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Western Michigan University: Writing Positive Messages
Excellent and in-depth site on how to write short, positive messages. Gives information on structure, pace, positive replies, announcements, and apologies (used as positives).
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Exercises in Capitalization
In this exercise, students are read sentences with boxes in which to correct a capitalization error. They need to determine if the word is correctly capitalized and type a "C" in the box for correct or an "I" in the box for incorrect.
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Sharpening Your Writing Skills
This handbook provides step-by-step modules to help you develop an appropriate business writing style. It also gives you rules for punctuation and "plain English." Answers are provided for exercises. PDF document.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Using Colons Effectively Quiz
Interactive writing exercises. Click on "The sentence, please!" and a sentence will appear in the top text-area. Correct the sentence as needed by adding, removing, or moving the colon and rewriting as needed. Then click on "Grammar's...
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Writing world.com: Writing Dialogue for Children
A good site for teachers and writers looking to write for children, or teach children how to write dialogue. Includes tips and guidelines.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Exercise : Accept/except Spelling Exercise
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice in applying the use of accept and except. L.11-12.2b Spelling
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Exercise : Eliminating Wordiness Exercise 3
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with revising writing by having students read and revise a passage to reduce redundancy and wordiness.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Descriptive Writing: What Is Descriptive Writing?
This lesson focuses on what descriptive writing including defining it and discussing the characteristics. It includes links to several websites about descriptive writing including the Discovery Education Video: "Literature for Children:...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Grammar/writing Ii: Instruction: Sentence Construction
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,...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 2 Writing Algebraic Expressions and Equations
Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of writing algebraic expressions and equations. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom...
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Hong Kong Polytech: Functions in Academic Writing
Provides a wealth of interactive exercises dealing mainly with the structuring of sentences in different kinds of academic writing.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Exercise Plurals & Possessives
This site offers exercises in the sometimes confusing use of plurals of possessives. In each space write "C" if correct, or "I" if incorrect. Then click on "Submit Application" for the answers.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Weather Is Frightful
Students are asked to explain how climate and extreme weather events affect people's lives in this writing exercise provided by Science Now!
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Writing Exercise
From the Purdue University Writing Lab, this is an exercise to practice using numbers in writing. Answers are from a link at the bottom of the page.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Editing for Pronoun Reference and Agreement: English Iii Writing
This lesson focuses on pronoun reference and agreement; it also provides an excellent overview of the types of pronouns with practice exercises.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Sentence Patterns Transformations Exercise 1
This is a 15-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on making Sentence Patterns Transformations.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Breaking the Line: An Exercise for Revision in Poetry
Lesson on crafting and revising lines of poetry. Lineation and enjambment are defined and explored. A Robert Creeley poem is analyzed, and a video of his poem is presented. [1:31]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Writing Expressions With Variables
In this exercise, students practice writing expressions with variables and parentheses. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Writing Basic Expressions With Variables
In this exercise, students practice writing basic algebraic expressions word problems. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.
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Kim's Korner: Graphic Organizers for Writing and Reading
What are graphic organizers for reading and writing? Use this site to learn more about these learning tools.
English Zone
English zone.com: Writing Zone
Writing practice site from English-Zone.com. Paragraphing and writing parts of a story kind of exercises included. Some free content; subscription-based access otherwise.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Writer's Choice: Grade 6: Connecting Writing With Grammar
"Connecting Writing with Grammar" offers links to six exercises in English usage and sentence structure.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Ible and Able Spelling Exercise 2
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with the -ible and -able suffixes.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Exercise : Writing Numbers Exercise
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with writing numbers.
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