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Learning Lab Resource Manual

Forrest County Center

2013-2014

Learning Lab English

Resource Manual


2013-2014



2013-2014

Table of Contents

Software Descriptions Page

Grammar Shape Up 1-2

Grammar Fitness 3-5

English Essentials 6

Mastering English Grammar 7-22

Building Writing Skills 23

The Parts of a Paragraph 24

The Purpose of a Paragraph 24

Skills Bank V 25-31

Inspiration 32

Harbrace Handbook Tutorial Presenter 33

Critically Reading Essays Presenter 34-35

Developmental English 1 Quizzes Presenter 36-38

English Comp. II Writing Tutor Presenter 39-40

Figurative Language Presenter 41

Real Writing Presenter 42

World of Ideas Presenter 43-44

Writing First Presenter 45

Writing Tutor Presenter 46-47

Writing with Confidence Presenter 48



2013-2014

Software Descriptions Page

All Write 49

Miscellaneous Presenter Tutorials 50

Traditional Grammar Tutorial Presenter 51

Expert Crosswords & More 52

Essay Punch 53-57

Paragraph Punch 58-61

DVDs & Videos for English Literature 62

ADA Statement 63

1

GRAMMAR SHAPE-UP

MERIT SOFTWARE NETWORK VERSION

*For levels below ENG 1113

Description:

Grammar Shape-Up, Skill levels 6 - 10

The program contains 36 grammar lessons and 576 questions.

Contextual help and feedback engage students of all ages.

Students choose from a menu of reward animations and sounds.

All student work is stored in the Teacher Program Manager.

Content can be spoken aloud by using the Merit Text Talker.

Students will...

See words in context sentences.

Master the correct use of various parts of speech.

CLICK ON GSUP NOUNS

Recognizing Nouns

Distinguishing between common & proper nouns

Compound Nouns

Nouns Review in Story Form

CLICK ON GSUP2 ADJECTIVES

Recognizing Adjectives

Predicate Adjectives

Nouns used as Adjectives

Comparative & Superlative Adjectives

Adjective review in Story Form

CLICK ON GSUP3 PRONOUNS Personal Pronouns

Antecedents of Pronouns

Pronouns & Case

Demonstrative

Indefinite

Relative Pronouns

Pronoun Review in Story Form

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CLICK ON GSUP 4 VERBS Action Verbs

Linking Verbs

Distinguishing between action & linking verbs

Compound Verbs

Helping Verbs

Verb Review in Story Form

CLICK ON GSUP5 ADVERBS Adverbs of Manner

Adverbs of Place

Adverbs of Time I

Adverbs of Time II

Adverbs of Degree

Adverb/Adjective Confusion

Adverb Review in Story Form

CLICK ON GSUP6 PREPOSITION-CONJUCTION REVIEW Recognizing Prepositions

Prepositional Phrases & Objects

Coordination Conjunctions

Subordinating Conjunctions

Mixed Practices of Nouns, Pronouns, & Adjectives

Mixed Practice of Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, & Conjuctions

Comprehensive Review in Story Form

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GRAMMAR FITNESS

MERIT SOFTWARE NETWORK VERSION

ENG 1113 AND ENG 1123

Description:

Each set contains 42 grammar concepts and 462 questions

Contextual help and feedback engage students of all ages

Students choose from a menu of reward animations and sounds

All student work is stored in the Teacher Program Manager

Content can be spoken aloud by using the Merit Text Talker

Students will learn to:

Correct errors in punctuation

Use tenses properly

Identify and correct errors in usage

UNIT 7 Agreement of subject & verb: collective nouns that look plural

Contractions of you are: you’re not your

Wrong use of past tense for past participle

Past, passed

Unnecessary Prepositions

Case of Pronouns

The comma to set off transitional words

Double negatives, with not, nothing, & nobody

Comma error in superlative adjectives

Possessive pronoun: theirs, not there’s

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UNIT 8 Among, Between

Agreement of indefinite pronoun & antecedent

Contraction of there is: there’s not theirs

Don’t have NOT hasn’t got etc.

