Curated OER
The Truth about Apostrophes
Look at ownership (possession) with Yossarian the Grammarian regarding apostrophes. Singular and plural nouns are covered.
Curated OER
English Grammar & Writing - Capitalization
Go over the basics of capitalization and when to use upper-case letters. A young woman with a whiteboard writes examples and explains. This is a good resource for ELL or ELD students due to its simplicity. One grammatical mistake is made...
Curated OER
Punctuation Basics - Restrictive and Non-Restrictive
Commas have many different functions: they combine items in a list, set off nonrestrictive clauses, and more. The restrictive clause is comprehensively covered by Yossarian the Grammarian.
Curated OER
What is the Distributive Property?
An informative video on the distributive property, this resource could be used to help promote understanding of the concept. The instructor defines the distributive property and demonstrates how it works with variables. Show this video...
Yossarian the Grammarian
Yossarian the Grammarian: How to Punctuate Email Greetings
In the video lesson, Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to punctuate email greetings.
Yossarian the Grammarian
Punctuation Basics: Restrictive and Non Restrictive
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to determine if a clause is restrictive or nonrestrictive. He also shows where to place each comma after identifying the type of clause. [7:14]
Yossarian the Grammarian
Yossarian the Grammarian: More on Restrictive Elements, Grammar
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to punctuate restrictive clauses and phrases. He also show the viewer how to revise restrictive clauses for clarity. [7:24]
Yossarian the Grammarian
Yossarian the Grammarian: Appositive and Punctuation: English Grammar, Language
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how punctuate appositive phrases. [8:05]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Brackets
This video lesson focuses on square brackets and the rules for their use when writing direct quotations. Real Player s required.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Colons and Semicolons
This video lesson focuses on the rules for using colons and semicolons including what they do and where they go.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Slash Marks
This video lesson focuses on slash marks. It includes background information; appropriate uses of slash marks in numbers, alternatives, and line breaks in poetry with examples of each; and inappropriate uses of slash marks with examples....
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Brackets
A screencast lesson introducing brackets and explaining their proper use through examples. [3:30]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Compound Words: When to Use a Hyphen
This video lesson focuses on compound words and the rules for when to hyphenate them. Real Player is required.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Dashes and Hyphens 3
A screencast lesson introducing the usage of dashes and hyphens and explaining how to create both punctuation marks in a Word document. [5:07]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Describing Style
This tutorial focuses on describing an author's style. It explains the five main elements constituting style: syntax, diction, punctuation, sensory details, and literary/rhetorical devices. It lists nine common writing styles and gives...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Hyphens
This screencast provides the rules for using hyphens and links to other resources with more examples of hyphen use. Real Player is required.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Semicolons
A screencast lesson introducing the semicolon and explaining its usage. Several examples are provided. [2:04]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Question Mark
This video lesson explains the rules for using the question mark and when not to use it. [4:45]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Question Mark
A screencast lesson [4 mins, 7 secs] explaining the correct usage of question marks with interrogative sentences and question fragments.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Question Mark
This video lesson focuses on the question mark and rules for its use in interrogative sentences, requests, question fragment, and indirect requests. Real Player is required.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Apostrophes
A brief audiovisual presentation that explains what an apostrophe is and its three main uses [3:22]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Apostrophes
This screencast focuses on the apostrophe; it defines, discusses the three purposes for apostrophe: to show possession, to form contractions, and to show missing letters, and provides examples of each. Links to internet resources for...
Yossarian the Grammarian
Comma Splices, Independent Clauses, and Subordinate Clauses
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to avoid comma splices when working with independent and subordinate clauses. [6:42]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Read With Periods at the End of Sentences
In this lesson, you will learn how to read fluently by stopping at the period at the end of each sentence. [3:41]