This slideshow tutorial focuses on editing techniques for grammar and mechanical errors; it states three ways that grammar should be reviewed in papers: Microsoft Word's grammar check, review each sentence backwards, and have peer or...

This lesson focuses on the rules for apostrophe use. It includes a list of rules and examples of apostrophe use and links to a website on apostrophe rules.

This lesson focuses on capitalization and punctuation including links to practices and quizzes on capitalization, commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks.

This lesson focuses on the rules for capitalization. It offers a list of capitalization rules, and links to several websites about capitalization. Click on the next page (3) for an exercise in capitalization. L.9-10.2 Cap/Punc/Spell

This is an introduction to a Grammar and Writing unit. It focuses on a review of dependent and independent clauses, writing concise sentences, avoiding passive voice, formatting writing assignments, documenting sources using MLA...

This is an introduction to a unit on grammar and writing. It focuses on reviewing parts of speech, subject-verb agreement, parallel structure, and properly formating writing assignments using MLA guidelines. The essential questions focus...

This lesson focuses on run-on sentences and comma splices and how to correct them. It features links to on-line information to help with run-ons: The Writing Center and Run-Ons and FunBrain grammar games. It also provides a teacher-made...

This lesson from a grammar and writing unit focuses on sentence construction including writing clear, concise sentences useing the correct subject-verb agreement. It features links to The Writer's Handbook: Clear, Concise, Sentences,...

This lesson from a grammar and writing unit focuses on the parts of speech. It offers links to "The Writing Center: Parts of Speech" exercise, Lynch Guide to Grammar and Style, a parts of speech presentation, and a game.

This lesson from a grammar and writing unit focuses on subject-verb agreement. It features links to Purdue OWL: Making Subjects and Verbs Agree, an interactive exercise for subject and verbs, and a subject-verb presentation.

This lesson on grammar and writing focuses on clauses including dependent and independent clauses and run-on and comma splice sentences. It features links to "Purdue OWL: Identifying Independent and Dependent Clauses," "Purdue OWL:...

This lesson from a grammar and writing focuses on the MLA formating style. It features links to the MLA website, the Purdue OWL Online Writing Lab, an MLA Format Presentation, and practice exercises.

This lesson focuses on complete sentences, fragments, subordinating conjunctions, and dependent clauses. It defines each and provides examples; then provides a self-assessment in which students read sentences or parts of sentences and...

A list of five focuses in the areas of organization and development. Links to each focus area are provided.

This page focuses on correcting mistakes in parallel structure when using the word "than" in a comparison. It also covers how to correct the parallelism.

This page focuses on genre which cautions students to be sure there are writing the type of writing that was assigned. They need to know the different genres and what is expected of them.

This lesson focuses on grammar in language. It discusses the importance of using correct grammar, and the "Weird Al" Yankovic - Word Crimes" video.

This page focuses on academic writing requriements and includes links to Argumentative (Persuasive) Writing, Essay Writing, and How to Write a Research Paper.

This page focuses on the use of headings in a paper. The layout of the headings and subheadings should be determined before beginning the paper to make it easier to read and more attractive. Most important is to be consistent with...

This page focuses on the formatting and citation standards to use for a formal paper; the three major styles are MLA, APA, and Chicago. Each of these dictates a set of rules to follow for the paper including the formatting of citations...

This page focuses on the need for proper citation of all sources including in-text, footnotes, and endnotes in the appropiate style.

This page focuses on evidence and proof to support your main ideas in papers. The evidence must come from primary sources like lab results or secondary sources like quotes from experts that support your thesis.

This page focuses on how to evaluate resources; it establishes criteria for determining good and bad resources. Primary resources are always good, but secondary and tertiary ones need to be evaluated more closely.

This page focuses on the evidence to support points in an essay. Be sure you have enough support for each point and that the points are strong ones. It also suggests you double check both direct and indirect quotations in your paper to...