Writing Guides
All of the writing guides on our site are listed below. If there is a topic you would like to know more about that is not covered here or on the Common Writing Questions Page, please feel free to contact us with suggestions or for individual assistance.
Plagiarism and Maintaining Academic Integrity
–Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism
–How to find and read a SafeAssign report
APA Handouts and Tutorials
Reading for Writing: How to Annotate a Text and Use Quotes Effectively
– Critical Reading Exercise: Annotating a Text
– Finding Quotations: The Double-Entry Notebook system
– The Double-Entry Notebook Worksheet (MS Word download)
– Finding Quotations: the Quotation-Comment-Question system
– The Quotation-Comment-Question Worksheet (MS Word download)
– Integrating Quotes into Your Writing
– Handout: Appendix for Effective Quoting
– Handout: The Quote Sandwich (created by Amy Leonard at De Anza College)
Getting Started on an Assignment
– Decoding Assignments Part I and Part II
– Understanding Assignments Worksheet
Paragraph and Paper Structure
– Paragraph Construction and Topic Sentences
– Paragraph Organization Handout (created by Angela Francis for ENG102 at SPS)
– What Are Thesis and Organizational Statements?
– Thesis Statements: Working Backwards
– Five Strategies for Writing More Clearly
The Writing Process
