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Chaffey College Writing Center


Diagnostic Exercises

Do you know what your strengths and weaknesses in writing are? Take the Writing Center's diagnostic exercise and find out. After completing the exercise and meeting with a Writing Center tutor, you will receive a personalized plan that can help you progress as a writer. The plan includes a list of Writing Center resources—Directed Learning Activities, workshops, study groups, handouts, videos, CD-ROMs, and online practice activities—selected with your specific writing needs in mind. (Only Directed Learning Activities, workshops, and study groups count toward required supplemental instruction time.)  For your convenience, the Writing Center Diagnostic Resource Guide appears below.
 

Higher Order Concerns

Thesis

Supplemental Instruction

*    Writing Center Workshop—Thesis Statements (See workshop schedule for dates and times.)

*    Writing Center Study Group—Thesis Statements (Talk with your classroom  instructor to schedule a study group.)

Tutoring

*    Schedule a 30-minute appointment for a general overview of this concept or assistance in this area for a specific assignment.

Independent Learning

*    The Writer’s Web, University of Richmond 

http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/thesis.html

*    Thesis Builder and Online Outliner

http://www.ozline.com/electraguide/thesis.html 

*    Writing Center Handout—The Thesis

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Paragraphs

Supplemental Instruction

*    Writing Center Workshop—Developing Paragraphs (See workshop schedule for dates and times.)

*    Writing Center Workshop—Introductions and Conclusions (See workshop schedule for dates and times.)

*    Writing Center Study Group—Making and Supporting Claims (Talk with your classroom instructor to schedule a study group.)

Tutoring

*    Schedule a 30-minute appointment for a general overview of this concept or assistance in this area for a specific assignment.

Independent Learning

*    Writing Center Handout—Paragraphs and Topic Sentences

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Essay Format and Structure

Supplemental Instruction

*    Writing Center Workshop—The Writing Process (See workshop schedule for dates and times.)

*    Writing Center Workshop—Organization and Structure (See workshop schedule for dates and times.)

*    Writing Center Workshop—Preparing for the English 450 Final (See workshop schedule for dates and times.)

*    Writing Center Study Group—Global Revision (Talk with your classroom instructor to schedule a study group.)

Tutoring

*    Schedule a 30-minute appointment for a general overview of this concept or assistance in this area for a specific assignment.

Independent Learning

*    Writing Center Handout—The Essay—A Nature Lover’s Paradise

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Outlining

Supplemental Instruction

*    Writing Center Workshop—Prewriting and Invention Techniques (See workshop schedule for dates and times.)

*    Writing Center Study Group—Global Revision (Talk with your classroom instructor to schedule a study group.)

Tutoring

*    Schedule a 30-minute appointment for a general overview of this concept or assistance in this area for a specific assignment.

Independent Learning

*    Writing Center Handout—Outlining the Essay

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Informal Vs. Formal Tone

Supplemental Instruction

*    Writing Center Directed Learning Activity—Purpose, Audience, and Tone (available at the check-in area)

*    Writing Center Workshop—Purpose, Audience, and Tone (See workshop schedule for dates and times.)

*    Writing Center Study Group—Purpose and Audience (Talk with your classroom instructor to schedule a study group.)

Tutoring

*    Schedule a 30-minute appointment for a general overview of this concept or assistance in this area for a specific assignment.

Independent Learning

*    Writing Center Handout—Informal Vs. Formal Tone

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Lower Order Concerns

 

Run-ons or Fused Sentences

Supplemental Instruction

*    Writing Center Directed Learning Activity—Run-ons (available at the check-in area)

*    Writing Center Directed Learning Activity—Fragments (available at the check-in area)

*    Writing Center Workshop—Run-ons and Fragments (See workshop schedule for dates and times.)

Tutoring

*    Schedule a 30-minute appointment for a general overview of this concept or assistance in this area for a specific assignment.

