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Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Writing Center: Determining a Thesis

For Students 9th - 10th
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania Writing Center article provides information about the "thesis" of a paper. Examples of clear thesis statements are also provided.
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Writing Center: Structure and Organization

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Indiana University of Pennsylvania Writing Center site provides resources to help students organize the content of their essays. Resources to help students with outlining content and incorporating transition words are provided.
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Writing Center: Organizational Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
This Indiana University of Pennsylvania Writing Center article provides tips to help students with essay organizational problems. The article suggests that students look at the essay's introduction, thesis, transitions, body paragraphs,...
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Writing Center: Writing Strong Introductions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Indiana University of Pennsylvania Writing Center article provides tips for writing a strong introduction for an essay. Using the following are discussed in these tips: anecdote, startling statement, famous ideas, question(s), first...
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Writing Center: Writing Strong Conclusions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Indiana University of Pennsylvania Writing Center site provides tips to writing a strong conclusion to an essay. The article discusses incorporating an anecdote, a basic summary, a startling summary, famous ideas, and/or hints to...
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Writing Center: Shifty Tenses

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Notes about verb tense, when it should and should not be changed, and what tense is best to use when writing about literature.
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Writing Center: Using Transitions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Indiana University of Pennsylvania Writing Center resource provides tips to ensure organizational flow content.
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Writing Center: Creating an Outline

For Students 9th - 10th
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania Writing Center provides a tutorial lesson for "outlining" as a way of prewriting for an essay.
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Writing Center: How to Write Summaries

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides tips on what to contemplate when preparing to meet with a writing tutor. The focus of these tips relate to self-analysis of writing content.