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Location: Village 8-05[map]
Phone: (949) 582-4519
Patti Weekes  
Director
(949) 582-4519
Office Hours:
Monday - Thursday
8:00am to 8:00pm
Friday
8:00am to 2:00pm
Closed Weekends
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Online English Tutoring
For Current Saddleback College Students
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Our goal is to create a virtual tutoring environment that emulates
a physical one-on-one experience for distance learning students. |
Revised 10/20/2011
| How to get started for students. |
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You must enroll in the tutoring course TU 300 ticket #18375 for the 2012 Spring Semester using MySite. |
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Make your 1 hour appointment by calling the Learning Assistance Program in advance at 949-582-4519 between the hours of 8:00am - 8:00pm Mon.-Thur and 8:00am- 2:00pm Fri.; also ask for the passcode. If it is necessary to cancel an appointment please call so that others may receive tutoring. |
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Save your paper as a Rich Text File (.rtf) when it is ready for the tutor. |
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Email your document as an attachment to engtut@saddleback.edu a minimum of 4 hours before your scheduled tutoring appointment. |
| The Tutoring Session |
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Step 1. |
Be prepared to discuss the prompt or assignment which is the basis for your paper. |
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Please have a copy of your document and a pen or pencil with you during the tutoring session so that you can make notes suggested by your tutor. |
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Have this webpage open to begin your tutoring session. |
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Login to CCC Confer and enter your First and Last name.Click "Login". Java will load. Click "Run." Click "I agree." Click "OK." If your computer displays different dialog boxes, respond to each in the affirmative. |
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Call 1-888-450-4821 and enter the Student Passcode given to you when you made your appointment. If the tutor is not on the phone, wait until he or she is. |
During your tutoring session, you will be in voice communication with your tutor and see your document on your computer screen. Your tutor will review your document and discuss various issues with you and insert comments and footnotes.
After your tutor has completed marking-up your paper, he or she will save it as a PDF file and return it to you as an attachment to a reply to your original email. Also, if footnotes are included, some may contain pertinent "hot links" to related grammar websites that you can click on when the document is open on your computer.
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Writing Resources
Interractive Quizzes - Guide to Grammar and Writing
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The Guide to Grammar and Writing is sponsored by the Capital Community College Foundation, a nonprofit 501 c-3 organization
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INDEX to the Guide to Grammar and Writing
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This index includes 427 references to both the Guide to Grammar and Writing and Principles of Composition.
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Essay Format
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Download PDF file — Essay Format guide.
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Methods of Joining Ideas
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Download PDF file — Methods of Joining Ideas.
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Formatting Your Paper
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MLA Format for Office 2003 — Download PDF file on instructions on MLA format
MLA Format for Office 2007 and 2010 — Download PDF file on instructions on MLA format
MLA List Of Works Cited — Bibliography |
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An alphabetized list of works cited, which appears at the end of your research paper,
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