…helping TRU students become better, more confident writers

Services free service staffed by skilled students, community

volunteers and faculty provides:

-one-on-one instruction

-feedback for all levels and types of writing

-helps you learn to revise and edit

Goal: …to help you become a better, more confident writer.

In a session we: teach you to improve your writing skills point out gaps and problems help you to learn to proofread and edit model the writing process discuss and question

Appointments register

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Appointments what you need to bring:

-questions and ideas

-your assignment from your instructor

-a draft of an assignment

-an assignment that you have received back with feedback

Percentage of Appointments by Levels

ESAL 1-31%

ESAL 44% ESAL 5

6%

UPREP4%

Yr 142%

Yr 28%

Yr 38%

Yr 49%

Pre-MBA/PBac12%

Grad6% Fac

0%

Levels Winter14

Types of Feedback understanding assignments and readings generating ideas and finding a focus finding research and citing sources types and formats of writing group projects

Feedback cont…. any step in the writing process summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting and avoiding

plagiarism sentences, grammar, punctuation, diction,

mechanics and spelling presentations and more…

Grammar Structure Content Style

ResourcesTexts and reference books:

writing in the disciplines academic writing handbooks citation guides grammar and more…

Online: Writing Centre Website Writing and Citation Support Website

Hours of OperationSummer Semester 2014

May 12 to August 8

Monday to Friday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

closed weekends and holidays hours may change slightly due to illness, meetings, etc.

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Watch our videos on YouTube

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Questions…1. Who offers help in the Writing Centre?

2. What do you need to bring to the Writing Centre?

3. How long is a tutorial session?

4. Where is the TRU Writing Centre?

5. What is the goal of the Writing Centre?