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Academic Services for Students
 WHAT
WE DO
Need help with Writer's Block? Check out the Writing Center!
We provide:
- Convenient walk-in service
- Help to get you started
- Thoughtful suggestions
- Assistance in shaping your ideas
- Help with grammatical concerns
- Resource material and helpful writing tips
We will help you set goals, break barriers, and reach
your writing potential!
WRITING CENTER
GUIDELINES FOR A SUCCESSFUL TUTORING SESSION
 Questions
to ask yourself:
- Have you turned off all cell phones and pagers?
- Did you log in at the Touch Screen Computer?
- Have you filled out the "Writing Center Tutor Log?" Request
for Tutoring Application? (.pdf format**)
- Have you proofread your paper?
- Do you know when your paper is due? And, do you have time to complete
revisions?
- What do you need help with today? Do you have the assignment with
you?
- Do you know the hours of the Writing Center?
- Can you come back if it is very busy?
- What to expect in a tutoring session:
- You will be seen in the order that you log in at the Touch Screen
Computer.
- You will be asked what specific help you need with your writing.
- You will be asked to describe or produce the assignment criteria
for the tutor to evaluate.
- You will conference with a tutor for approximately 15-20 minutes
about your writing.
- The tutor will discuss with you the content
and substance
of the paper first, the organization
and structure
second, the mechanics
and grammar last.
- You will receive handouts and exercises to empower you
to resolve problems with mechanics, grammar, and proofreading.
WRITING CENTER RULES
 If
you would like to use the Writing Center you must agree to adhere to the
following behaviors:
- You must behave courteously with the Writing Center staff at all
times!
- You must follow all of the directions of the Writing Center staff!
- No cell phones, pagers, food, beverages, or loud talking permitted
in the Writing Center!
To meet with a tutor you must agree to the following:
- You must be a current MCC student.
- You must log in and out on the computer swipe system.
- You must accurately fill out the tutor log and a request for tutoring
application.
- You must adhere to the 20 minute tutoring session time limit, unless
no one else is waiting.
To use a Writing Center computer you must agree to the following:
- You must have your own floppy disk.
- You cannot print graphics: Powerpoint, Frontpage,
or Publisher, etc. in the Writing Center. (Please go to the
Electronic Learning Center in 11-106.)
**This material is in Adobe
document (.pdf) format.
To view, you must have the Adobe Acrobat® Reader installed on your
computer.
The reader is free (download Adobe
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