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English Tutoring Lab Handouts

 

Handouts A--Z

   
 

A

A guide to Punctuation
A tutor’s analysis of the role of prediction in reading
A tutor’s questions for reading assignments
A tutor’s reading strategy for textbooks


B

C

Checklist to improve concentration and memory
Classroom Clues for Listening
Commas, The Six Rules 
Connections and Transitions
Correcting Wordiness

D

Develop vocabulary while reading
Develop your vocabulary

E

Effective study habits
Eight ways to improve your memory
Eleven point test-taking method
Examples of abbreviation 
Examples of sentences with transitions

F

Fifteen tricks for improving your test-taking quotient
Find word meanings in sentences
Five point test-taking method
Forming a Thesis Sentence for a Term Paper

G

Guide to writing Introductions

H

Heuristics—A tool to help writers generate ideas 
How to abbreviate
How to analyze poetry
How to Link Ideas 
How to love a book
How to preview your textbook
How to read a textbook 
How to read a textbook chapter
How to read narrative (stories)
How to Take Essay Tests 
How to Write a Book Report/Review

J

K

Key Directive Words Used in Essay Questions

L

Lecture note-taking
Listening Skills

M

Making and taking practice tests

N

O


Overview of tutor training seminar

P

Possessive Pronouns and Contractions
Questioning techniques for tutors
Questions to ask when reading paragraphs

R

Rate your concentration potential
Rate your test-taking skill
Reading across the curriculum

S

Schedule your time well
Showing vs. Telling
Six Steps in the Writing Process
Stress reduction exercises
Stress reduction techniques

T

Techniques to improve your concentration
Textbook note-taking
Textbook reading inventory
The 3RT test preparation method
The learning process
The review and visualize test preparation method
Thesis Statement Checklist 
Tips for saving time
Topic sentence definitions and examples
Tutoring as empowerment
Twelve point test preparation method
Twelve Steps for Taking an Essay Test

U

Use the SQ3R method for textbooks
Use your six senses to improve your memory

W

What tutors do and don’t do 
Why English is so hard-A poetry handout 
Why we forget and how to improve your memory
Writing a Cause/Effect Essay

X Y Z

 
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