Because or since NOT being that

Whose, Who’s

Agreement of subject & verb with indefinite pronoun

As if NOT like

The comma between coordinate modifiers

Good, well

Incomplete comparisons

UNIT 9 Adjective-adverb confusion after liking verbs

Affect, effect

Double negatives with hardly, scarcely, & barely

Agreement of subject & verb with intervening phrases

Who, Whom

Possessive pronoun before gerund

Advise, advice

Misuse of “because” for “that”

The comma with nouns in direct address

Different from, not different than

Agreement of subject verb with nor/or

No comparative for absolute adjectives

UNIT 10 Misplaced Modifiers: Adverbs

Sentence Fragments

Misuse of Conjunctions

Shifts in tense

Illogical comparisons

Lack of pronoun-antecedent agreement

Mixed constructions

Lack of subject-verb agreement

Comma fault

Dangling modifiers

Unclear pronoun reference

Superfluous words

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UNIT 11 Faulty pareallelism II

Misplaced modifiers: phrases

Lack of subject-verb agreement with indefinite pronouns

Sentence fragments: phrases

Shifts in person

Dangling modifiers II

Misuse of conjunctions: because, on account of

Run-on sentences

Omitted prepositions

Split constructions

Squinting modifiers

Weak pronoun reference

UNIT 12 Omitted Verbs

Misplaced modifiers: dependent clauses

Misuse of conjunctions: while instead of although, since, etc.

Split Constructions II

Sentence Fragments: dependent clauses with relative pronouns

Shifts in Voice

Incomplete comparisons

Faulty Parallelism III

Incorrect tense

Faulty Coordination

Misuse of conjunctions: being, that, since

Sentence Fragments: dependent clauses with subordinating conjunctions

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ENGLISH ESSENTIALS BY TOWNSEND PRESS

ONLINE (FREE)

*For Levels below ENG 1113

Description: Online tutorials for basic grammar skills. 2 tutorials for each

skill available. Scores available.

