English Labs & Support
Services for Fall
2009
City College of San Francisco
Below is a list of CCSF labs and support
services that can
help you improve your reading and writing. Most are in the Learning
Assistance Center (LAC), on the second floor of the Rosenberg Library
(R207), but Cyberia is across campus in Arts Extension 265. Here is the
campus lab map.
For a quickview of the open lab and faculty-tutoring hours, jump to this page. For a view of the three
main labs overlap, please
jump to this diagram.
The labs are for any student enrolled in an English course. If
you are taking English K, L, 9, 19, 90, 91, or 92, you can use some
or all of these labs to fulfill your 16-24 hour lab requirement.
Document your
work on a lab verification form, and always clarify your
obligations with your instructor.
Here's a printable version of the fall '09 English lab options.
Writing Lab tutoring (R207, LAC) is offered by instructor and student (peer) tutors who work one-on-one with you at any stage of the writing process. Tutors help you work through difficult parts of the writing process and act as readers who provide constructive feedback. They will not proofread or correct your essays for you; instead, they will help you develop strategies to improve your writing and to locate and correct your own errors. Be sure to bring a copy of your instructor’s assignment and your textbook. Grammar tutoring too!
Sessions are drop-in and are limited to 30 minutes per day, up to twice per week. An additional 30 minutes of lab-credit time may be earned for tutor-approved relevant work before or after your session.
Hours: Monday-Thursday
9am – 6pm; Friday 9am-2pm; Saturday 10:30am-1:30pm
Web:
http://www.ccsf.edu/Services/LAC/writelab
The Reading Lab (R207, LAC) has a range of electronic and paper materials to improve your reading comprehension and speed, including specific skills such as making inferences and increasing vocabulary. Try Reading Plus! Try Lexia! Two hours of credit may be earned per day. When the lab is crowded, students in reading classes are given priority.
Hours: Monday
& Tuesday
9am–4:30pm;
Wednesday & Thursday 11am-6:30pm
Friday
9am-12pm; Saturday 10:30am-1:30pm
Reading Groups are an
opportunity to read and
discuss literature with a small friendly group that meets weekly for 5
weeks and is led by an English instructor.
Here are the fall '09 reading groups:
| Mondays 11am-12pm, 9/14-10/19 (R215): Interpreter of Maladies --contact akashyap@ccsf.edu |
Mondays 1-2pm 10/19-11/16 (R215): Adventures in Nature --contact amills@ccsf.edu |
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| Tuesdays 2-3pm, 9/15-10/13 (R215): Secret Identities --contact sryan@ccsf.edu |
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| Wednesdays 12-1pm, 9/9-10/7 (Mission Campus 278):
Gabriel
Garcia Marquez --contact smayers@ccsf.edu |
Wednesdays 3-4pm, 9/23-10/21 (R215): Persepolis --contact sekim@ccsf.edu |
Wednesdays 5-6pm, 10/14-11/11 (R215): Sci-Fi/Horror --contact hcostari@ccsf.edu |
| Thursdays 11am-12pm, 10/1-10/29 (R215): Modern Poetry --contact ateague@ccsf.edu |
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| Fridays 1:15-2:15pm, 9/4-10/2 (R215): Comedic Plays --contact jsbrych@ccsf.edu |
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Sign up by contacting the faculty leaders (email addresses listed above) or by registering in person at the Reading Lab.
For group details, go to this flyer or the Reading Lab's homepage.
Note: Students in English 9, 19, 90, 91, & 92 are given priority, but all English students are welcome to join the Reading Groups if there are spaces available.
Reading tutoring in the Reading Lab (R207, LAC) offers one-on-one sessions to work on your reading skills and strategies. If you want to improve your comprehension and comfort, take advantage of this tutoring--regardless of course level or whether you're reading a novel, an essay, an assignment, or a handout. You can even ask questions about about your reading group's literature. Learn more at the Reading Lab's homepage.
Hours: Tuesdays 10am-4pm, Thursdays 1-4pm, and Fridays 10am-1pm
Cyberia (Arts Ext 265) is the English computer lab/classroom and has grammar and writing software. In Cyberia, lab-credit work must involve integrated technology. Faculty lab monitors will assist you in locating computer-based activities to help you improve your reading, grammar, and essay writing, as well as basic computing skills such as word processing or setting up an email account. Earn up to two hours of lab credit per day for computer-based work, immersing yourself in self-directed writing and reading enhancement and groovy programs. Consult your instructor for guidelines on which activities earn lab credit.
Hours: Monday 12-6pm,
Tuesday 2-5pm, Wednesday 2-6pm
Thursday 11-5pm, and Friday 2-4pm
Web: http://www.ccsf.edu/english/cyberia
Hours: Mon 11am-2pm, Tue 4-6pm, Wed 12-3pm, and Thurs 11am-2pm
College Success Workshops (R217, LAC) focus on study skills, learning styles, anxiety, goal-setting, and other strategies that will help you succeed in English and your other courses. Sessions are one hour; pick up a schedule at the LAC front desk for dates, times, and topics.
Limit: 4 hours of workshops for lab credit per semester.
The Learning Assistance Center Computer Lab (R207, LAC) has grammar and writing software including Plato, American Accent, and Focus on Grammar, as well as Web and email access and word processing.
Limit:
One hour of lab credit per day (with “reflective”
lab verification form).
Web: http://www.ccsf.edu/Services/LAC/
The Academic Computing & Resource Center (Batmale 301) has word processing software and Web and email access.
Hours: See http://www.ccsf.edu/Services/ICL1/
The Media Center (R403, Library) contains a range of video and audio lessons designed to help students improve their punctuation, grammar, reading, and composition skills.
Limit: Four-hour credit limit per semester.