Sound research and writing skills are resources that students will employ many times over the course of their academic, and later, professional journeys. I work with students from the beginning stages of  researching the topic of a paper to the ultimate stages of editing the final draft before submission. The one-on-one coaching I offer gives students the methodology they will use to write a paper and the confidence they will need when attempting to do it on their own. 

Subjects covered in paper or project assistance: 

• Identifying reliable resources

• determining the difference between primary and secondary sources

• paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting

• parenthetical citations

•  source attribution phrases

• MLA format

• how to write an annotated bibliography

• how to write a works cited page

• writing and using note cards

• information organization

• sentence variety and sentence openers

• how to use the Dewey Decimal System

• how to use key words in search engines

• how to use online databases (if accessible)

• how to write a thesis statement

• how to write an outline

• how to write introductory, body, and conclusion paragraphs

• how to use and improve transitions in and between paragraphs