Student’s Name: ______________________________________________________

Date:  _______________________________________________________________

Instructor’s Name:______________________________________________________

Course Title and Number:_________________________________________________

Assignment:__________________________________________________________

                                 (Attach copy of assignment if you wish.)

Would you like to receive a brief report of the Writing Center tutor’s conference, assuming the

student grants us permission to share this information with you?

     [  ]  Yes, send c/o _____________________________ Department

     [  ]  No, not necessary

     [  ]  Please call me at extension ___________________

The Writing Center staff works most effectively with students when:

• Students bring Writing Center tutors copies of their assignments.
• Students have met with their instructors for initial guidance on or response to their drafts.
• Students meet with Writing Center tutors well before their papers are due.
• Students understand that the Writing Center is not a proofreading service.

Writing Center staff will respond to the elements of the student’s paper which are checked below:

[  ]    Global rhetorical concerns (purpose, focus, thesis, voice, audience)

Comments:__________________________________________________________________

[  ]    Content or development of ideas (support for ideas; relevance of ideas to thesis; elaboration)

Comments:__________________________________________________________________

[  ]    Organization or structure (arrangement of ideas; logical relationships between and within paragraphs; 

        paragraph unity)

Comments:__________________________________________________________________

[  ]    Sentence structure or style (syntax, economy, phrasing)

Comments:__________________________________________________________________

[  ]    Diction or word choice

Comments:__________________________________________________________________

[ ]    Usage and mechanics  (Please specify one or two areas where improvement is most needed.)

Comments:__________________________________________________________________

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