Thursday, April 13, 2017

Announcements for April 18 Workshop

  •  In order to qualify for a Plain English certificate, you must attend a minimum of six workshops and complete the extra exercises for those six workshops.  If you believe that you will qualify for a certificate, please email Alysha at tsenga@email.arizona.edu.  She will check to make sure that you meet the requirements. We will begin distributing certificates on April 18.
  • Our last Plain English workshop will be April 18.
  • Plan on sandwiches.  Please bring your own drink.
  • No preparation is required for this workshop session. We will be reviewing the material that was covered in the first eight workshops.
  • For those who are working towards a Plain English certificate, make sure to email your exercises to Senior Writing Fellow Alysha Tseng no later than Monday, April 17.  She will place the hard-copy sample answers in your student folder int he first-floor mail room.  
  • I encourage you to make an appointment with Alysha if you would like to go over your exercises or if you would like individual tutoring in Plain English. Once again, her email address is tsenga@email.arizona.edu. 

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Announcements for April 11 Workshop


  • Our next Plain English workshop will be April 11.
  • Plan on sandwiches.  Please bring your own drink.
  • No preparation is required for this workshop session. If you want, however, you may read pages 81-101 in Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed.). Copies are on reserve. Work through a few of the exercises on pages 101-106, and check your answers with the Appendix in the back of the book.
  • For those who are working towards a Plain English certificate, make sure to email your exercises to Senior Writing Fellow Alysha Tseng no later than Monday, April 10.  Because we will be distributing sample answers at the Tuesday, April 11th workshop, Alysha cannot accept late exercises. Alysha's email is tsenga@email.arizona.edu. 
  • I encourage you to make an appointment with Alysha if you would like to go over your exercises or if you would like individual tutoring in Plain English. Once again, her email address is tsenga@email.arizona.edu.
  • Our last workshop will be on April 18.  In order to qualify for a Plain English certificate, you must attend a minimum of six workshops and complete the extra exercises for those six workshops.

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Announcements for March 28 Workshop


  • Our next Plain English workshop will be March 28.
  • Plan on taquitos & quesadilla appetizers.  Please bring your own drink.
  • No preparation is required for this workshop session. If you want, however, you may read pages 69-75 in Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed.). Copies are on reserve. Work through a few of the exercises on pages 76-79, and check your answers with the Appendix in the back of the book.
  • For those who are working towards a Plain English certificate, make sure to email your exercises to Senior Writing Fellow Alysha Tseng no later than Monday, March 27.  Because we will be distributing sample answers at the Tuesday, March 28 workshop, Alysha cannot accept late exercises. Alysha's email is tsenga@email.arizona.edu. 
  • I encourage you to make an appointment with Alysha if you would like to go over your exercises or if you would like individual tutoring in Plain English. Once again, her email address is tsenga@email.arizona.edu.
  • We will have two more workshops after this one -- April 11 and April 18.  In order to qualify for a Plain English certificate, you must attend a minimum of six workshops and complete the extra exercises for those six workshops. 

Friday, March 3, 2017

Announcements for March 21 Workshop



  • Our next Plain English workshop will be March 21. We will have no workshops on March 7 or 14.  (On March 7, Professor Rabe has a faculty meeting.  March 14 is during spring break.)
  • Senior Writing Fellow Alysha Tseng will teach the March 21 workshop. Plan on pizza.  Please bring your own drink.
  • No preparation is required for this workshop session. If you want, however, you may read pages 55-65 in Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed.). Copies are on reserve. Work through a few of the exercises on those pages, and check your answers with the Appendix in the back of the book.
  • For those who are working towards a Plain English certificate, make sure to email your exercises to Senior Writing Fellow Alysha Tseng no later than Monday, March 20.  Because we will be distributing sample answers at the Tuesday, March 21 workshop, Alysha cannot accept late exercises. Alysha's email is tsenga@email.arizona.edu. 
  • I encourage you to make an appointment with Alysha if you would like to go over your exercises or if you would like individual tutoring in Plain English. Once again, her email address is tsenga@email.arizona.edu.

Sunday, February 26, 2017

Announcements for Feb. 28 Workshop


  • Our next workshop will be February 28 at 12:15 in room 156. Plan on small sandwiches.  Please bring your own drink.
  • No preparation is required for this workshop session. If you want, however, you may read pages 47-53 in Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed.). Copies are on reserve. Work through a few of the exercises on those pages, and check your answers with the Appendix in the back of the book.
  • For those who are working towards a Plain English certificate, make sure to email your exercises to Senior Writing Fellow Alysha Tseng no later than Monday, February 27.  Because we will be distributing sample answers at the Tuesday workshop, Alysha cannot accept late exercises. Alysha's email is tsenga@email.arizona.edu. 
  • I encourage you to make an appointment with Alysha if you would like to go over your exercises or if you would like individual tutoring in Plain English. Once again, her email address is tsenga@email.arizona.edu.