Students

Please give us as much information as possible in the spaces below. The more we know, the better we can do our job.

You are responsible for reading the guidelines at least once each semester.

Community members, feel free to use the OWL; however, students will receive help first.

The Info We Need for Funding... (This information is required)

We collect the following information for our records and those of the State of Colorado Commission of Higher Education. The OWL is funded according to hours of student use.

First Name
Last Name

Your Email address
Without this, the tutor can't respond to you!

Your student I.D. number

Are you a Colorado resident? yes no

Please select the school where you are enrolled:
**If you are sending writing for a CCCOnline course and your home school is also listed, please select CCCOnline.
What class is this paper for?

Who is your instructor?

The Info We Need for Tutoring...

When is your paper due?

Do you want to work with a particular tutor?

Tutor name:

If you are sending an assignment, explain the instructions the teacher gave you about the assignment. For example, tell about the assigned topic, the type of paper, the length, the audience, the writing skills emphasized. Also, tell us how long you have been working on the project.

How can the tutor help you with this project? Ask some specific questions to guide us.

How can we help? Check up to 3 important issues on the checklist.

Global Concerns (recommended for early drafts)

Thesis--The writing develops from a clear thesis or unifying idea.

Development--Writer fully explores, explains, illustrates, supports main idea.

Organization--Writer effectively organizes content to support the thesis.

Purpose--The writing satisfies the teacher's assignment or the writer's purpose.

Paragraph Level Concerns (recommended for early and revised drafts)

Topic and Focus--Writer develops a single topic in each paragraph that supports the main idea of the writing.

Paragraph Development--Writer fully explores, explains, illustrates topic ideas.

Paragraph Organization--Writer arranges ideas logically, using the best patterns for the topics.

Paragraph Connections--Writer connects ideas: uses transitions, repeats words, synonyms, links back to earlier statements.

Sentence Level Concerns (recommended for final drafts)

Sentence Structure (run-ons, comma splices, fragments, subject-verb agreement, verb tense, active-passive voice).

Sentence Variety (coordination, subordination, parallel structure, logical connections, transitional expressions, vocabulary).

Punctuation and mechanics (comma, apostrophe, semicolon, colon, pronoun use).

Common ESL issues (word order, missing words, word choice, prepositions, articles).

Integrating research (signal phrases, citing sources, works cited, MLA, APA)

Use this box to describe any specific grammar issues you are working on:

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The OWL is an extension of the Community College of Denver Writing Center.
For more information contact

Nancy Story, Writing Center Coordinator
303-556-4709

For technical help contact

Rebecca Gunther, Writing Center Assistant Coordinator
303-556--6303

This project was made possible in part by a grant from the Technology Learning Grant and Revolving Loan Program, State of Colorado, Department of Higher Education. We are also grateful for the ongoing support of Colorado Community Colleges Online (CCCOnline).

303-556-2600