Supplemental Learning Activity Descriptions
Writing, Grammar, and Learning/Study Skills
**Indicates an activity that is ONLY available as a GLA
Analyzing Literary Quotes: Identify effective reading
strategies and apply them to increase comprehension of
college texts.
Annotation: Explore the benefits of annotating texts. Learn
various annotation techniques, how to outline texts, and the
KWL questioning process.
APA Style 1: Identify APA 6th Edition guidelines, including
formatting and structure, of a formal APA research paper.
APA Style 2: Cite material retrieved from multiple sources,
using APA 6th Edition guidelines, and create a correctly
formatted reference page.
Apostrophes: Identify apostrophe errors in contractions and
possession. Learn techniques to use apostrophes correctly.
Avoiding Plagiarism: Identify effective strategies such as
citing, paraphrasing, and summarizing to avoid plagiarism
(intentional or unintentional) and its consequences.
Commas and Quotations: Use commas correctly in various
contexts such as items in a list, independent clauses, dates,
and addresses. Use commas and quotation marks correctly
in citing quotes or writing dialogue.
Drawing Inferences: Learn to distinguish clues in reading to
help find hidden meanings.
Fragments: Identify components of a complete sentence
and learn strategies to correct sentence fragments in
writing.
Following Instructions: Recognize the importance of reading
and understanding instructions in academic and personal
settings. Determine key words to meet requirements.
MLA Style 1: Create correctly formatted parenthetical
citations at a basic level and a correctly formatted Works
Cited page in MLA style.
MLA Style 2: Learn more advanced and detailed aspects of
MLA citation format including quotes within quotes, block
quotes, ellipses and square brackets.
Note Taking: Take lecture notes effectively using the
techniques of the Cornell Method.
Online Research: Explore COC’s online databases and apply
research skills by conducting a topic search in one of the
library’s online databases.
Preparing for Finals: Identify the resources available on
campus and create a 2-week time management plan to
complete end-of-the semester projects and assignments.
Prewriting: Identify causes of writer’s block and overcome
them with various prewriting strategies.
Reading Strategies 1: Understand the appropriate attitude,
environment, and preparation for effective reading.
Reading Strategies 2: Understand the appropriate attitude,
environment, and preparation for effective reading.
Preparing for Finals: Identify the resources available on
campus and create a 2-week time management plan to
complete end-of-the semester projects and assignments.
Proofreading: Identify and apply a variety of proofreading
strategies to locate surface errors in writing and correct
them.
Run-ons: Identify run-on errors between sentences and
learn techniques to correct them using periods, semi-colons,
subordinating and coordinating conjunctions.
**Stress Management: Explore various coping strategies
and develop a personal plan to manage stress more
effectively.
Study Skills: Discover ways other than memorization to
prepare for exams.
Summarizing: Identify how to prepare, draft, and cite in a
summary and the most common mistakes students make
when summarizing.
Test-taking Strategies: Explore your personal test-taking
style. Distinguish between effective and ineffective test
taking techniques and strategies for multiple choice and
essay exams.
Thesis Development: Identify components of a coherent,
unified thesis statement and evaluate various sample thesis
statements.
Timed Writing: Identify and apply the five steps involved in
completing timed writing assignments successfully.
**Time Management: Evaluate a personal schedule and
create an effective time-use plan that prioritizes goals.
Vocabulary Building: Analyze context and word parts to
help increase vocabulary in readings.
ESL (English as a Second Language) Workshop Descriptions:
These Workshops are designed for non-native speakers of
English
Accent Reduction 1: Identify one of two individual sound
weaknesses or mispronunciations and a strategy for
improving them.
Accent Reduction 2: Identify the pronunciation rules for –ed
ending of regular past tense verbs.
Cultural Expectations 1: American Classrooms - Identify and
compare three to five college and classroom expectations
from one’s own culture with those from America and how to
meet at least one of the cultural American college
expectations.
Cultural Expectations 2: Finding Help Outside the
Classroom -Identify college resources beyond the classroom
and contrast the availability of such resources with those in
their own countries.
Cultural Expectations 3: Examinations and Grades - Explore
the difference types of exams and the best methods of
preparation.
Speaking Up 1: Employ specific language structures to
communicate with professors in comprehensible English in
both a classroom and office-hour setting.
Speaking Up 2: Learn how to open and close conversations
with other students in appropriate and accurate English.
Employ appropriate linguistic structures to generate
discussion with other students for in-class group work.
Speaking Up 3: Identify strategies to communicate
information accurately and to identify pronunciation
mistakes.
Grammar Topics
Designed for both the native, and non-native speaker
Apostrophes: Identify apostrophe errors in contractions and
possession. Learn techniques to use apostrophes correctly.
Articles: Learn the difference between definite and
indefinite articles and explore article usage rules in English.
Comma Splices: Identify, avoid, and correct comma splices.
Fragments: Identify components of a complete sentence
and learn strategies to correct sentence fragments.
Parallel Structure: Learn to identify and produce parallel
structure in writing.
Pronouns: Identify and use different types of pronouns.
Reading, Writing, & Study Skills
Workshops
And Guided Learning Activities
Helping you gain the edge in all your college
classes
Summer Session 2015
All workshops are held in LTLC-146 on the
Valencia Campus and room 308 on the
Canyon Country Campus. Students should
arrive and sign in for workshops 10-15
minutes early as late admittance is not
permitted.
Questions? Contact TLC at
661-362-3349
Run-ons: Identify run-on errors between sentences and
learn techniques to correct them.
Vocabulary Building: Analyze context and word parts to
help increase vocabulary in readings.
Or visit our website at:
http://www.canyons.edu/Offices/T
LC/Pages/SupplementalLearning.aspx