Chapter 7: Helping Writers Across the Curriculum

Chapter 7 gives you information on the different types of papers you might come across in tutoring. Examples: Research papers, lab reports, scientific papers, resumes, power point presentations, argument or position papers, and literature papers just to name a few. In a research paper we as the tutor must make use that the students has proper/correct documentation. They must also have a good thesis, title page, and logical organization. You must also be aware of the type of style writing that the student must following, ex. APA or MLA format. Even though you might not be knowledgeable with the topic you still can help with the writing aspects of the paper which is tone, organization, and grammar.