LESSONS

Chapter 1 Subjects and Verbs Exercises 1 and 2

Chapter 2 Irregular Verbs Exercises 1 and 2

Chapter 3 Nonstandard Verbs Exercises 1 and 2

Chapter 4 Subject/Verb Agreement Exercises 1 and 2

Chapter 5 Fragments Exercises 1 and 2

Chapter 6 Run-Ons Exercises 1 and 2

Chapter 7 Pronouns Exercises 1 and 2

Chapter 8 Misplaced and Dangling Exercises 1 and 2

Chapter 9 Capital Letters Exercises 1 and 2

Chapter 10 Commas Exercises 1 and 2

Chapter 11 Apostrophes Exercises 1 and 2

Chapter 12 Quotation Marks Exercises 1 and 2

Chapter 13 Other Punctuation Exercises 1 and 2

Chapter 14 Homonyms Exercises 1 and 2

Chapter 15 Word Choice Exercises 1 and 2

Chapter 16 Fragments, Runs-ons Exercises 1 and 2

and Comma Splices

Chapter 17 Commas/Apostrophes Exercises 1 and 2

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MASTERING ENGLISH GRAMMAR

QUEUE SOFTWARE

Network Version

*All Levels

LEARNING PARTS OF SPEECH: Networked

ADJECTIVES:ADDING NEW IDEAS TO NOUNS & PRONOUNS

Introduction

Identifying Adjectives

Nouns Modified

Kinds of Adjectives

More Adjectives

Adjective Word Order

Nouns as Adjectives

Comparing Adjectives

Irregular Adjectives

Review

ADVERBS: MODIFIERS OF VERBS/ADJECTIVES & OTHER

ADVERBS

Introduction

Positon of Adverbs

Identifying Adverbs

Forms of Adverbs

Adjective or Adverb

Adverbs of Degree

Comparing Adverbs

Correct Use

Special Forms

Review

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NOUNS:WORDS USED AS NAMES

Names

Nouns in Sentences

Kinds of Nouns

Common/Proper Nouns

More Common/Proper

Plurals of Nouns

More Plurals

Plural Test

Review

PREPOSITIONS: WORDS THAT SHOW A RELATIONSHIP

Introduction

Prepositions

Prepositional Phrases

Distinctions

Adjective Phrases

Review

Adverbial Phrases

Objects of Prepositions

PRONOUNS SUBSTITUTES FOR NOUNS

Introduction

Personal Pronouns

Compound Personal Pronouns

More Compound Personal Pronouns

Demonstrative Pronouns

Indefinite Pronouns

Review

Relative Pronouns

Pronouns as Adjectives

Possessive Pronouns

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VERBS ACTION & LINKING

Introduction

“To Be” Verbs

Verb Identification

Verb Phrases

Principle Parts

Regular & Irregular Verbs

Troublesome Verbs

Review I II & III

PRACTICAL GRAMMAR I: PARTS OF SPEECH I

Nouns Part 1

Nouns Part 2

Pronouns

Verbs

Verb Phrases

Summary

Review Assignments I, II, III

Progress Test

PARTS OF SPEECH II

Adjectives & Articles

Adverbs

Prepositions

Conjunctions

Interjections

Summary

Review Assignments I & II

Progress Test Part A & B

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SENTENCES

Subject & Predicate

Complete Subject & Predicate

Simple Subject & Predicate

Compound Subject & Predicate

Sentence Fragments

Assignment I

Assignment II

Progress Test

SENTENCE PATTERNS

Kinds of Sentences

Inverted Order

Sentence Patterns I

Sentence Patterns II

There Sentences

Summary

Assignment 1, 2, 3

Progress Test

NOUNS

Nouns

Capitalization

Using Capital Letters

Plural Forms of Nouns

More Noun Plurals I & II

Summary

Assignment 1, 2, 3

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PRONOUNS

Kinds of Pronouns

Kinds of Pronouns II

Four Pronoun Types

Adjective Pronouns

Adjective Exercise

Possessive Pronouns

Summary

Assignment 1

Assignments 1-2

Assignments 3-4

AGREEMENT OF PRONOUN WITH ANTECEDENT

Antecedents

Inverted Order

