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Fall and Spring Tutoring Hours: Monday thru Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 201 Tuttleman Learning Center
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Fall and Spring Tutoring Hours:
Monday thru Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

201 Tuttleman Learning Center

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Writing Center Ambler

Writing Center Athletics

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Reserve our Classroom

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Read-Ahead Tutoring

The Writing Center offers read-ahead services for advanced students who are writing papers between 15 and 20 pages.The service is intended for writers working on seminar papers, master's essays, dissertations, or other long, complex essays. If you are writing a document that is longer than 20 pages total, we can work with you to design a series of read-ahead sessions to accomodate your needs.

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. Read-ahead tutoring sessions are designed to support students who are making substantial revisions to argument, focus, organization, and prose style.

Because our tutors are not editors, read-ahead sessions are not appropriate for students who are seeking assistance with grammar or proofreading. If you are interested in working with the tutor to learn how to identify, correct, and avoid error in a longer paper, you can bring a shorter segment of your paper in for a regular grammar session. If you are looking for someone to proofread or edit your work for you, check out our links to Editing Services.

Students must have at least 15 pages of text in hand to make an appointment.

Submit requests at least two days in advance of your preferred appointment time.

Read-Ahead Tutoring Request Form

***Do not send your paper with this request. You will be asked for your paper once your session is scheduled.***

Full Name (First and Last Name):

E-mail address:

Retype e-mail address:

TU ID# (starts with 9):

Temple school you are from:
Campus you attend:

Department/Discipline:

Year in school:

Describe your project:

When is the project due?

How much text have you already written?

Setting a Focus

Because of time constraints, tutors cannot focus on every aspect of your paper.

To help the tutor focus, please identify your TWO biggest concerns about this paper.

What is your PRIMARY Concern?

Argument -- Is my main point clear and convincing? Is my argument consistent through the paper?
Development -- Are there areas where I need to include more background, explanation, or interpretation?
Evidence -- Am I incorporating source material effectively?
Organization -- Does the structure of my paper make sense?
Clarity -- Are my ideas expressed clearly?
Flow and Transitions -- Does my paper progress smoothly? Can you understand how I got from each idea to the next?
Let the tutor decide

What is your Secondary Concern?

Scheduling Your Session

Preferred Date and Time(s) for Tutoring Session:
You can specifiy multiple possible times for your preferred day. For instance, you could indicate that you'd prefer to meet on April 12, and list 10:00 and 3:00 as possible times.
Date:

Time(s):

Backup Date and Time(s) for
Tutoring Session:
You can specifiy multiple possible times for your backup day. For instance, you could indicate that you are able to meet on April 13, and list 2:00 and 5:00 as possible times.
Date:

Time(s):

Where did you learn about our read ahead tutoring?

If other, please specify:

Can we use this paper
(with your name removed)
for workshops and staff-training?
Yes No