Literary Character Day 2013

Literary Character Day

Our literary heroes


Once again, the writing center celebrated literary character day, an occasion marked by tutors and students dressing up as their favorite characters, symbols, and themes from literature.

The winning ensemble group was a collection of characters from Alice in Wonderland.  Other ensembles featured Les Miserables and Winnie the Pooh.

Some quotes from the participants:  "It was exciting to dress up with all of my friends from one of our favorite books--Twilight."

"I was excited that more people dressed up than last year, and it wa so fun to see everyone's creative costumes and to play literary trivia!"

Be Sure to "Like" the Writing Center on Facebook

The Writing Center is becoming more well known with people visiting our blog from the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany and the Philippines. Who are they? Why are they viewing our blog? Join the rest of the world and you too can follow us on our blog or like us on Facebook. Keep up with what's going on in the Writing Center and share with your friends. Here's the link!

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What Our Tutees Are Saying

“I was really nervous about going to the writing center at first, but when the tutors welcomed me in it made me feel right at home. My tutor explained how to write a thesis in a way I could understand which made writing my paper so much easier. I look forward to going back for more help.” – Jess LoNigro 

500 Tutorials! What are the Tutors Saying?

In celebration of reaching 500 tutorials!

A Word from the Tutors:

"We've reached a great milestone, and I'm glad to have been a part of it. Let's go for 800!" - Ben Root

"We as tutors are lucky to be part of something so rewarding. If we have already reached 500 tutorials, I don't see why we can't double this number by the end of the year." - Taylor Coutroulis

"I feel like the writing center is giving people confidence now. The 500th tutorial shows that the writing center is  a welcoming place." - Bryn Braswell

"At a school with 565 students in the Upper Division, it's wonderful that we've been able to reach 500 tutorials in just over a semester. This is a true indicator of the impact the Writing Center has on the student body." - Megan Magray

 

(Ben, Bryn, and Taylor)

Academy Prep Comes to BPS

Academy Prep Spring 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our tutors meeting with sixth and seventh graders from Academy Prep

 

 

 

 

 

What's the Word? Tutors Talk!

"Writing Center tutors work with Academy Prep students to capture sticky sweet pancakes in couplets or memories of visiting the Hello Kitty Store in free form poetry, encouraging sensory description, fluidity, and rhyme. Academy Prep student’s creativity flows onto paper while our tutors are amazed by their creations." - Elizabeth King

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Tutee Raffle

As a way to encourage more students to come into the writing center, the publicity committee has come up with a raffle. All the names of the students from the upper division who visit the writing center to be tutored in the month of February will be put in a hat and three will be drawn. Here's the list so far!  The winners will recieve gift cards! Spread the word and promote the Writing Center!

Middle Division--March is your month!

Berkeley Goes To Academy Prep!

Our tutors Kelley Sheets, Leigh Fountain, Cassandra Floch, Bryn Braswell, Nikki Potts, and Pooja Dave all took a trip over to Academy Prep to teach grades 5, 6, and 7 the fundamentals of poetry. Sets of 2 tutors worked with a group of children from each grade. The Berkeley students really love helping the children at Academy Prep. Kelley Sheets describes how rewarding it is, "I was really touched when a girl I tutored previously remembered my name and ran up to say Hi and give me a hug." Not only are the children at Academy Prep learning valuable English concepts, but they are also meeting great Berkeley students who have left lasting impressions on their lives.