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PWT/ FYM News for Fall 2013

Confirmations I have sent out confirmations to all trained Peer Writing Tutors and Writing and Academic Mentors who have FYSE assignments. If you have not yet accepted your confirmation, please do so now. Save the date! Mandatory Organization Meeting for Writing and Academic Mentors: Wednesday, September 11, 4:30-6:30, CTLR Mandatory Organization Meeting for Peer Writing […]…Continue Reading PWT/ FYM News for Fall 2013

Change in Topics for Session 4 and 5

5– Problems/ Grammar INTL   Thursday October 11 CTLR 4:30-6:30 6– INTL /Getting Help/Grammar   Thursday October 18 CTLR 4:30-6:30   Due to some scheduling conflicts,  Session 5  for Mentors and Peer Writing Tutors will now cover Grammar issues as well as the previously scheduled Problems Students Face training. Session 6 will now cover Working […]…Continue Reading Change in Topics for Session 4 and 5

What about grammar?

What about grammar? The 3x PIC Rule: Point-Identify-Correct Although we do not copy edit papers, we do not ignore grammatical, mechanical, and style problems in students’ papers. Instead, we draw a student’s attention to the error: POINT, ask if the student can recognize and IDENTIFY the error, and finally, ask if the student can CORRECT […]…Continue Reading What about grammar?