This writing workshop is designed to reinforce essay composition skills and introduce participants to the practice of writing for academic purposes. It will prepare students for work in high-level English courses in which research writing is a requirement. It introduces basic research writing skills including conducting research, note-taking, paraphrase, summary, direct quotation, positioning, and Modern Language Association (MLA) style citation. The course will place equal emphasis on macro-level composition skills such as essay structure, paragraph structure, coherence, unity; and micro-level skills such as sentence structure, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, and mechanics. With these as the foundation, it also provides intensive objective analysis and evaluation of issues to strengthen personal judgment.