Resources and Handouts
Our resources cover a wide variety of writing and presentation topics. If you don't find what you are looking for, let us know!
Getting Started
PACT: the four key questions
Using PACT: A framework for writing, speaking, and thinking
This 5-minute video (created by Biology Professor Dana Huebert Lima for the WVU Honors College) includes examples and activities.
PACT for Scientific Writing
Video
(5-min video) Overview of features distinct to scientific writing.
PACT for Critical Reading
PACT for Writing: What can you do well?
Brainstorming Strategies for Writing
Developing Ideas
PACT for Audience
PACT for Conventions
PACT for Purpose
PACT for Trouble-Spots
PACT Rubric for Poster Sessions
PACT and the Known-New Strategy for Paragraph Cohesion
PACT and Professional Etiquette--a Thank You Note Template
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Revising
How to Create a Revision Plan to Manage Feedback
PACT for Organization
PACT for Peer Review
Editing
Four Common Grammar Errors - And Strategies to Fix Them
How to Proofread Your Paper
How to Track Patterns of Error
Using and Citing Sources
Let’s Talk About Plagiarism
Paraphrasing and Summarizing Using APA Style
Presentations and Public Speaking
PACT for Speaking: What can you do well?
Presentations and Public Speaking
(4-min video). Overcome speaking anxieties!
PACT for Presentation Feedback