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US Writing Guide
48. Close read by scansion
Academic Integrity
Plagiarism Video Tutorial
Writing Guide Page
SENTENCES: 1. Use Apostrophes Correctly
Exercises
Quizzes
2. Punctuating lists and phrases with commas
Exercises
Quizzes
3. Create and punctuate Interrupters
Exercises
Quizzes
4. Creating and Punctuating Compound Sentences
Exercises
Quizzes
5. Semicolon and Colon Usage to join sentences
Exercises
Quizzes
6. Avoiding Fragments
Exercises
Quizzes
Video Tutorial
7. Avoiding Run-Ons and Comma Splices
Exercises
Quizzes
Video Tutorial
8. Follow your rhythm / Parallel Structure
Exercises
Quizzes
Video Tutorial
9. Subject-Verb Agreement
Exercises
Quizzes
10. Modify the Right Word
Exercises
Quizzes
11. Punctuating Opening Phrases and Clauses
Exercises
Quizzes
12. Achieve Pronoun Agreement
Exercises
Quizzes
Video Tutorial
13. Choose the Right Word
Exercises
Exercises
Quizzes
Quizzes
14. Use Specific Language
Exercises
Quizzes
15. Be Concise
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Quizzes
16. Active Voice (Avoiding Passive Voice) Video Tutorial
Active Voice Video
Exercises
Quizzes
17. Vary Your Sentence Structure
Exercises
Quizzes
18. Subordinate and Coordinate Sentences
Exercises
Quizzes
19. Stay in the Right Tense
Exercises
Quizzes
20. Use Transitonals, Synonyms and Pronouns
Exercises
Quizzes
21. Show Don't Tell
"Show, don't tell" Exercises
Showing Exercises
22. Use Which, That, Who and Whom Correctly
Exercises
Quizzes
23. Create Correct Comparisons
Comparison Exercise
Comparison Quiz
25. Develop an Opener (Lead)
Exercises
Starters
26. Create a Bridge Sentence
Exercises
Starters
27. Create Context in the Introduction
Exercises
Starters
28. Create Working Definitions
Exercises
Starters
29. Embed Your Thesis Within Your Plan
Thesis and Plan Exercise
31. Use Transitional Topic Sentences
Exercises
32. Create Linking Sentences
Exercises
33. Vary Your Introduction to the Quotation
Exercises
34. Break Up Block Quotation
Exercises
35. Use Ellipses, Italics and Parentheses in Quotation
Exercises
36. Cite Parenthetically
Exercises
37. Contextualize the Quotation or Paraphrase
Exercises
38. Condense the Quotation
Exercises
39. Connect the Quotation to your Thesis
Connection Exercise
Starters
41. Close Read by metaphor / simile
42. Close read by personification
43. Close read by irony
44. Close read by imagery
45. Close read by connotations
46. Close read by tone (shifts)
47. Close read by sound devices
50. Concede to the counterargument (persuasive paper)
51. Converse with the counterargument (persuasive paper)
53. Create contrasts (compare and contrast paper)
54. Concept Definition
55. Create cause and effect and Co-commentary sentences
56. End a body paragraph with a topic sentence
58. React to the why the text(s) and paper matter
59. Return to a phrase or idea from the opener
61. Indicate genre by the title
62. Use numbers correctly
63. Create a Works Cited Page
65. Setting and Action Paper
66. Character Sketch
68. Mixing Patterns: Narrative Analysis Paper
70. UNIT FOUR : Close Reading Analysis Paper
72. UNIT FOUR: Compare and Contrast Paper
CCompare and Contrast Outline
73. UNIT FIVE: S.A.T. Argument Analysis Essay
74. UNIT SIX: Definition Paper
75. Research Paper
76. UNIT NINE: Mixed Pattern Paper: Description, Narrative and Definition Paper
79. UNIT SEVEN: Process Analysis Paper (MATH or SCIENCE)
Academic Integrity Exercises
All Video Lessons
Bummer Sentences
Art Analysis Rubric
Character Sketch Rubric
Close Reading Rubric
CLOSE READING: 40. Close Read the Quotation
Exercises
COMPARE AND CONTRAST PATTERN: 52. Create comparisons (compare and contrast paper)
Compare and Contrast Rubric
CONCLUSIONS: 57. Transition from previous paragraph topic to Thesis
Definition Paper Rubric
Description Rubric
FORM: 60. Punctuating dialogue
GLOSSARY
UNIT THREE: Art Analysis Paper
Student Art Analysis Paper
Google Drive
THE CREEL
Links and Resources
Mixed Pattern Paper Rubric
MLA Citation Quiz
MLA Citations and Works Cited Lesson
Narrative Analysis Rubric
Narrative Rubric
Outlining
PAPERS: UNIT ONE: Description of Place or Object Paper
PARAGRAPHS: 30. Create New Paragraphs
Exercises
Persuasive Paper Rubric
PERSUASIVE PATTERN: 49. Create the counterargument (persuasive paper)
POETRY OUT LOUD
Process Analysis Rubric
PROCESS: Prewriting
S.A.T. Argument Analysis Rubric
Setting and Action Rubric
Speech Rubric
Speech Rubric
Textual Analysis Rubric
THE CREEL
Unit 1 Quiz
Unit 2 Quiz
Unit 3 Quiz
Unit 4 Quiz
Unit 4: Textual Analysis Paper
Poems Archive
Unit 5 Quiz 49-51, 61-63
UNIT EIGHT: SPEECH WRITING
Speech Outline
UNIT FIVE: Persuasive Paper
UNIT TWO: Personal Narrative
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Writing Process
Writing Diagnostic Test
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