Writing Studio: All Resources

Use this mini lesson to review the basics of organizing a formal essay. This is helpful for students who are 'stuck' early in the writing process.

A handout that helps students understand where research fits in with the rest of their essay as well as reviewing basic essay structure.

This handout includes advice about writing an effective essay conclusion.

A detailed explanation of essay structure and how to parts of an essay relate to one another.

This handout explains why an outline is beneficial, gives an example outline, and includes a template.

Use this handout to explain the dos and don'ts of parallel structure

Use this guide to help students understand both how to write a standard thesis statement and how a thesis statement connects to their essay as a whole.

This handout reviews 14 tips to help students make their writing more formal.

This detailed guide explains first and second person, and gives tips to help students convert their writing into third person.

Use this handout to help students understand and correct when they are using passive voice.

A worksheet detailing how and when to use the correct article.

A worksheet briefly defining some of the most commonly used words and concepts in grammar.

This chart is a quick guide to basic capitalization.

A worksheet that reviews and explains rules for comma use.

A worksheet that shows the proper placements of the parts of speech within a sentence.

A chart to help students who are changing tenses or how clarify when tenses are used.

A worksheet on how to identify, fix, and avoid fragmented sentences.

A worksheet explaining how to properly use modifiers in order to avoid misplacing or dangling your modifiers.

A detailed explanation of the Parts of Speech: Nouns and Pronouns.

A detailed worksheet explain the Parts of Speech: Adjectives and Adverbs and how to use them to enhance your writing.

A chart to help students better understand parts of speech.

A detailed explanation of conjunctions and how to use them properly to connect words, phrases, and clauses.

A brief explanation of and introduction to each of the eight Parts of Speech.

A worksheet explaining the prepositions and prepositional phrases.

A detailed explanation of the verbs and how they are used.

A worksheet explaining how to ensure that pronouns properly agree with their antecedents (associated nouns).

This handout reviews common types of punctuation and how to use each correctly.

A worksheet and flowchart that explains how to find, fix, and avoid the sentence errors of run-ons and comma splices.

A worksheet describing the four types of sentences and what elements are required for properly creating each one.

A worksheet explaining how to ensure that verbs all properly agree with their subjects.

A worksheet showing how to properly use subordinate (dependent) clauses to construct complex sentences.

A worksheet that discusses how to choose the right verb to better your writing.

A bank of transition words broken up by category with a mini-guide to using them at the bottom of the page.

An example paper with notes that explain important elements.

A printable checklist of APA 7th ed. formatting and documentation requirements.

This example shows students the proper APA 7th ed. title and References pages.

This guide reviews in-text citations for APA 7th ed. and includes a flowchart.

This is a detailed guide to the most common types of entries found on an APA 7th ed. References page with both generic (blank) templates and specific examples tailored to SPC courses.

A fillable template to help students with the construction of References page entries in APA. Note: All Word docs immediately download upon being clicked.

An APA 7th ed. formatted Word document for an annotated bibliography. Note: All Word docs immediately download upon being clicked.

This document demonstrates how to properly build an APA reference citation and explains the formatting rules for each element of the citation.

This document demonstrates how to properly build an APA in-text citation and explains the formatting rules for each element.

Infographic quick guide on how to use semicolons.

A four step process for writing thesis statements.

This mini lesson reviews selecting, integrating, editing, and documenting quotes in MLA style.

An MLA formatted Word document for an annotated bibliography. Note: All Word docs immediately download upon being clicked.

This printable checklist reviews MLA format, citations, and Works Cited page structure.

An MLA formatted Word document that also includes detailed information about MLA format with resources. Note: All Word docs immediately download upon being clicked.

This guide walks students through in-text citation basics in MLA, and the second page is a detailed flowchart.

A detailed guide to in-text citations.

Use this document to set your paper up in the MLA 9th edition

This is a detailed guide to the most common types of entries found on a Works Cited page with both generic (blank) templates and specific examples tailored to SPC courses.

A detailed guide to quoting and paraphrasing in MLA.

This mini lesson goes into the rules for quoting and citing both poetry and drama in MLA format.

This document demonstrates how to properly build an MLA reference (Works Cited) citation and explains the formatting rules for each element of the citation.

This document demonstrates how to properly build an MLA in-text citation and explains the formatting rules for each element.

This handout covers several ways one can add direct quotes to an essay.

Use this when students need to set hanging indents; visual guide with directions for Word, Word Online, and Google Docs.

Information about the General Knowledge (GK) Test, how it is scored, and study resources.