Welcome to the Successful College Writing home page where you will find "Guided Notes," worksheets, and other assignments that relate to our study of Successful College Writing: Skills, Strategies, Learning Styles by Kathleen T. McWhorter (2003) ISBN#: 0-213-39812-3. This book is an introduction to college writing and will be of great help to you in your preparation for higher education. This is an essential time in your life wherein you will need to devote yourself to learning how to learn, learning how to access your strengths and work on your weaknesses, and truly focus on your understanding of academic writing, as effective communication skills are integral in your success as a scholar and in the job field. Focus on your writing this year and make it a main goal of yours to truly improve your writing skills; heck, you may even surprise yourself and find that it is your true calling!
Personal Narrative Resources and Information:
To read a copy of Successful College Writing Chapter 1, click here!
To read a copy of Successful College Writing Chapter 8, click here!
To read "Typhoid Fever" by Frank McCourt, click here!
To access the study guide for Successful College Writing Chapter 1 Quiz, click here!
To read a good example of a Personal Narrative written by a student, click here!
To read another example of a great Personal Narrative written by a student, click here!
Bucket List Essay Information and Resources:
To read a copy of my example essay for the bucket list essay, click here!
To read a copy of Student Example Bucket List Essay #1, click here!
To read a copy of Student Example Bucket List Essay #2, click here!
To read a copy of Successful College Writing Chapters 18-20 for the bucket list research packet, click the following links (must be logged in to pvlearners):
Practice MLA Style and In-text parenthetical citations by taking the quizzes below:
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=mla-citation-practice-quiz
http://www.niu.edu/writingtutorial/style/quizzes/MLA.htm
http://www2.ivcc.edu/rambo/eng1001/practice_quotations_quiz.htm
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/quotation_marks/quiz1632.html
http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1255538.html
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=punctuating-quotations-dialogue
http://library.williams.edu/citing/game/
http://www.germanna.edu/tutoring/quiz/quiz_MLA.asp
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/write/writesite/exercises/mla.aspx
http://online.santarosa.edu/testbank/?10091
Information for writing essays:
How to write thesis, concrete details, and commentaries
How to start a paragraph with a solid topic sentence.
Signal phrases for embedded quote lead ins/outs
Signal phrases for embedded quotes lead ins/outs #2
Check out this link for transitional words and phrases!
Check out this link for help writing funnel intro or funnel conclusion!