Cañada College Writing Center Resources

Hours of Operation: Monday-Thursday, 10:00am-7:00pm, Friday 10:00-2:00pm.           

Here you will find self-paced grammar and writing modules and recorded workshops as well as other resources to help you improve your writing skills.    

Live Zoom Workshops for Spring 2025. No need to sign up. Just come!

Writing and Grammar Modules:

• Thesis Statements and Topic Sentences
• Sentence Fragments
• Run-together Sentences (Run-ons and Comma Splices)
• Comma Usage
• Understanding the Writing Process (PowerPoint slides) Download Understanding the Writing Process (PowerPoint slides)
• MLA Formatting for Word
• MLA Formatting for Google Docs
• MLA Formatting for Google Docs (Spanish)

Recorded Writing Workshops:

• Writing Center Workshop: Getting Started with Writing Assignments Links to an external site.

• Writing Center Workshop: Thesis Statements + Essay Outlining Links to an external site.
  This recorded workshop covers how to craft a powerful working thesis statement and begin outlining the essay.
• Writing Center Workshop: Overcoming Procrastination

• Writing Center Workshop: Using Quotations and Paraphrasing Links to an external site.

  This recorded workshop provides practical guidance on how to bring support into your essay.

Writing Center Workshop: Gearing Up for Final Writing Assignments Links to an external site. In this workshop, we discuss strategies to use when starting final writing assignments like emotion/time management, Too Small To Fail Goals, and telling a new story about autonomy and mastery.

Writing Style Guidelines:

• MLA Links to an external site.
• APA Links to an external site.

Citation Generators

• EasyBib Links to an external site.
• Knight Cite Links to an external site.