Independent Learning

*    Writing Center Handout—Run-on Sentences

*    Grammar Bytes—Comma Splices and Fused Sentences

http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm (Exercises) 

http://chompchomp.com/csfs01/csfs01.htm (Exercise 1) 

http://chompchomp.com/csfs02/csfs02.htm (Exercise 2)   

http://chompchomp.com/csfs03/csfs03.htm (Exercise 3) 

http://chompchomp.com/csfs04/csfs04.htm (Exercise 4) 

http://chompchomp.com/csfs05/csfs05.htm (Exercise 5) 

*    Writing Center Video—English  Grammar 2

*    The St. Martin’s Handbook/Twenty Most Common Errors—Do Exercise Central exercises

Error #18: Fused Sentence

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/smhandbook

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Fragments

Supplemental Instruction

*    Writing Center Directed Learning Activity—Fragments (available at the check-in area)

*    Writing Center Workshop—Run-ons and Fragments (See workshop schedule for dates and times.)

Tutoring

*    Schedule a 30-minute appointment for a general overview of this concept or assistance in this area for a specific assignment.

Independent Learning

*    Writing Center Handout—Fragments

*    Purdue Online Writing Lab—Sentence Fragments

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_frag.html 

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_fragEX1.html 

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_fragEX2.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_fragEX3.html 

Writing Center Video—English Grammar 2

*    The St. Martin’s Handbook—Twenty Most Common Errors—Do Exercise Central exercises

Error #12: Sentence Fragment

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/smhandbook

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Verb Tense Shift

Tutoring

*    Schedule a 30-minute appointment for a general overview of this concept or assistance in this area for a specific assignment.

Independent Learning

*    Writing Center Handout—Verb Tense Shift

*    Guide to Grammar and Writing—Tense Consistency

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/consistency.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/chute.htm (Verb Tense Consistency)

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/consistency_quiz.htm (Pronoun & Tense)

*    The Purdue Online Writing Lab

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_tensec.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_tensecEX1.html (Tense Consistency)

*    Writing Center Video—English Grammar 2

*    The St. Martin’s Handbook—Twenty Most Common Errors—Do Exercise Central exercises

Error #10: Unnecessary Shift in Tense

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/smhandbook

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Subject-Verb Agreement

Supplemental Instruction

*    Writing Center Directed Learning Activity—Subject-Verb Agreement (available at the check-in area)

Tutoring

*    Schedule a 30-minute appointment for a general overview of this concept or assistance in this area for a specific assignment.

Independent Learning

*    Writing Center Handout—Subject-Verb Agreement

*    The Purdue Online Writing Lab

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslsubverbEX1.html

*    Writing Center Videos—English Grammar 2, Verbs: A Tense Situation

*    The St. Martin’s Handbook—Twenty Most Common Errors—Do Exercise Central exercises

Error #14: Lack of Agreement Between Subject and Verb

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/smhandbook

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Pronoun Reference

Tutoring

*    Schedule a 30-minute appointment for a general overview of this concept or assistance in this area for a specific assignment.

Independent Learning

*    Writing Center Handout—Pronoun Reference

*    The Guide to Grammar and Writing 

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/pronouns.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/pronoun_quiz.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/pron2_quiz.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/which_quiz.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/who_quiz.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/who2_quiz.htm

*    Writing Center Video—English Grammar 2

*    The St. Martin's Handbook—Twenty Most Common Errors—Do Exercise Central exercises

Error # 2: Vague Pronoun Reference

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/smhandbook

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Commas with Introductions, Series, Non-Restrictive Clauses

Supplemental Instruction

*    Writing Center Workshop—Punctuation: Commas, Semicolons, and Colons (See workshop schedule for dates and times.)

Tutoring

*    Schedule a 30-minute appointment for a general overview of this concept or assistance in this area for a specific assignment.

Independent Learning

*    Writing Center Handout—Commas

*    The Guide to Grammar and Writing

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova2.htm (Commas with Introductions)

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova1.htm (Commas and Conjunctions)

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/commas_fillin.htm (Comma Fill-In)

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/comma_quiz.htm (Comma Usage)

*    The Purdue Online Writing Lab

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_commaint.html (Commas after Introductions)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_commaintEX1.html (Exercise)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_commaess.html (Commas with Non-Essential Elements)                

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commaessEX1.html (Exercise 1)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commaessEX2.html (Exercise 2)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commaessEX3.html (Exercise 3)

*    Writing Center Videos—Commas and Semicolons, English Punctuation 1

*    The St. Martin’s Handbook—Twenty Most Common Errors—Do Exercise Central exercises

Error #1: Missing Comma after an Introductory Element

Error #15: Missing Comma in a Series

Error #5: Missing Comma(s) with a Nonrestrictive Element

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/smhandbook

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Appositives

Supplemental Instruction

*    Writing Center Workshop—Sentence Variety (See workshop schedule for dates and times.)