Sentence Patterns I

Sentence Patterns II

There Sentences

Summary

Assignment 1, 2, 3

Progress Test

COMPLEMENTS OF VERBS

Direct Object Part 1

Direct Object Part 2

Transitive & Intransitive Verbs

Indirect Object

Linking Verbs

Complements of Linking Verbs

Summary

Assignment 1- 2

Assignment 3

Progress Test

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CASES OF NOUNS & PRONOUNS

Introduction

Noun Case & Practice

Case of Pronouns

Pronoun Case Practice

Possessive Case I, II, III

Summary Parts 1 & 2

Progress Test

MODIFIERS: ADJECTIVES

Kinds of Adjectives

Predicate Adjectives

Nouns as Adjectives

Adjective/Comparison

Degrees

Irregular Adjectives

Exercise 1

Summary

Assignments 1- 2

Progress Test

MODIFIERS: ADVERBS

Forms of Adverbs

Miscellaneous

Nouns as Adverbs

Adverbs/Comparison

Correct Usage

Special Forms

The Double Negative

Assignments 1- 2

Assignments 2-3

Progress Test

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PRINICIPLE PARTS OF VERBS

Basic Forms of Verbs

Troublesome Verbs

Exercise 1-2

Exercise 2-3

Lie & Lay

Sit & Set

Rise & Raise

Assignments 1- 2

Assignments 2-3

Progress Test

COMPREHENSIVE GRAMMAR REVIEW I

Parts of Speech

Types of Sentences

Subject-Verb

Verbs/Pronouns

Adjectives/Adverbs

Capitalization

Plurals I

Usage I

Plurals II

Usage II

PRACTICAL GRAMMAR II/THE TENSES OF VERBS

The Six Tenses

The Perfect Tenses

Specific Tenses

Progressive Forms

Emphatic Forms

Shall & Will

Mixed Tenses/Summary

Assignments 1- 2

Assignments 2-3

Progress Test

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VERBS: VOICE & MOOD

Active & Passive Voice

Passive: Helping Verbs

Passive: When to Use

The Mood of Verbs

AGREEMENT OF SUBJECT & VERB

Person & Number

Exercise 1-3

Collective Nouns

Contractions

Indefinite Pronouns

Special Cases

Summary

Assignments 1-2

Assignments 2-3

Progress Test

PREPOSITONAL PHRASES

Preposition & Object

Exercise 1

Adverbial Phrases

Phrasal Prepositions

Prepositional Objects

Correct Usage I

Correct Usage II

Assignments 1-2

Assignment 3

Progress Test

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THE COMPOUND SENTENCE

Simple Sentences

Compound Sentences

Exercise 1

Use of the Semicolon

Transitional Words

Exercise 2

Summary

Assignment 1

Assignments 2-3

Progress Test

THE COMPLEX SENTENCE-ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

The complex sentence

Exercise 1

Adjective Clauses

Who & Whom

Restrictive Clauses

Summary

ADVERBIAL CLAUSES

Subordinate Conjunction

Exercise 1

Expression of Ideas

Verbs/Pronouns

Exercises 2-3

Causes of Comparison

Exercise 4

Summary

Assignments 1-2

Assignments 3-4

Progress Test

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NOUN CLAUSES

Noun Functions

More Noun Functions

Appositive Nouns

Introductory Words

Exercise 1

Summary

PARTICIPLES

The Nature of Verbals

Forms of Participles

The Participle Phrase

Dangling Participles

Verb Phrases

Summary

GERUNDS

A Dual Nature

The Gerund Phrase

Exercise 3

Modifiers & Gerunds

The Dangling Gerund

Summary

Assignments 1, 2, & 3

Progress Test

INFINITIVES

Nature of Infinitives

Infinitives-Adjectives

Infinitives- Adverbs

Complements

Modifiers

The Sign “To”

Summary

Assignments 1-2

Assignments 3-4

Progress Test

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PROBLEMS IN THE USE OF INFINITIVES

