Writing Lab Mission Statement
The goals of the Writing Lab are to offer assistance, tutoring, and support for all levels of English composition courses; to assist students in preparation for end-of-term English and reading exit tests; and to provide assistance with advanced writing tasks for all subject areas throughout the college.
Services to Students and Faculty
The Writing Lab is located in the Liberal Arts Building in room 324. The Writing Lab offers assistance and tutoring for all levels of English composition courses, preparation for end-of-term English and Reading College Placement Exams, and assistance with advanced writing tasks for all subjects throughout the college (including assistance with literature reviews, research/term papers, reports, documentation, and bibliography/reference citations).
Fall and Spring Hours
- Monday: 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- Tuesday: 9 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
- Wednesday: 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
- Thursday: 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Note: The Writing Lab is not open during finals week each term. Summer hours may be different. Please check the schedule on the door of the Writing Lab.
Other Tutoring Resources
Reading Comprehension Practice (also useful for the Regents’ Reading Test)
| ACE Practice Tests | This link takes you to 20 practice reading comprehension tests. |
| Practice Reading Comprehension Passage | This link takes you to an online reading comprehension test. |
Writing Lab Practice Exercises for English Classes
| ACE Practice Tests | This link takes you to 24 writing practice tests. |
| Practice Exercises for English Classes | This link takes you to a listing of grammar exercises that cover Type I, Type II, Type III errors as well as exercises over basic sentence parts. |
| MLA and APA Quizzes | MLA Quiz 1 , MLA Quiz 2 , APA Quiz 1 , APA Quiz 2 |
| Oxford University Press | This link takes you to a listing of basic grammar exercises and reading/writing exercises |
| Purdue Owl | This link takes you to grammar, punctuation, spelling and ESL exercises |
Practice Exercises for Reading Classes
What is plagiarism?
Help with Writing
Publications
The Exemplar
Looking for a place to express your creative muse? The Exemplar is a yearly publication to showcase original student prose and poetry. For more information, contact Dr. Jennifer Randall at [email protected].
Tributaries
Tributaries is an online creative writing journal publishing DSC student creative output – from poetry and stories, comics, illustrations, drawings, photographs, paintings, songs and videos. For more information, contact Dr. Jennifer Randall at [email protected].