COM 170 Week 2 Strategies for Selecting a Topic

Instructions

Resources: University of Phoenix Materials: Strategies for Selecting a Topic & Final Assignment Overview and Timeline & Ch. 8 of Writing for Success

Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Strategies for Selecting a Topic.

Watch the “Getting Started: Your Personal Ritual” video located in the Week Two  MyWritingLab Links.

Reflect on what you learned in “Getting Started: Your Personal Ritual”.

Write a 150- to 250-word paragraph describing the following:

• Your personal organization techniques for writing
• How your own writing process is changing as you complete the activities in this course
• Techniques you have learned for organization in writing that will help you stay focused

Use commas and apostrophes correctly in your written work.

Review these additional MyWritingLab resources:

• “Prewriting: Brainstorming”
• “Commas”
• “Apostrophes”