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Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Revising and Editing the Draft

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Tips for revising and editing a rough draft. Links to additional information on Global Revisions, Editing Sentences, and Proofreading is provided.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Editing and Rewriting Process

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site examines all aspects of the rewriting process. Includes advice on how to use computers during the process, comments on peer editing, links to related topics, and an editing checklist.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Notorious Confusables

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Great site! Offers student tons of confusables! Also offers quizzes and a pull-down menu for one "confusable" at a time. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2, L.11-12.2b Spelling, L.11-12.4 Word Meanings
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Grammar Rules

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a grammar handbook with links to grammar rules for the parts of speech, punctuation marks, mechanics, sentence style and clarity, composition, academic writing, organization and development, revising and editing, and research and...
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: General Writing Resources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This helpful resource details the process of writing, including how to plan, write, and revise. Content also includes the different types or genres of writing, and exercises in grammar and mechanics.
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill: Glenco: Writer's Choice: Grade 7:grammar, Usage, and Mechanics

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Two interactive exercises where students retype three short paragraphs while making corrections in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and usage. When finished, answers can be displayed so students can check the accuracy of...
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Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Global Revisions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on how to do global revisions, reading and rereading drafts for content and quality, before editing for errors.
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ACT360 Media

Writing Den: Essay Writing Tips

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
All you want to know about writing essays, from prewriting to editing. Click on the tip-o-matic and find tips on anything dealing with grammar or writing.
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill: Glenco: Writer's Choice: Grade 8: Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics

For Students 6th - 8th
Two interactive exercises where students retype three short paragraphs while making corrections in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and usage. When finished, answers can be displayed so students can check the accuracy of...
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Other

Daily Grammar Archive

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site includes over 440 daily grammar lessons that are grouped into sections that cover the eight parts of speech, sentence structure, and mechanics. Quizzes are also included and are sorted according to the grammatical topic being...
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Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Unnecessary Words and Phrases

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page explains the need to revise writing to remove unnecessary words and phrases to produce clear, concise writing. Examples are provided.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Commas After Introductory Phrases

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Grammarly Handbook resource explains how to use commas after introductory phrases in sentences.
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Colorado State University

Colorado State University: Writing @ Csu Writing Guides

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a fairly sophisticated series of writing guides. It assumes that users already have a solid grasp of spelling, grammar and mechanics, so it focuses more on organization and types of presentation than on more basic skills....
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Editing and Proofreading Strategies for Revision

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson contains strategies for proofreading your assignments. Use the links on the left for a step-by-step method for proofreading and editing for grammar and mechanics. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.5
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Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Appearance

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on the appearance of the paper after the writing is complete. It offers links to a pre-printing checklist and a post-printing checklist.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Shifts in Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Five areas to edit for shifts in writing: Consistent Point of View, Consistent Verb Tenses, Verbs Consistent in Mood and Voice, Shifts from Indirect to Direct Questions/Quotations, and Shifts from British to American English. Each area...
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Harvard University

Harvard Writing Center: Tips on Grammar, Punctuation and Style

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Rather than lists of rules, this site provides practical advice on the use of commas, semicolons, dashes, hyphens, abbreviations, acronyms, split infinitives, "this," "that," italics, and underlining. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2
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Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Basic Mechanics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on the basic mechanics of writing including links to Genre, Thinking, Methods of Reasoning, Evidence, and Citation.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Genre

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Wordiness

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on reducing wordiness in writing by using more concise language, and avoiding extra-long words and sentences.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Sentence Structure

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Tips on how to vary sentence structure to strengthen writing.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Thesis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation of a thesis statement and tips on writing one.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Supporting Points and Proof

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation of supporting details and tips on writing them.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Title

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Tips on writing a strong title.