Warm Up – A Reading and Writing Session
Organized by the Office of Student Affairs and the Writing Center at Thames, Warm Up is a reading and writing workshop for the newly enrolled students of Social Sciences,
The session was held for the students to
prepare them for the rigorous workload
and start equipping them with the tools
necessary for them to navigate the way
forward. Throughout the session
individual students will work towards
writing a piece on their own and will be
assisted by the reading, observing,
talking, listening, and thinking they will
do together. The session aims to deliver
lifelong learning experiences and
include a lot of learning, un-learning,
and re-learning.
Students were divided into two groups and a four-day rigorous session was led by our
Facilitator Ms. Nasala Chitrakar and the Tutors at the writing center.
The workshop was held at Thames premises on the second week of February strictly following the Covid-19 guidelines.
Goals
Each participating student will:
- Be introduced to reading, writing, thinking, speaking, and listening as necessary skills to learn for their undergraduate studies.
- Evaluate where they are in terms of the above skills and set goals for the coming year
- Write an 800 to 1000 words essay individually
- Learn to research through credible sources and write without plagiarizing
- Be open to the possibilities of publishing their work
Day-wise session breakdown
- Day 1: Ice-breaking, grouping, research, and reading focus
- Day 2: Writing and Presentation focus
- Day 3: self-workshop
- Day 4: Editing, presentation, and goals