FREE Grammar Drop-Ins

Fall 2007 Drop-in Grammar Power Hours are Wednesdays, 12:30-2

Ruth Chapin (chapinr@pdx.edu), an ESL/ELL specialist from PSU’s Linguistics department, is available each week to answer questions about grammar. An appointment is not necessary. These grammar drop-in hours are specifically designed to serve the needs of students for whom English is not their first language.

Grammar drop-in times differ each term, so contact the Writing Center at 503-725-3570 for the current schedule.

Writing Resources

Invention/Getting Started

• Invention: Planning the Writing Process, from the Purdue OWL
• Exploring Topics, from the University of Richmond Writing Center
• Invention Strategies

Revision

• Three Levels of Revision
• Editing Checklist

Writing Conventions

• Introductions
• Writing Thesis Staements
• Cheat Sheet for Thesis Statements

American Academic Writing & Plagiarism

• International Writing Styles (Contrastive Rhetoric)
• Using Reliable Resources
• Academic Writing & Plagiarism
• Plagiarism Exercise
• Understanding Plagiarism (Indiana University)
• PSU policy on plagiarism
  (See item (2) section 577-031-0136 “Proscribed conduct by Portland State University”)