New at the Writing Center ~ Spring 2008

Review the Writing Center's Tutoring Policies

Click here to read about weekly session limits, appointment guidelines, etc.

Spring In-Center Workshops Announced

Our in-center workshop series resumes in late February. To register for an in-center workshop, please submit our registration form.

  • Transitioning from High School to College Writing
     February 19, 2008 or February 20, 2008
  • Punctuation
    March 3, 2008 or March 6, 2008
  • Sentence Structure
     March 20, 2008 or March 21, 2008
  • Writing in the Disciplines (Business Administration)
    March 31, 2008 or April 1, 2008
  • Personal Statements and Application Essays
    April 14, 2008 or April 17, 2008
  • First Year Writing Portfolios
     April 21, 2008 or April 24, 2008

Have a question or a suggestion for a workshop topic? Contact Dan Gallagher at 1-0705.

Check Out Our New Graduate Student Programming!

Dissertation Writing Groups:

http://www.temple.edu/writingctr/dissertationwriting/dissertationgroups.htm

 

Monthly Brown Bag Series and Dedicated Writing Time:

http://www.temple.edu/writingctr/dissertationwriting/gradincenter_reservations.htm

 

May Dissertation Bootcamp:

http://www.temple.edu/writingctr/dissertationwriting/bootcamp.htm

 

Check Out Our New Handouts!

Ever wondered what a thesis statement has to do with the business proposals (or case reports or lesson plans or client memos) you'll have to write in the "real world"? Feeling tempted to rush to Google to find sources for your research paper? Want to improve your writing style by refining your use of parallelism or passive voice? Worried about dangling modifiers or mixed sentences? Check out our student handouts to learn more about these and other topics.

Got a Quick Question?

Add TempleWC to your AIM buddy list and chat with us for a minute. IM Tutoring is designed for quick questions (such as "How do I use APA Style to cite an interview that was conducted during a live TV program, but that I'm reading in transcript format on the web?" or "I'm not sure where the comma goes in this sentence." More complex writing questions should be reserved for full-length face-to-face or e-mail sessions. IM Tutoring is available during our normal hours.

Try Our REVISED Citation Guides

We have revised our very popular APA, Chicago, and MLA Citation Guides to make them even easier for writers to use. Each guide boasts the following new features:

  • Color-coding for easy reference (guides are also available in B&W format)

  • Expanded examples for journal sources and Internet sources

  • More attention to discipline-appropriate examples

  • New prefatory material on understanding how and why to use each documentation style appropriately and on avoiding plagiarism

Read-Ahead Tutoring for Advanced Students

The Writing Center offers read-ahead services for advanced students who are writing papers between 15 and 20 pages. Turning in your draft before your appointment will allow the tutor to read carefully, so that the tutoring session can be more focused and thoughtful.

  • The service is intended for those working on seminar papers, master’s essays, dissertations, or other long, complex essays. Students should have at least 15 pages of text in hand to make an appointment and should request a session at least two days in advance of the preferred appointment time.

  • The sessions can be used to address such things as argument, focus, organization, and prose style. Our tutors are not editors, so they will not edit/correct errors in grammar for you, but if you are interested in working with the tutor to learn how to identify, correct, and avoid error in a longer paper, we can accomodate you. If you are looking for someone to proofread or edit your work for you, check out our links to Editing Services.

  • This read-ahead service is available to advanced students by appointment only. Contact Dan Gallagher at 215-204-0705 or use our online reservation form to request read-ahead tutoring.

Reserve a Writing Fellow for Fall 2008

The Writing Fellows program places trained tutors in individual classes to provide direct, intensive writing support to students and instructors. Fellows are selected to serve in classes in or related to their disciplines in order to give focused aid to a small group of student writers. By establishing a relationship with the instructor of this class, the fellow is immersed in the material and assignments, which means that tutoring session can be more focused.

  • If you are an instructor in a class involving substantial writing requirements and are interested in working with a writing fellow, please click here for more information.

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