The Infinitive Clause

“To Be” as an Infinitive

The Split Infinitive

Special Uses

More Uses

Summary

Assignments 1, 2, & 3

Progress Test

PUNCTUATION REVIEW

Period & Comma

More Use of Commas

Exercise 1 & 2

Commas Continued

Exercises 4, 5,& 6

Semicolon & Colon

Four Punctuation Types

Quotation Marks

Use of Apostrophes

Exercises 10, 11, & 12

COMPREHENSIVE GRAMMAR REVIEW II

Parts of Speech

Complements

Subject-Verb

Verbs/ Adjectives/Adverbs

Agreement

Phrases/Pronouns

Subordinate Clauses

Plurals of Nouns

Plurals & Capitals

Correct Usage

More Correct Usage

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PRACTICAL GRAMMAR III : PATTERNS OF SENTENCES

Word Order

Sentence Patterns

Action & Being Verbs

Verb Inflection

The Subject

The Complement

Compound Elements

Kinds of Sentences

Review Questions I

Review Questions II

CLAUSES & WHOLE SENTENCES

What Are Clauses

Using Main Clauses

Subordinate Clauses

Noun & Adjective Clauses

The Adverb Clause

Using Subordinate Clauses

Review

Types of Sentences

Overall Review I & II

EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH

The First Four

More First Four

Nouns & Pronouns

Verbs

Adjectives

Adverbs

Conjunctions

Prepositions

Interjections & Review

More Review

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COMPARING GERUND/PARTICIPAL/INFINITIVE PHRASES

Phrases & Clauses

Kinds of Phrases

Participle Phrases

Sentence Structure

Gerunds

Infinitive Phrases I & II


MANAGING THE SENTENCE

Kinds of Sentences

Faults in Structure

Exercise I

Agreement

Compound Subjects

Indefinite Subjects

Form & Meaning

More Agreement

Exercise II

Overall Review

VERB/TENSE/MOOD/VOICE

Verb Importance

Verb Inflection

Tense

Using Tenses

Mood

Voice

Problem Verbs

Confusing Verbs


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CASE & GENDER OF NOUNS & PRONOUNS I

Noun Functions

Function Review I & II

More Noun Functions

Number

The Subjective Case

The Objective Case

The Possessive Case

Special Possessives

Review

CASE & GENDER OF NOUNS & PRONOUNS II

Pronoun Preference

Vague Antecedents

Exercise I

Pronoun Agreement

Collective & Compound Nouns

Exercise II


WORKING WITH SENTENCES: CONFUSING VERBS

Lie & Lay I & II

Sit & Set I & II

Rise & Raise I & II

Practice I, II, & III

Overall Review

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AGREEABLE VERBS

Person & Number

Compound Subject

Review I

Collective Nouns

Intervening Phrases

Indefinite Pronouns

Review II

Special Cases


PRONOUN AGREEMENT

Antecedent

Gender

Indefinite Pronouns

Review I

Compound Antecedent

Review II

Agreement in Person

Adjective-Pronoun


INTRODUCTION TO PUNCTUTATION

Uses of Periods

Uses of the Comma I

Uses of the Comma II

Review

Uses of the Semicolon

Uses of the Colon

Uses of Question Marks/Exclamations

Uses of Quotation Marks

Uses of the Apostrophe

Final Review

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USAGE

Homonyms

Confusing Pairs

Review I

Confusing Words

Negatives & Modifiers

Review II

Verbs & Expressions

More Difficult Expressions

Review III

Overall Review

CAPITALIZATION & MORE PUNCTUATION

Punctuation Marks

Capitalization

Full Stops

Review

The Comma

Commas & Clauses

Semicolon/Colon

Question Marks


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Building Writing Skills

*Networked All Levels

Description: Teaches proper development of paragraphs.

WRITING MAIN IDEA & TOPIC SENTENCES F DISK 1

Recognizing Paragraphs 1 & 2

Defining Paragraphs 1 & 2

Dialogue in Paragraphs 1 & 2

Main Idea 1, 2, 3, & 4

WRITING MAIN IDEA & TOPIC SENTENCES F DISK 2

Topic Sentences 1-4

Detail Sentences 1-4

WRITING BETTER PARAGRAPHS F DISK 1

Narrative Paragraphs 1 - 4

Descriptive Paragraphs 1 & 2

WRITING BETTER PARAGRAPHS F DISK 2

Explanatory Paragraphs 1-4

Persuasive Paragraphs 1-4

WRITING DETAIL SENTENCES F DISK 2

Feelings 1-4

Comparing 1-4

WRITING DETAIL SENTENCES F DISK 3

Contrasting 1-4

Examples 1-2

Opinions 1-2

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THE PARTS OF A PARAGRAPH

QUEUE SOFTWARE NETWORKED

Description: Teaches the students the parts of a paragraph.

WHAT IS A PARAGRAPH

Paragraph Overview

Topic Sentence 1-2

Topic Sentence Review

The Body

Body Review

Summary & Conclusion

Summary Review

THE PURPOSE OF THE PARAGRAPH

QUEUE SOFTWARE NETWORKED

Description: Teaches the student to develop a paragraph for purpose.

