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Connecting through the Screen

As we wrap up our third consecutive quarter of remote operations, I’m sure many of us are counting down the days until we can get back to…

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Explaining the Obvious

One of the things I’ve noticed about my job as generalist writing tutor is that it often requires difficult explanations. Most often, these will be grammatical or…

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Tutoring in APA Format: The Basics

In my first quarter as a peer writing tutor, many of the writers I’ve worked with have asked for help with papers written in APA format. As…

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Tutoring Writers with Dyslexia

By: Izzy Rothberg and Nawaal Farooq There are a lot of common misconceptions about those who have dyslexia and this is especially perpetuated by how people with…

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The Three Stages of Voice

A writer’s voice is essentially how the writer incorporates their own imprint or beliefs into their writing. It allows the writer to institute their own perception and…

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Tutoring Argument Development: The “So What” Concept

Before diving into the process of teaching peer writers about argument development, we must first make sure that we fully understand these concepts ourselves! By doing so,…

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Got You Covered

Why Cover Letters and Resumes? The topic that I chose for my WRD 395 presentation is how to tutor career writing, more specifically cover letters and resumes.…

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Growth, Reflection, Ink and Paper

While reflecting on my own experiences at DePaul from the various perspectives as a student, elevator, and Chicago Quarter Mentor, it became clear to me that in…

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What We Can Learn about Tutoring from Restorative Justice Practices

You may have heard about Restorative Justice (RJ) on your Twitter or Instagram feed lately along with calls to defund and abolish police departments across the United…

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Why I Love Being a Writing Tutor

Years ago, if you would have asked me about seeing a tutor I might have cringed and said “I don’t need help from a tutor!” In grade…