Tutoring

*    Schedule a 30-minute appointment for a general overview of this concept or assistance in this area for a specific assignment.

Independent Learning

*    Writing Center Handout—Appositives

*    The Purdue Online Writing Lab               

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_appos.html 

*    Writing Center Videos—Commas and Semicolons, English Punctuation 1, English Grammar 2

*    The St. Martin’s Handbook—Twenty Most Common Errors—Do Exercise Central exercises

Error #5: Missing Comma(s) with a Nonrestrictive Element

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/smhandbook 

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Apostrophes—Contractions and Possessives

Tutoring

*    Schedule a 30-minute appointment for a general overview of this concept or assistance in this area for a specific assignment.

Independent Learning

*    Writing Center Handout—Possessives and Plurals

*    The Guide to Grammar and Writing

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/apostrophe.htm (Apostrophes)

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/apostrophe_quiz2.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/possessives.htm (Possessive Forms)

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgishl/par_numberless_quiz.pl/plurals_quiz.htm 

*    The Purdue Online Lab

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_apost.html (The Apostrophe)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_apostEX1.html (Exercise 1)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_apostEX2.html (Exercise 2)

*    Writing Center Videos—Apostrophes and Plurals, English Punctuation 2

*    The St. Martin’s Handbook—Twenty Most Common Errors—Do Exercise Central exercises

Error #9: Missing or Misplaced Possessive Apostrophe

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/smhandbook

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Quotation Marks

Tutoring

*    Schedule a 30-minute appointment for a general overview of this concept or assistance in this area for a specific assignment.

Independent Learning

*    Writing Center Handout—Quotation Marks

*    The Guide to Grammar and Writing 

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/quotation.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/quotes_quiz.htm

*    The Purdue Online Writing Lab

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_quote.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_quoteEX1.html

*    Writing Center Video—English Punctuation 2

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Parallelism

Tutoring

*    Schedule a 30-minute appointment for a general overview of this concept or assistance in this area for a specific assignment.

Independent Learning

*    Writing Center Handout—Parallelism

*    The Guide to Grammar and Writing—Parallel Form

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/parallelism.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/parallelism_quiz.htm  (Quiz 1)

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/parallelism2_quiz.htm (Quiz 2) 

*    Writing Center Video—English Grammar 2

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Spelling

Tutoring

*    Schedule a 30-minute appointment for a general overview of this concept or assistance in this area for a specific assignment.

Independent Learning

*   Writing Center Handout—Spelling Tips

*    The Guide to Grammar and Writing—Rules and Suggestions

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/spelling.htm 

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz20.pl/spelling_quiz1.htm 

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz20.pl/spelling_quiz2.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz20.pl/spelling_quiz3.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz20.pl/spelling_quiz4.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz20.pl/spelling_quiz5.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz20.pl/spelling_quiz6.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz20.pl/spelling_quiz7.htm

*       The Purdue Online Writing Lab

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/index.html (Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_spelhomo.html (Homonyms)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_spelhomoEX1.html (Practice)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_spelprob.html  (Accept/Except and Affect/Effect)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_affecteffect.html (Practice)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_spelie.html (IE/EI) 

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_spelieEX1.html (Exercise 1)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_spelieEX2.html (Exercise 2)  

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_spelieEX3.html (Exercise 3)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_spelieEX4.html (Exercise 4)  

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_spelible.html (-ible vs. –able)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_spelibleEX1.html (Practice)

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Sexist Language

Supplemental Instruction

*    Writing Center Workshop—Purpose, Audience, and Tone (See workshop schedule for dates and times.)

Tutoring

*    Schedule a 30-minute appointment for a general overview of this concept or assistance in this area for a specific assignment.

Independent Learning

*    Writing Center Handout—Sexist Language

*    The Guide to Grammar and Writing 

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/unbiased.htm 

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova6.htm

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Learning Styles

How do you learn best: by reading a book and taking notes, by looking at pictures and diagrams, by listening to a lecture, or by assembling a model?  If you know what your unique learning style is, you can study for your college courses more effectively.  You can find out what your learning style is by visiting DVC Online at http://www.metamath.com//lsweb/dvclearn.htm.

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