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Summer Skills School

This virtual program will bring you tips, lessons, and fun activities focused on the skills you need to successfully progress through a six-week summer course at Trent.

Sun and clouds on blue background. Summer Skills School. Taking a summer course at Trent? Are you worried about the hectic pace of a six-week course? Want to brush up on some important academic skills, while soaking up some rays? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then grab your sunscreen, shades, and a sharp pencil, and join Academic Skills for Summer Skills School!

This virtual program will bring you tips, lessons, and fun activities focused on the skills you need to successfully progress through a six-week summer course at Trent. We will start by providing tips on time management: creating long and short-term plans for you summer coursework; using the Pomodoro method to get work done; staying motivated in an online course; and more…. Stay tuned for weekly themes on reading, notetaking, writing and grammar tips, studying for exams, and more. This summer, SPF stands for Skills Practice is Fun!

Don’t have time for more school this summer? No worries – you choose the level of involvement that works for you. From simply following our tips on social media, to signing up for an appointment with an Academic Skills Instructor; there are many ways to benefit from Summer Skills School!

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Weekly Resources

  • Week 1 – Managing Your Time & Mapping Out Your Semester
  • Week 2 – Taking Notes from Online Lectures
  • Week 3 – Reading Resources
  • Week 4 – Writing and Outlining
  • Week 5 – Study Strategies
  • Week 6 – Academic Integrity and Online Exams

Week 1 – Managing Your Time & Mapping Out Your Semester

  • Setting Yourself Up for Success in Your Online Class
  • Time Management Strategies from Academic Skills
  • Tools and Templates to Map Out Your Semester
  • Using the Pomodoro Technique to Get Your Work Done

Week 1 Grammar and Style Video: Capitalization, Introductory phrases, and Parallelism

Week 1 Grammar and Style Video: Verb Tenses in Science Writing 

Week 2 – Taking Notes from Online Lectures

  • Quick Tips for Taking Notes for Online Lectures
  • Notetaking Templates
  • Lecture Notetaking Strategies

Week 2 Grammar and Style Video: Commas, Semi-Colons, and Colons

Week 2 Grammar and Style Video: Revising, Editing, and Proofreading

Week 3 – Reading Resources

  • The 3-Step Process to Help You Read Efficiently and Effectively
  • Tips for Reading Scientific Papers
  • Tips for Reading in the Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Tips for Reading Textbooks

Week 3 Grammar and Style Video: Misplaced, Squinting, and Dangling Modifiers 

Week 3 Grammar and Style Video: Active vs. Passive Voice in Science Writing

Week 4 – Writing and Outlining

  • How to Write in University
  • Planning Your Assignment
  • Prewriting and Making an Outline
  • Developing an Argument
  • Writing Paragraphs
  • How to Use Sources
  • How to Edit Your Writing

Week 4 Grammar Video: Commonly Confused Words

Week 4 Grammar Video: Precise and Accurate Writing for Science

Week 5 – Study Strategies

  • How-to-Guide for Studying
  • Tips for Online and Take-Home Exams
  • Managing Exam Anxiety

Week 5 Grammar Video: Using Apostrophes

Science Writing Video: Figures and Tables

Week 6 – Academic Integrity and Online Exams

Academic Integrity and Online Learning

Preparing for Online, Open-Book Exams

Preparing for and Writing Take-home Exams

Week 6 Grammar Video: Punctuating Quotations

Programs & Events

  • Academic Skills Tool Kit
  • Academic Skills Learning Labs
  • Academic Integrity Module
  • Fundamental Fridays Writing Skills Drop-In
  • 3-Minute Paper Competition
  • Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) at Trent
  • Virtual Write-Along
  • Orientation Week Workshops
  • Re-Orientation with Academic Skills
  • Summer Skills School
  • Finish Strong
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