Essay-Zone: Transition™ prepares students for the rigor of college and university academic writing. The academic writing process in divided into three separate modules: Prep-It (pre-writing stage), Write-It (writing stage), and Polish-It (revising and editing stage). This module is perfect for secondary students looking to brush up on skills that will help them succeed in the post-secondary environment. Similarly, this module is also great for developing the skills of first year students.
The module covers topics such as assignment analysis, collecting information, paraphrasing, quoting, referencing, purpose statements, outlining, essay structure, formal academic writing, and editing. Extra emphasis is placed on the writing process including developing paragraphs, sentence structure, and grammar.