Break-out Plan #8

Date: November 10, 2020

Break-out Title/Topic: Writing Academic Papers Resources Time
Check-in: (A quick, community building activity)
 Weekly recap
o What’s going good and what could be going better?
 3
  mins
Learning Objective: (what will my mentees get out of this break-out?)
 Mentees will learn about writing tools and aids that will help them with their
upcoming protest music assignment

   
Introduction: (what information do mentees need from me before activity?)
 What is my process of starting a paper?
 The pitfalls of waiting last minute

 2
  Mins
Activity: (How will I get my mentees involved in this break-out?)
 How do you go through the process of writing a paper and what are some
important keys to cover
o Creating a thesis
o Citing material and words that are not their own
o Ask for help
 What materials or resources do you use to aid in the process?
o Writing Support Desk
o Writing Help at leddy
 Good for references
 If you’re feeling writers block what can you do?
o “write, write, write”  find any type of prompt to get yourself going  10
o Take a break and come back to it Leddy Website Mins
Debrief: (What did the mentees learn from what I just did?)
 Mentees will have learned that writing papers shouldn’t be a taunting task
and that there are resources available to guide them through the process, all
the way from creating a thesis to citing their work

 1
  Min
Summary: (Repeat the learning objective and the work that was done to get there)

 Mentees will learn about writing tools and aids that will help them with their
upcoming protest music assignment
 They will learn this by exploration of the various resources offered by not just
Leddy but other publications that aid in the process