Writing Lab Referral


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Please instruct the student to take the completed form to the Writing Lab on the second floor of the Learning Resources Center.  Thank you.

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Student________________________                        Course________________________

Instructor______________________                          Date__________________________

Please assist this student with the following:

(Circle each category and sub-division requiring attention.)

  1. Punctuation: capitals, commas, end punctuation, apostrophes, semi-colon, colon, quotation marks, other marks of punctuation.

  1. Words: diction, misuse of words, spelling, vocabulary development, idioms, use of dictionary, use of thesaurus, generality-specificity, homonyms and sound alikes, levels of usage.

  1. Basic Grammar: overview of parts of speech, verb tense, irregular verbs, active/passive voice, -s or –ed inflectional ending, subject-verb agreement, pronoun-antecedent agreement, pronoun case, shifts in person, tense, number, use of prepositions.

  1. Sentence Structure: fragments, comma splices, run-ons, dangling and misplaced modifiers, grammatical sentence types, wordiness, coordination, parallelism, subordination, emphasis, sentence variety, sentence combining.

  1. Paragraph: topic sentence, introductions/conclusions, development, logical order, coherence, unity, types.

  1. Essay: pre-writing, thesis statement, organization, modes (description, narration, argumentation, exposition, comparison-contrast, etc.), types, impromptu writing, point-of-view, literary analysis.

  1. Term Paper: research, manuscript preparation, outline, footnotes, bibliography, documentation, summary writing, note taking.

  1. Special Writing Forms: memorandum, business letter, job resume and application, report, literary critique.

  1. Creative Writing: poetry, short story, use of dialogue, figurative language.

  

TEAR ALONG THIS LINE

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To Be Completed by the Writing Lab Tutor

and returned by the student to the course's instructor

Return to:

Instructor:_____________________

Of Course Name:_______________

By Date:______________________

Comments:

 

 

 

 

 

Writing Lab Instructor’s Signature:_____________________________ Date:______________

Student Signature:___________________________________________Date:______________