Dual-Conference Paper Reading: (May be required by some comp instructors)
By Appointment Only, 2 separate appointments: First, a one-hour, interactive, instructional paper reading which focuses on the ungraded paper’s content; then a thirty-minute, interactive editing conference which focuses on the surface features of the paper: grammar, punctuation, etc.
Final Draft Paper Reading:
Walk-ins accepted, but not encouraged; to be sure, make an appointment. NOTE that walk-ins are accepted on a reader-availability basis. A one-hour, interactive paper reading which focuses on the ungraded paper’s content, manuscript format, documentation style, and correctness of expression.
Paper Tutoring:
No Appointment Necessary. A thirty-minute to one-hour, interactive session focusing on understanding and/or revising the features of a graded paper that have been identified by an instructor.
Paper-in-Progress Brainstorming Session:
Walk-ins accepted (on a reader -availability basis) but not encouraged. To be sure, make an appointment. A copy of the instructor’s assignment required. A thirty-minute to one-hour, interactive session which takes the writer from the brainstorming/invention stage of the assignment to a skeletal outline of the paper. May not fulfill course paper reading requirement.
Paper-in-Progress Reading:
Walk-ins accepted (on a reader-availability basis) but not encouraged. To be sure, make an appointment. A one-hour, interactive session in which the paper reader helps the writer incorporate cited research material into an already prepared text or in which the paper reader helps the writer to format the works cited or reference list page. Copies of the research material required.
Paper Reading Services available Monday through Friday
during the Writing Lab’s hours of operation
Grammar Check Reading/Editing Conference:
By Appointment Only. Recommended for essays, resumes, and business correspondences. A thirty-minute, interactive editing conference which focuses only on the ungraded paper’s correctness of expression (grammar, word choice, punctuation, etc.) and formatting.
Documentation Check Reading:
Walk-ins accepted (on a reader-availability basis) but not encouraged. To be sure, make an appointment. Recommended for ungraded and graded papers including abstracts, chapters from a longer text, research papers and proposals with required documentation. A thirty-minute to one-hour, interactive session which focuses on APA, MLA, or Turabian documentation features only: title page, parenthetical documentation or footnotes, and the works cited page, bibliography, or reference list.
Group Paper Reading:
By Appointment Only. Limited because of space restrictions. All members of the group must be present unless each section is a stand-alone part of the paper. A one-hour, interactive paper reading which focuses on both the organizational and surface features of the group paper: grammar, punctuation, sentence construction, etc.
Telephone Conference Paper Reading (TCPR):
By Appointment Only. Limited number of appointments available. Call the Writing Lab at 474-2229 for details and procedures. A one-hour, interactive telephone conference paper reading which focuses on content, manuscript format, documentation style, and correctness of expression.
Q-A Reading:
No Appointment Necessary. Not really a reading but an on-the-spot check, which allows the writer to get answers to a limit of one to three specific questions about the ungraded paper’s content or correctness of expression.
For master’s theses, doctoral dissertations, books, etc., see the Writing Lab Director
Remember: NO-SHOW policies are in effect.
Call the Writing Lab at 474-2229 for appointments, cancellations, and additional information about the Lab’s paper reading services.