THE PURPOSE OF A PARAGRAPH

Giving Information 1-2

Explaining Ideas 1-2

Asking Information

Art of Persuasion

Telling A Story 1-2

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SKILLSBANK V

Windows Version Networked 50 users

Description: This product is a comprehensive resource for

diagnosing and remediating students' basic skills. Now with

over 600 Activities, SkillsBank V covers core concepts in

Reading, Language Arts and Writing. Thinking Skills

lessons are woven throughout the product. This makes

SkillsBank V a powerful resource for teaching students to

apply concepts, think critically, and discover creative

solutions to real-life problems. A powerful tool for

monitoring the computer activities of a class accompanies

SkillsBank V. Achievement Technologies' Assignment and

Tracking System provides several important features:

*Manages multiple educational products simultaneously,

giving teachers quicker and easier access to SkillsBank V

*Tests students' skills, providing both pretests and Posttests

to make initial assessments and gauge student progress.

*Makes assignments, allowing teachers to select from a

standard set of assignments or tailor assignments

themselves.

*Monitors student scores and completion of activities

*Produces reports for individual students and entire classes

*Provides online documentation, as well as printable

activity sheets which extend the computer lessons to

classroom or homework activities. The Assignment and

Tracking System has separate components for teachers and

students.

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LANGUAGE ART SERIES

CAPPITALIZATION

T1 Capitalization Pretest

1 First Word in a Sentence

2 First Word in a Quotation

3 Greetings & Closings in letters

P1 First Words Practice

4 Names & Initials of People & Pets

5 Names of Buildings, Monuments, Ship, etc.

6 Titles of Books, Magazines, & Movies

7 Titles of School Courses

P2 Names &Title Practice

Q1 Quiz on Lessons 1-7

S1 Induction helping a Talented Writer Improve

8 Proper Adjectives

9 The Pronoun I

P3 Proper Adjectives & the Pronoun I Practice

10 A Title Preceding a Person’s Name

11 A Title Used in Place of a Person’s Name

12 Titles that are not Capitalized

P4 Titles Practice


S2 Classification: Tutoring Groups within a Class

13 Names of Racial, Ethnic, & Religious Groups

14 Names of Civic, Social, & Fraternal Groups

15 Names of Organizations, Businesses, etc.

P5 Names of Businesses & Groups Practice

16 Names of Geographic & Political Divisions

17 Names of Natural Features

P6 Names of Divisions & Features Practice

18 Names of Calendar Items

P7 Names of Calendar Items Practice


S3 Decisions Making: Hiring a Secretary

T2 Capitalization Posttest

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GRAMMAR & USAGE

T1 Grammar and Usage Pretest

1 Identifying Verbs

2 Identifying Subjects

3 Complete and Incomplete Sentences

P1 Identifying Verbs and Subjects Practice

4 Difficult Verbs

5 Difficult Nouns

P2 Difficult Verbs and Noun Practice

Q1 Quiz on Lesson 1-5

S1 Induction: A Television Writer Improves

6 Verb Agreement with Subject in Number

7 Verb Agreement with Tense of Sentence

8 Irregular Verbs

P3 Verb Agreement Practice

11 Adjectives and Adverbs

12 Adjectives after State-of-Being and Sense Verbs

13 Comparatives and Superlatives

14 Confusing Adjectives and Adverbs

P5 Adjectives and Adverbs Practice


S2 Classification: Substituting for the Tutor

15 Pronouns as Subjects

16 Pronouns as Objects

P6 Pronouns as Subjects and Objects Practice

17 Possessive Forms of Pronouns

18 Reflexive Forms of Pronouns

19 Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement

P7 Possessive and Reflexive Pronouns Practice

9 Double Negatives

10 Connective Words

P4 Double Negatives and Connective Words Practice


S3 Analogies: Completing a Rhyme

T2 Grammar and Usage Posttest

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PUNCTUATION

