English Humanities

SS Economics Tutoring History Tutoring Philosophy Tutoring Logic Tutoring Political Science Tutoring	The English/Humanities Tutoring Center will close at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26 and will be reopen at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 27. English/Humanities Tutoring Drescher Hall Room 313 Santa Monica College Santa Monica, California 11/20/2008 (last updated) During Fall 2008, the appointment desk in DH 313 is open at the following times: 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Fridays The English/Humanities Tutoring Center is closed and will reopen August 25. Please come to Room 313 of Drescher Hall to schedule an appointment. We offer tutoring in: Business Communications Economics English/ESL History Logic (Philosophy 7 and 9) Philosophy Political Science Reading Writing for any course Click to access an online application to receive tutoring. Click to learn about tutoring job openings for full-time SMC students. Click to access an application to become a tutor. Questions? Click to contact us. The tutors come from an array of experiences. Some are students from SMC or a local university. Others are SMC staff and faculty or specialists in the subject they tutor. Students from any discipline may use the writing tutoring services. It may be helpful to know what the tutors can do to assist you. Tutors can: Help you to brainstorm topics, to organize your thoughts and to make outlines. Model techniques for probing and developing topics. Give you feedback on your analysis of your ideas. Guide you to write effective thesis statements, introductions and conclusions. Help you develop skills for analyzing literature. Explain rules and concepts from your text or lecture notes. Help you understand assignments made by instructors. Address your specific grammar questions that you circled in your paper before the beginning of your tutoring session. Work with you on grammar lessons in your textbooks. Tutors cannot: Proofread your paper for you. Tell you what to say in your writing. These provisos apply: Appointments must be made in person. Students must be working on an assignment from a class taught at Santa Monica College.
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1. Daily Grammar	Online Dictionary
2. Guide to Writing and Grammar (Darling)	Thesaurus & Dictionary
3. Grammar and Style Notes (Lynch-Rutgers U.)
4. HyperGrammar
5. Knowing the Basics of Grammar	Purchase a textbook online.
6. Moutoux' Guide to Sentence Diagramming
7. Purdue University Online Grammar
8. Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
9. Strategies for Writers: Interactive Grammar Exercises	Understanding Plagiarism (from Capital Community College)
10. Chicago Manual of Style Frequently Asked Questions	The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
11. Research and Documentation Online (Bedford/St. Martin's Resource)	Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
	Philosophy 7 and 9
Writing the Personal Statement for College Admittance
Writing the Research Paper	Writing A Sociology Paper (J. Brueggemann, Skidmore College)
Getting an A on an English Paper (Lynch-Rutgers U.)	Developing an Argument: Writing a Scholarly Paper
University of Victoria's Hypertext Writer's Guide	Writing the History Paper: Dartmouth University

Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms (Lynch-Rutgers U.)

Complete Works of William Shakespeare
	Proofreading Techniques Powerpoint

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