The WR Notebook

This is the online companion to the DACC Writing Center at Danville Area Community College, Danville, IL. The DACC Writing Center is located in CT 116 and CT 108. We are closed whenever campus is closed due to weather or for holidays/breaks. Students may schedule an appointment by going to http://www.dacc.edu/depts/la/writing. Drop-ins are also welcome. Computers are available for student use in CT 108.

Writing and Citation Goodness

  • APA Format and Citation Guide (OWL @ Purdue)
  • APA Sample Paper (OWL @ Purdue)
  • Chicago Manual of Style 16th Ed. (OWL @ Purdue)
  • Chicago Style Sample Paper (OWL @ Purdue)
  • DACC Library Course Research Guides
  • DACC Library Homepage (links to library search tools)
  • Dave's ESL Cafe
  • Elements of Style (Strunk and White's review of basic style concerns from Washington University)
  • Grammar Bytes! (quick review of common grammar problems and how to fix them)
  • MLA Format and Citation Guide (OWL@ Purdue)
  • MLA Sample Paper (OWL @ Purdue)
  • Model Papers from Different Academic Disciplines (Yale)
  • Noodle Tools (citation builder)
  • Paraphrasing (understanding how to do it ethically from Yale U)
  • Setting Up Your DACC Username and Password

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

2012 Muhammad Ali Award for Writing on Ethics

2012 Muhammad Ali Award for Writing on Ethics
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Resources for Tutors

  • Advice for Tutors (Dartmouth)
  • An Example of Directive Commentary
  • An Example of Facilitative Commentary (Dartmouth)
  • Attending to Style (Dartmouth)
  • Bridging Cultural Gaps (Lynchburg)
  • Brief Guides to Writing in the Disciplines (Harvard)
  • Diagnosing Problems: Ways of Reading Student Papers (Dartmouth)
  • Helping Students Generate and Focus Ideas (Dartmouth)
  • Helping Students Understand Structure Beyond a Five Paragraph Essay (Dartmouth)
  • Peer Centered
  • Responding to Problems (Dartmouth)
  • Teaching Writing as a Process (Dartmouth)
  • The Dangling Modifier
  • The Writintg Lab Newsletter
  • Tips for Writing Tutors (OWL @ Purdue)
  • Tutoring Advice-The Thesis Sentence
  • Tutoring Advice: Paragraphs (Dartmouth)
  • Tutoring Multilingual Writers (Dartmouth)
  • Tutoring Students with Learning Disabilities (Lynchburg)
  • University of Richmond "Training for ToughTutorials" Video Series
  • Using the Facilitative Approach When Discussing Grammar (Dartmouth)

Resources for Instructors

  • Preventing Plagiarism (OWL @ Purdue)
  • Using Peer Review to Strengthen Student Writing (Washington U @ STL)

Blog Resources for Instructors

  • EIU Writes
    First Draft: Taking That Important Step by Angie Steineman
    5 years ago
  • In Our Write Minds
    Teach homeschool teens to describe a place with vivid vocabulary
    3 years ago
  • The Writing Campus
    What Counts as Writing? The Purposes for Writing
    5 years ago

Blogs We Follow in the WR

  • APA Style Blog
    Archiving the Sixth Edition APA Style Blog
    6 years ago
  • Clear Writing with Mr. Clarity
    HOLD
    10 years ago
  • Evil Editor
    Face-Lift 1537
    4 weeks ago
  • Kim's Craft Blog -- Fiction, Memoir, Creative Writing
    Pusat Guru Les Matematika ke Rumah di Daerah Bandung
    6 years ago
  • The Urban Muse
    How to Be Creative Thanks to Your Emotions
    9 years ago
  • WOW! Women On Writing Blog
    Interview with Julide Kroeker, Runner Up in the Q3 Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest with "To all the Moons who have followed me Home"
    17 hours ago
  • Write to Done
    Blogging Ideas For Beginners: Over 25 Inspirational Prompts To Use Today
    2 years ago
  • Writing Forward
    How to Increase Your Writing Productivity
    3 days ago

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About Me

Marla Jarmer
Jarmer has a BA in directing from Arizona State University and an MA in English from Fort Hays State University. She is an instructor of composition and rhetoric at Danville Area Community College, the Director of the DACC Writing Center, and the faculty adviser for Waiting for Rain. She is the recipient of the Dorothy Duley Endowed Chair in Liberal Arts and is currently working on editing a book on presidential rhetoric. Her professional affiliations include NCTE, CWPA, CLRA, IWCA, Phi Theta Kappa, and Phi Rho Pi.
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