Handouts
The following handouts were created by the LAVC ARC Tutoring Staff and are available for all educational purposes (classroom instruction, tutoring, web links, etc.) as long as source information is given. All handouts are Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance.
Note to Students: Handouts should be used as a quick guide and should never take the place of assignment guidelines or instructor directions and/or preferences.
- Active Voice Vs. Passive Voice
- Adjective and Adverbs
- Annotated Bibliography
- APA Format (Sample included)
- Apostrophes
- Articles
- ASA Format
- Capitalization
- Chicago Format 17th Edition
- Choosing a Research Topic
- Clauses I: Independent/Dependent
- Clauses II: Types of clauses
- Clauses III: Restrictive/Non Restrictive
- Comma
- Common Pitfalls Among College Students
- Cover Letter
- Denotation and Connotation of a word
- Essay Writing
- Fragments I: Simple Fragments
- Fragments II: Complex Fragments
- Gerunds and Infinitives
- Glossary of Terms
- How to Create a Gmail Account
- How to Make Outlines
- How to Use a Reference Book
- How to Write a Successful Concert Report
- Idioms
- Improving Your Vocabulary
- In-Class Essay Exams
- In-Text Citations
- Integrating Quotes
- Introductions and Conclusions
- LAVC Library MLA Resource
- Logging on to Most LAVC Campus Computers and Accessing LAVC Canvas
- MLA Format 9th Edition
- MLA Format for Mac
- Modifiers
- Paragraph Development
- Parallelism
- Parts of Speech
- Personal Statement Essays & Admission Letter
- Plagiarism
- Post Interview Thank You Letter
- PowerPoint Basics
- Prepositions
- Prewriting
- Proofreading
- Pronoun Agreement
- Punctuation
- Research Using the LAVC Library Databases
- Resume
- Run-on Sentences
- Screenplays
- Semicolon
- Sentence Patterns
- Spelling
- Study Skills and Time Management
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Synonyms and Antonyms
- Taking Notes
- Test Taking Strategies
- Typing
- Thesis Statements
- Transitions
- Transitions Two: Old/New Contract
- Understanding Poetry
- Understanding Poetry and Literature: Poetic and Literary Devices
- Types of Essays
- Verb Tenses
- Verbs with -ed Ending
- Verbs The Basics
- Viewing Instructor Feedback on Desktop
- Viewing Instructor Feedback on Mobile Canvas App
- Writing A Summary
- Writing about Fiction
- Writing Process
Here are common formulas for Algerbra, Calculus, Trigonometry, and Statistics:
- Algebra Formulas
- Calculus Formulas
- Common Graphs
- Conversions
- Factoring
- Translating Words into Algebra
- Trig Cheat Sheet
- Statistics Formulas
Here are some helpful videos and study materials for Basic Algebra, Prealgebra, Elementary Algebra and Intermediate Algebra topics.
Here are some videos for different topics from one of our math professors Teresa Sutcliff:
- Basic Arithmetic Student Resources
- Prealgebra Student Resources
- Elementary Algebra Student Resources
- Intermediate Algebra Student Resources
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