T1 Punctuation Pretest

1 Periods after Sentences

2 Periods after Abbreviations

P1 Period Practice

3 Question Marks

4 Exclamation Points

P2 Question Marks and Exclamation Points

5 Commas to Separate Items in a List

6 Commas to Separate Quotations

7 Commas to Separate Independent Clauses

8 Commas to Separate Introductory Words

P3 Commas 1 Practice

Q1 Quiz Lessons 1-8

S1 Induction: Editing a Reporter's Story

9 Commas to Separate

10 Commas in Dates

11 Commas to Enclose Interrupting Phrases

P4 Commas II Practice

12 Apostrophes in Contractions

13 Apostrophes to Show Possession

14 Quotation Marks to Enclose a Speaker's Words

15 Quotation Marks to Enclose Titles

P6 Quotation Marks Practice


S2 Induction: The Case of the Missing Keys

16 Commas in Greetings and Closings of Letters

17 Colons after Greetings in Business Letters

18 Semicolons to Connect Independent Clauses

19 Semicolons to Reduce Confusion in Sentences

20 Colons between Independent Clauses and Series

21 Colons to Separate Hours and Minutes

P8 Semicolons and Colons Practice


S3 Deduction: Beat the Computer

T2 Punctuation Posttest

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WRITING SERIES

LANGUAGE MECHANICS PRETEST

T1 Language Mechanics Pretest

1 Capitalization and Punctuation in Letters

2 Identifying Errors in Personal Letters

3 Identifying Errors in Business Letters I

4 Identifying Errors in Business Letters II


S1 Decision Making: Who Should e Interviewed?

5 Capitalization and Punctuation in Quotations

6 Identifying Errors in Prose Passages I

7 Identifying Errors in Prose Passages II

8 Using Commas with Clauses and Phrases

9 Identifying Errors in Prose Passages III

10 Identifying Errors in Prose Passages IV


S2 Induction: Sticky Keys and Sticky Rules

T2 Language Mechanics

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LANGUAGE USAGE

T1 Language Usage Pretest

1 Nouns—A Review

2 Identifying Errors in Prose Passages I

3 Pronouns—A Review

4 Identifying Errors in Prose Passages II

5 Verbs-Number and Form

6 Identifying Errors in Prose Passages III

7 Verbs – The Six Tenses

8 Identifying Errors in Prose Passages IV

9 Adjectives & Adverbs-A Review

10 Identifying Errors in Prose Passages VI

11 Prepositions –A Review

12 Identifying Errors in Prose Passages V!


T2 Language Usage Posttest

SENTENCE STRUCTURE

T1 Sentence Structure Pretest

1 Complete and Simple Subjects

2 Complete and Simple Predicates

3 Predicate Nominatives

4 Predicate Adjectives

5 Direct Objects


S1 Problem Solving: Matching Pets and People

6 Patterns in Sentences

7 Sentence Fragments and Run-On Sentences

8 Combining Short Sentences

9 Combining Subordinate Ideas


S2 Problem Solving: Favorite Toys

T2 Sentence Structure: Posttest

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CLEAR WRITING & PARAGRAPHS

T1 Clear Writing and Paragraphs Pretest

1 Misplaced Modifiers

2 Dangling Modifiers

3 Unclear Pronoun Reference


S1 Induction: Editor of the Pardeeville Gazette

4 Nonparallel Grammatical Forms

5 Wordiness

6 Unnecessary Tense Shifts

7 Double Negatives

Q2 Quiz on Lessons 407

S2 Classification: Writing and the Constitution

8 Identifying the Topic Sentence

9 Developing the Topic Sentence

10 Irrelevant Sentences

11 Connecting Ideas in a Paragraph

12 Paragraph Logic and Organization


S3 Sequencing: Writing a Humorous Story

T2 Clear Writing and Paragraphs Posttest

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INSPIRATION SOFTWARE (Site License)

Description: A Software program that helps you think and learn visually

Inspiration allows you to create a picture of your ideas or

concepts in the form of a diagram. It also provides an

integrated outlining environment to help you develop your

ideas into organized written documents. Inspiration’s

combination of visual and linear thinking deepens under-

standing of concepts, increases memory retention, develops

organizational skills and taps creativity.

