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Writing Help Links and Videos
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 Dictionaries, Glossaries and Thesauri |
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The Merriam-Webster website contains an online dictionary
and thesaurus that is easy to use and offers pronunciation of words. |
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Your Dictionary.com is one
of Mr. Stratton's favorite sites for discovering words. Look
up part of speech, definition, spelling and more, or just hear
how the word you need is pronounced. |
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Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus at Bartleby
is a complete online version of the Thesaurus, in an easy-to-use
searchable format. |
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WebGrammer offers a strange but possibly resourceful
list of dictionaries.
Need to know an acronym? How about words related to army technology?
Stumped by a Canadian word? Or a computer term? Oh, there’s
lots more on the list. |
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The Gale Glossary of Literary Terms offers a detailed A-Z listing
of literary and other writing terms. |
Grammar and Editing  |
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Edufind.com’s Online English Grammar site is
a free online reference and guide for English grammar, writing,
punctuation and learning. |
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Web Grammar can help with spelling, grammar, homonyms,
punctuation, capitalization, etc.
You may wish to zip right over to The Writing Center. It includes
writing help and many writing resources. |
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Standard Deviants School English Grammar: Adverbs, Verbals and More
Summary: This program explains verbals and covers different
parts of speech: adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. ©2002 Cerebellum
Video Clips
(1) Noun, Pronoun, Adjective, & Verb Review — 3:09
(2) Verbals: Gerunds & the Infinitive — 2:47
(3) Verbals: Present & Past Participles — 3:44
(4) Verbals Review — 1:16
(5) The Best of the Rest: Adverbs — 2:26
(6) Good or Well: An Adverb Review — 1:11
(7) The Best of the Rest: Prepositions — 3:04
(8) Preposition Review — :23
(9) The Best of the Rest: Conjunctions — 2:13
(10) The Best of the Rest: Interjections — 1:42
(11) The Best of the Rest Review — 1:07 |
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The Guide to Grammar and Writing is a useful site for
helping writers make editing-level revisions. Be careful, though,
because its size makes it a sometimes overwhelming site to navigate. |
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The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is great.
With explanations, exercises and quizzes with answers, it's a great
place to stop for editing-level help with your writing. |
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Deviants School English Grammar: Agreeing with Grammar
Summary: Show students how one part of speech
can often be used as another part of speech. The program also
covers subject/verb and article/noun agreement. ©2002 Cerebellum
Video Clips
(1) Different Strokes for Different Folks: The Parts of Speech — 2:06
(2) Different Strokes for Different Folks: Words with Multiple Uses — 4:21
(4) Can't We All Just Get Along? Subject-Verb Agreement — 5:00
(5) Subject-Verb Agreement with Appositives — 4:20
(6) Subject-Verb Agreement with Dependent Clauses — 1:07
(7) Subject Verb Agreement with Confusing Simple Subjects — 2:01
(9) Can't We All Just Get Along? Noun & Article Agreement — 3:09 |
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Deviants School English Grammar: All about the Verb
Summary: Introduce students to verb tenses,
including the simple tense, the perfect tense, the progressive
tense, and the perfect progressive tense. ©2002 Cerebellum
Video Clips
(1) Noun, Pronoun, & Adjective Review — :48
(2) What Is a Verb? — 4:01
(3) Verb Tenses — :50
(4) The Simple Tenses — 3:45
(5) The Perfect Tenses — 2:08
(6) Forming the Perfect Tenses — 4:32
(7) The Progressive Tenses: Simple Progressive — 2:31
(8) The Progressive Tenses: Perfect Progressive — 2:47
(9) The Conditional — 1:59 |
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Jack Lynch's Guide to Grammar and Style is probably
the most complete and easy-to-use guide to common errors in English
on the Internet. It is extremely useful. |
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Standard Deviants School English Grammar:
Grammar Follies
Summary: This
program covers sentence fragments, comma splices, run-on sentences,
tense shifts, vague pronoun references, faulty parallels, the
use of contractions, splitting infinitives, and using prepositions. ©2002 Cerebellum
Video Clips
(1) Sentence Problems: Sentence Fragments — 2:37
(2) Sentence Problems: Comma Splices — 2:30
(3) Sentence Problems: Run-On Sentences — 1:46
(4) Finding Clarity: Tense Shifts — 2:00
(5) Finding Clarity: Vague Pronoun References — 3:09
(6) Finding Clarity: Faulty Parallels — 2:48
(8) Acceptable Errors: Use of Contractions — 4:04
(9) Acceptable Errors: Split Infinitives & Ending Sentences with Prepositions — 2:37
(10) Acceptable Errors Review — :54 |
| School Writing (paragraphs, essays, etc.) |
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Write 101 has 200 pages of articles on all aspects
of writing awaiting you at this informative site, which can
help you be a better, smarter and more proficient writer.
