{"id":2139,"date":"2018-08-14T08:49:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T08:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/wrightcenter\/?page_id=2139"},"modified":"2022-06-27T18:56:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T18:56:48","slug":"individual-tutorial-sessions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/wrightcenter\/individual-tutorial-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"How You Can Use the Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Are you working on a paper, presentation, or a research project? Do you need support with your writing? Welcome! You&#8217;re in the &#8220;write&#8221; place!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/wrightcenter\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Richard Wright Center<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (RWC), <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">undergraduate and graduate<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/wrightcenter\/our-tutors\/\">peer tutors<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will talk with you about your writing, give feedback, and answer your questions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Talking with a tutor about your writing, speaking, or research project can help you develop your ideas, understand your readers&#8217; expectations, and build your confidence as a writer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>Meet with a writing tutor to discuss the following:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">planning and organizing your work on a project or assignment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">overcoming writer\u2019s block<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">revising and editing strategies<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">organization and supporting evidence<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">resources and reference materials<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">creating visual aids for presentations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">using documentation styles (e.g., MLA, APA, Chicago)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0and more . . .<\/b><\/h5>\n<h4>To work one-on-one with a tutor, please <strong>make an appointment using our <\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/jsums.mywconline.com\/\">online schedule:<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Make an Appointment\" width=\"1150\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kSTNwv0-Z3E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Try to make your appointment for at least 2 days before the paper is due, so you have time afterwards to think through your ideas and make important changes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have your assignment sheet with you, if you have one.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arrive with a question, notes, or a draft. If you don\u2019t have one, that is okay. Note: if you have a 15-page paper, please let us know about particular issues you would like to focus on in the session.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Be present mentally. A tutorial session is a conversation about your writing; tutors will need your input as much as you need theirs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Attend writing workshops<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Participate in workshop <\/span>to discuss specific writing, research, and presentation issues. We offer weekly 45-minute workshops for undergraduate students, workshops on writing in graduate school, and monthly thesis and dissertation roundtables. Find the current list of workshops <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/wrightcenter\/workshops\/\">here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>View writing resources<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">See more <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/wrightcenter\/test_resources\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">resources<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on the RWC website. Find out what we discussed in our workshops and review documentation styles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you working on a paper, presentation, or a research project? Do you need support with your writing? Welcome! You&#8217;re in the &#8220;write&#8221; place! 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