
Scribe Tribe Writing Tutors offer academic support by tutoring writing in an effort to prepare students for the rigors of this demanding college academic requirement.
Who We Serve:
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Detroit High Schools
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After School Programs
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Community Organizations
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Dual-Enrollment Programs
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Supplemental Educational and Academic support programs
We know that effective writing is vital to academic success at the college level. That's why we help students become more confident writers by instructing on writing conventions and techniques used at the college level while developing and preserving their own unique written voice.
Some of the key elements we focus on include:
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Content
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Building and supporting arguments
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Identifying and utilizing adequate evidence
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Constructing thesis, position, main idea
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Organization
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Transition
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Grammar
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Improved Writing Process
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Voice, Tone
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Structure, Style
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Audience
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Genre
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Close reading and annotating
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Citations
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Vocabulary

"Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard."
- David McCullough, National Endowment for the Humanities
