The Writing & Learning Studio (TWLS)
Tutoring
Do you understand all your course reading assignments? Can you keep up with your instructors' lectures? Are you confident in your ability to write clearly and effectively? The Writing & Learning Studio staff can show you useful study strategies and work with you on reading and writing assignments from any course. Come in at any stage of writing--from planning your paper to drafting, revising, and editing. Our learning assistants won't correct your paper for you or tell you what to write, but they will engage you in thinking about your writing and expressing your thoughts clearly. Even students who already write well can benefit!
Tutoring in the TWLS is free and provided on a drop-in basis. Appointments are not available.
Workshops
(not available summer quarter)
Our free Student Success Workshops, taught by SCC faculty, are great opportunities for you to learn information and techniques that can help you study more effectively, produce better quality writing, get higher grades and succeed in school.
- No registration is required--just show up on time!
- Workshops last 50-55 minutes.
- Contact Grace Rhodes, TWLS Director, if you have questions:
- Phone: from on campus call ext. 4308
- from off campus call 206.546.4101.4308
- e-mail:
grhodes@shoreline.edu
Credit Courses
(not available summer quarter)
Students can earn one, two, or three credits by registering for English 089 Reading Center or English 099 Writing Center to work on reading, writing, or study skills. These individualized lab courses are continuous enrollment courses, which means that you can register for them through Week 7 (with the instructor's permission).
(Non-native English speakers should be at ESL Level 5 or higher to register for lab credit.)
In English 089 "Reading Center," you can improve your ability to
- read and remember textbook material
- take good lecture notes
- potentially increase your scores on tests
- manage your time
- identify main ideas, supporting details and patterns of organization in different kinds of writing
- read critically
- understand literature
In English 099 "Writing Center," you can improve your ability to
- plan papers
- organize and revise your writing
- develop ideas
- analyze your sentence grammar
- cite outside sources correctly
- proofread your
writing
- use punctuation correctly
- do many kinds of writing tasks
In Education 199 "Tutor Training Experience," you learn how to work as a learning
assistant in the TWLS. Both classroom learning and practical experience tutoring are part of the course. Education 199 is a three-credit course. To register, you must have passed Eng 101 with a 3.5 GPA or higher, have your Eng 101 instructor's recommendation, and interview with Grace Rhodes, professor of Education 199.
Professional Assistance
Students can discuss their concerns about their reading, writing, and study skills with The Writing & Learning Studio director who can suggest resources and strategies for improvement in those areas. (Students who have or suspect they have a learning disability should first check with the special services office, Room 1012. Their phone number is 206-546-5842.)
Faculty may invite the TWLS director, Grace Rhodes, to speak briefly to their classes about TWLS services and resources. This is an excellent way for students to find out about the Center and for instructors to encourage their using it. Instructors may call or email Grace at
grhodes@shoreline.edu or #4308 from campus.
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