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Perfect Composition
Summary: Students discover how to grab readers' attention, write clear
thesis statements, create outlines, develop convincing arguments,
and present clinching conclusions. ©2001 CLEARVUE & SVE
Video Clips
(1) First Impressions — 2:23
(3) Freewriting, Clustering, & Creating an Outline — 2:12
(5) Introduction Types — 2:47
(6) Things to Avoid in Your Introduction — :49
(7) The Thesis Statement — 1:27
(8) Body: Organizing Your Information — :26
(9) Conclusion: Wrapping up Your Paper — 1:44
(10) Making the Paper Better — :52
(11) Proofreading: Fixing Typical Errors — 1:40
(13) Consistency in Writing — :39
(14) Edits & Revisions — 2:11 |
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Standard Deviants School English Composition:
First Line to Last Draft
Summary: Show students how to create attention-grabbing openers that
interest readers. This helpful program also covers transitions,
revising, and rewriting. ©2002 Cerebellum
Video Clips
(1) Revising Is Rewriting — 2:38
(2) Using Feedback to Make Revisions — 3:10
(3) Refining the Thesis Statement — 2:32
(4) Linking Transitions to Your Thesis Statement — 2:07
(6) Using Citations Correctly — 1:42
(7) Avoiding Plagiarism: Proper Paraphrases & Direct Quotations — 3:28
(9) Writing a Strong Conclusion — 5:21
(11) Proofing & Creating the Final Draft — :54 |
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Standard Deviants School English Composition: Enter the Writer
Summary: This program discusses bold ideas, penmanship, and helpful advice on how to write the perfect English paper. ©2002 Cerebellum
Video Clips
(2) Kinds of Writing — 2:04
(3) Characteristics of Academic Prose — 1:30
(4) State Your Position & Back It Up: Your Thesis Statement — 2:45
(5) State Your Position & Back It Up: Your Supporting Evidence & Conclusion — 2:30
(6) Pay Close Attention to Your Organization & Be Fair to Other Points of View — 1:27
(7) Acknowledge All Sources Used — 1:45
(8) Standard Edited American English — :33
(10) How to Improve Your Writing: The Writing Process — 3:12
(11) Getting Started: Clarifying Your Assignment — 6:07 |
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Need help with MLA style? Find out the correct way
to format your bibliography. This site includes all of the standard
citation styles. |
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Citation Machine creates bibliography entries in MLA
or APA format. Plug in the source info and copy and paste into your
bibliography. |
| Sites for Word Games and Quizzes |
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The New York Times has an excellent archive of learning network crosswords. These are great for students looking for a challenge. Twice a month you can play a new crossword puzzle on The New York Times Learning Network. The puzzles are edited by the Times puzzle master, Will Shortz. |
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East of the Web has as many as 10 word games to play, including multiplayer options. Try definetime, popword, switchword, storyman and much more. Cool site |
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Merriam-Webster is a great dictionary and great place for word games. Check out the 15+ options on their word games page. |
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Games.com is a great place for word games, including Scrabble Blast, Boggle and Family Feud. |
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Play Spellbound at Great Day Games and escape in the sublime simplicity. Form as many words as you can and score the highest points possible but do it before the clock runs down. |
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Word Racer, Family Feud, Text Twist, Pictowords and more at Yahoo! Games.
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