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Archive for February 3rd, 2023

Curing the Most Common Disease of Writing: Commaitis 

If you do not see the podcast player, click here to listen. Romano Wilmani simply detested any writing.  Coming up with a topic was never a problem, and overall she enjoyed doing […]

Forgo Facebook for 15 Minutes and Practice Your Commas!

© 2014 Clipart.com By Jay Busse, Writing Center Tutor Trying to balance family, work, and education, almost all college students are monumentally busy, but how about a little comma practice? […]

Healthcare Administrative Writing, Part Three

Viola Robinson, Faculty, Kaplan University School of Health Sciences Note: This is a follow-up blog to: Healthcare Administrative Writing Part Two. Sentence structure is another area Healthcare Administrative professionals must master […]

How to Write a Sentence: Helping Students be Better Writers

Melody Pickle, PhD, Kaplan University Writing Center Specialist How do we helps students be better writers? Helping them write clear sentences is one place to start.  In order to be […]

Healthcare Administrative Writing Part II: What would you do?

Viola Robinson, Faculty,  Kaplan University School of Health Sciences Note: This is a follow-up blog to Healthcare Administrative Writing. In high school you were introduced to the eight parts of […]

What Every Instructor Should Know about Providing Feedback on Writing

By Chrissine Rios, KUWC ELL Support Instructors teaching Writing across the Curriculum (WAC) know that writing and learning go together—writing is a method for acquiring content, and providing feedback on […]

Do you really put a comma where you pause?

By Melody Pickle, Kaplan University Writing Center, Writing Specialist, WAC The following is a true story and a great teaching moment.   This took place as I was helping my […]

Ten Truths Tutors Keep from Students

  Students tell tutors what they would never tell their instructors: that their children do their Internet research, that they don’t speak English so are using an online translator, that […]

The Grammar Hammer

  Kyle Harley, Tutor,  Kaplan University Writing Center “The Grammar Hammer,” as a former professor of mine once said, flattens out any and all possibility for exploration and exposure with […]

National Grammar Day . . .Let’s Celebrate Language (in all its forms)

Celebrate National Grammar Day in your own (positive) way.  Share the grammar tip that helps you the most as you write.  You don’t have to love grammar (or even like […]

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