paper in the style of a journal article.  A variety of topics are covered, including the format and basic content of a scientific article, oral presentation strategies, science comminication to non-scientists, and college essay writing. 

Each hour-long class is divided into halves.  The first half of the class is a lecture following the attached notes, which are printed and given to the students.  During the second half of the class, students break into groups of 3-4 students and one YSP volunteer and discuss their summer projects.  Guidelines for discussion leaders are below.

Writing Course Starting Materials:

Syllabus                   SF2007syllabus.pdf

Example Calendar           SF2007calendar.pdf

First Assignment           YSPwritingassignment1.2007.pdf

Example Assignment         SF2007example.pdf

Letter to Mentors          YSPmentorletter1.pdf

Discussion Guidelines      SF2007WCguidelines.pdf

Writing Course Lectures:

Lecture 1                  SF2007WCL1.pdf

Lecture 2                  SF2007WCL2.pdf

Lecture 3                  SF2007WCL3.pdf

Lecture 4                  SF2007WCL4.pdf

Lecture 5                  SF2007WCL5.pdf

Lecture 6                  SF2007WCL6.pdf      

All materials posted here were written by Elizabeth A. Norgard with modification by Jevon Plunkett and Devi Swain.  Please notify the YSP program if you use these materials for your class, and cite these materials properly.