Kish Guides: Tutoring Services: Useful Writing and Speech Links

Excelsior
Resources for every aspect of writing. Easy to use.
Purdue University Online Writing Lab
Purdue OWL will help with APA and MLA formatted papers and citing your sources
Grammar Rules - Grammarly

NoodleTools This link opens in a new window
Citation generator for APA, MLA, or Chicago-Style citation pages (Reference, Works Cited, Bibliography). You pick what type of source and where you got it from, and then fill in the wizard to generate your formatted page. Export the final product to add it onto the end of your paper, or share it with your teacher online. Try the notecard feature, too!

PowerNotes
PowerNotes is a browser plug-in that seeks to unify and simplify the research and citation process. You can use PowerNotes to organize your research, take notes as you go, and keep track of passages you may need to reference later. Once you finish the research portion of your project, PowerNotes is able to export your work into a word processor of your choice.

NoodleTools Guide
NoodleTools is a software that streamlines the paper-writing process. Read this guide and learn more!

Thesis Statement Pep Talk
This video helps students create strong thesis statements.
Thesis Statements, Starting Small
This video describes how to narrow and focus your topic and thesis statement for a paper.
Using Movies to Spark Critical Thinking and Write Thesis Statements
This video walks viewers through an exercise in which they will analyze movies to spark critical thinking and create high and low concept thesis statements.

"10 Minute English" is a set of tutorial video lessons and practice activities created by Kish Tutoring Services. Our goal is to help you learn how to write good sentences, paragraphs, thesis statements, and basic 5-paragraph essays. Each lesson builds on the lesson before it. Please consider meeting with a Kish Writing Lab tutor for additional help.

Lesson 1 - 10 Minute English Tutorial
Complete sentences and four sentence types (lesson, practice, and answers)
Lesson 2 - 10 Minute English Tutorial
Simple and compound sentences (lesson, practice, and suggested answers)
Lesson 3 - 10 Minute English Tutorial
Complex sentences (lesson, practice, and suggested answers)
Lesson 4 - 10 Minute English Tutorial
Parallel structure sentences (lesson and practice)
Lesson 5 - 10 Minute English Tutorial
Sentence revision (lesson, practice, suggested answers)

Logical Fallacies

This 7 video series goes over common fallacies that are used when making arguments such as:

Burden of Proof
Ad Hominem
Causation vs. Correlation
Confirmation Bias
False Equivalencies
Loaded Questions
Straw Man Arguments

To select a specific video, hover over the left or right-hand side of the image until you see the next arrow, which will allow you to move to the next video. Click on the video you want to watch and a new window will open.

Technology For Your Paper

Technology For Your Paper From Beginning To End
The purpose of this series of video tutorials is to familiarize you with the basics of using Microsoft Word for college writing. Watching all of the videos and completing the activities should take around 20-25 minutes. At the end you will receive a completion certificate.

Speech Resources

Outlining Instructions
Outlining Instructions by Lewis and Clark College.
Outlining Template
Online Template created by Lewis and Clark College.

6 Steps to Improve your Articulation and Verbal Communication
The video provides six practical techniques to improve speech clarity, such as proper mouth movement, breathing control, and vocal exercises. It emphasizes the importance of confidence, slowing down while speaking, and practicing articulation to enhance overall verbal communication. By applying these tips, viewers can develop clearer, more engaging speech patterns.
How to Sound Smart in Your TED Talk
This humorous presentation reinforces the importance of delivery techniques by demonstrating physical and vocal strategies while speaking on a surprising “non” topic! The following delivery techniques are demonstrated, but you don’t have to use every one of them in a single speech.

Managing Speech Anxiety
This document created by the Kish Speech Lab can help you manage speech delivery anxiety.

Handling Speech Anxiety
Resource by University of Mary Washington
Interrupt and Redirect Doubt and Anxiety
Motivational speaker Mel Robbins provides advice on interrupting and redirecting doubt and anxiety.
Dealing with Speech Anxiety
Resource by Hamilton College

Writing and Delivering a Memborable Conclusion
Kish's Speech Lab created this resource to help you write and deliver a memorable conclusion,

Speech Conclusions
University of Nevada, Reno resource.
9 Great Examples to End a Speech
Resource by Benjamin Ball Associates.

Scheduling for Speeches

We do have a Speech Lab tutor to help you with your presentation content and delivery. However, we know sometimes it's just hard to coordinate people to get them in one place.

We have a few resources available below to help you schedule audiences or study rooms for your live speech requirement. Always ask your teacher if you need more help!

Reserve a Study Room