Dec 2007
Time To Say Goodbye
December 07, 2007 | Writing Center
News | Permalink
The Writing
Center is now closed. We will not be open at all during finals
week. We have so enjoyed working with our peers this semester and
have been impressed with your amazing progress! Best of luck with
your papers!
We will be open during J-term; however, our hours are not regular and will be limited. Please check this website as J-term approaches for more information.
Happy writing!
posted by: Melina
We will be open during J-term; however, our hours are not regular and will be limited. Please check this website as J-term approaches for more information.
Happy writing!
posted by: Melina
Prewriting Saves Time Later!
December 07, 2007 | Tutor
Tips | Permalink
Takes these
steps in your prewriting stage.
1.) The first step is to sit yourself down at your computer and start typing whatever thoughts enter your head about your topic. You will be surprised on how this can help the wheels in your head to start turning!
2.) Don’t be afraid to use the writing web or some way to organize your ideas while you are brainstorming
3.) Ask yourself what you want your reader to gain from your paper. What is it that you want to prove or argue for or against?
4.) Jot down any ideas you have for a thesis or main points.
5.) From there, try to make a rough outline of your paper. (The outline need not be in full sentences.)
posted by: Steffani
1.) The first step is to sit yourself down at your computer and start typing whatever thoughts enter your head about your topic. You will be surprised on how this can help the wheels in your head to start turning!
2.) Don’t be afraid to use the writing web or some way to organize your ideas while you are brainstorming
3.) Ask yourself what you want your reader to gain from your paper. What is it that you want to prove or argue for or against?
4.) Jot down any ideas you have for a thesis or main points.
5.) From there, try to make a rough outline of your paper. (The outline need not be in full sentences.)
posted by: Steffani
Come on in!
December 07, 2007 | Writing Center
News | Permalink
Finals Week
As the semester is coming to a close, try to plan ahead.
The writing center will not be open during finals week, so if you have
that one last paper due during finals and you know you'll need some
pointers, try to come see us the week before.
If you've finally gotten all your papers handed in, have a wonderful
holidy and we'll see you in 2008!
posted by: Stacey
As the semester is coming to a close, try to plan ahead.
The writing center will not be open during finals week, so if you have
that one last paper due during finals and you know you'll need some
pointers, try to come see us the week before.
If you've finally gotten all your papers handed in, have a wonderful
holidy and we'll see you in 2008!
posted by: Stacey
Minimize Confusion
December 07, 2007 | Writing
Resources | Permalink
Blog: Dartmouth's Material for
Students
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/toc.shtml
As an English major, I found myself completely at a loss when my theology professor assigned a 5000 word paper; I didn't know how to structure it because I couldn't think of a thesis to support. I asked him for guidance and he walked over to the computer and pulled up Dartmouth's Writing the Religion Paper and read aloud the purposes for writing a religion paper and different styles students have to choose from: The Argument Paper, The History Paper, The Comparative Paper, Exegesis , and Special Topics. Suddenly, I became a lot less confused about the whole assignment.
Because I brought my laptop to class, I was able to search and locate the webpage he showed us, and while I was browsing, I discovered a number of valuable resources at the website. Under the Material for Students section, the website links to different guides to writing papers in each discipline, from English, to Biology, to Philosophy, to Art History. It really seems a valuable resource for all college students, not only those college students struggling with their papers for a particular class. The guides provide detailed steps to forming your thesis statement (Writing a Thesis) or topic and writing your paper around it; it shows what your teachers ask for when they assign a paper and explains it in terms even non-majors can understand.
In addition, the site also links to helpful tips for "Special Writers," students with learning disabilities and students still learning English (or have learned English as a language other than their primary language.) This website provides guides that we can follow as students when we either don't have time to visit the Writing Center (main floor of the Frick Center, room 229) or are too shy or embarrassed to ask for help, and it explains writing resumes for jobs and applications to graduate school.
So, let's take advantage of this valuable resource! (Tutors, that means you too – they have a whole section on writing center tutoring!)
Good luck!
posted by: Heather
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/toc.shtml
As an English major, I found myself completely at a loss when my theology professor assigned a 5000 word paper; I didn't know how to structure it because I couldn't think of a thesis to support. I asked him for guidance and he walked over to the computer and pulled up Dartmouth's Writing the Religion Paper and read aloud the purposes for writing a religion paper and different styles students have to choose from: The Argument Paper, The History Paper, The Comparative Paper, Exegesis , and Special Topics. Suddenly, I became a lot less confused about the whole assignment.
Because I brought my laptop to class, I was able to search and locate the webpage he showed us, and while I was browsing, I discovered a number of valuable resources at the website. Under the Material for Students section, the website links to different guides to writing papers in each discipline, from English, to Biology, to Philosophy, to Art History. It really seems a valuable resource for all college students, not only those college students struggling with their papers for a particular class. The guides provide detailed steps to forming your thesis statement (Writing a Thesis) or topic and writing your paper around it; it shows what your teachers ask for when they assign a paper and explains it in terms even non-majors can understand.
In addition, the site also links to helpful tips for "Special Writers," students with learning disabilities and students still learning English (or have learned English as a language other than their primary language.) This website provides guides that we can follow as students when we either don't have time to visit the Writing Center (main floor of the Frick Center, room 229) or are too shy or embarrassed to ask for help, and it explains writing resumes for jobs and applications to graduate school.
So, let's take advantage of this valuable resource! (Tutors, that means you too – they have a whole section on writing center tutoring!)
Good luck!
posted by: Heather
