Writing Tutorials and Tips

MELLCon Materials

• MELLCon Rubric, Sentence Starters, and Transitions
• MELLCon outline organizer
• Rubric, Sentence Starters and Transition Phrases
• Common Errors in Writing Examples
• Self Editing Checklist

Preparation and Organization of Evidence

• Writing a History Paper: The Basics
• MELCon - Writing Strategy
• Video - Organizing your Evidence

The Topic Sentence

• Definition - Purdue OWL - Topic Sentence
• Video - How to Write a Topic Sentence

• Tutorial -
• Quiz - Battleship Quiz on Identifying the topic sentence
• Tip - Spice up that Topic Sentence

Using Evidence from Primary Sources

• Definition - UNC Writing Center - Evidence
• Video -Fill out Your Evidence and Logic

• Link to the Organizer Described in Video
• Tutorial -
• Tip - Reading & Writing about Primary Sources

In Text Citations

• Definition
• Video - Write Your Essay (This video has great examples for using evidence and citing it)

Works Cited Section

Easy Bib!!!

What your Works Cited page should look like.

Hint: If you use EasyBib, it will do the formatting and organization for you. You just add it to your work.

Linking Evidence Back to Your Main Idea

Example of Student Work (has standard link example, as well as an above and beyond example)

Writing Good Transitions

Example of Student Work with Highlighted Transitions

Video on Using Transitions in Writing

The Conclusion

A Few Tips for What to Do and What to Avoid

The Edit

• Tip - Reducing Wordiness

• The Peer Review - How it may help you, and why its important to be a good reviewer.