When you work with visual representation of ideas, you

easily see how one idea relates to the others. Learning and

thinking become active than passive. You discover where

your deepest knowledge lies, and where the gaps in your

understanding are. When you create a visual map of ideas,

you can recall the details better than if you had read a

paragraph. That’s because you can see it in your mind.

If you have an idea that you want to expand, whether it’s an

idea for a written document or to map out a plan,

Inspiration can help you organize your thoughts and save

you time. use the visual diagramming part of the program

to work with your ideas to arrange them and group them—

in other words, to clarify your thinking.

When you need a different kind of structure, you can use

the outlining part of the program to organize your ideas in

outline form. Inspiration’s outlining environment is perfect

for creating structure for written documents, speeches and

plans.

Examples:

Concept Maps

Idea Map

Webs

Storyboards

Language Arts Character

Language Arts Comparison

Language Arts Literary Web

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HARBRACE HANDBOOK TUTORIAL

DESIGNED IN QUESTION DESIGNER (PRESENTER)

ENG 1113 Networked

LESSONS

CH01 Sentence Sense

CH02 Sentence Fragments

CH03 Comma Splices/Fused Sentences

CH04 Adjectives and Adverbs

CH05 Pronouns and Case

CH06 Agreement

CH07 Verbs

CH09 Capitals

CH1-7 Review

CH10 Italics

CH11 Abbreviation, Acronym, Number

CH12 Commas

CH9-12 Review

CH13 Unnecessary Commas

CH14 The Semicolon

CH15 The Apostrophe

CH16 Quotation Marks

CH17 Periods and Other Marks

CH18 Spelling and Hyphenation

CH19 Good Usage

CH20 Exactness

CH21 Conciseness

CH22 Clarity and Completeness

CH18-22 Review

CH23 Sentence Unity: Consistency

CH24 Subordination/Coordination

CH25 Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

CH26 Parallelism

CH27 Consistency Avoiding Shifts

CH28 Pronoun Reference

CH29 Emphasis

CH30 Variety

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CRITICALLY READING ESSAYS


ENG 1113 Networked

LESSONS

Lessons:

01 Critically Reading Nonfiction

01 Vocabulary

02 Critically Reading Emily Dickinson

02 Vocabulary

03 Loretta Lynn

03 Vocabulary

04 Judy Garland and Louis Armstrong

04 Vocabulary

05 Elvis Presley and The Beatles

05 Vocabulary

06 Stevie Wonder

06 Vocabulary

07 Critically Reading Nonfiction

07 Vocabulary

08 Modern Parenting

08 Vocabulary

09 Childhood Summers

09 Vocabulary

10 Animals and Genetics

10 Vocabulary

11 Teenage Pregnancy

11 Vocabulary

12 There Was A Nation

12 Vocabulary

13 Mama and Miss Jordan

13 Vocabulary

14 Critical Skills of Comprehension

14 Vocabulary

15 The Emphera

15 Vocabulary

16 Critically Reading Excerpts from Novels

16 Vocabulary

17 Red Badge of Courage

17 Vocabulary

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18 Adventures of Huck Finn

18 Vocabulary

19 A Tale of Two Cities

19 Vocabulary

20 Puppet Masters

20 Vocabulary

21 The Scarlet Letter

22 Introduction to Poetry

23 Mending Wall

24 Miniver Cheevy

25 There is no Frigate like a Book

26 Richard Cory

27 Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Eve

28 A White Heron

29 The Day Elvis Died

30 Walter Mitty

31 A Gift of the Magi

32 The Open Window

33 Why I live at the PO

34 Out of the Fray

35 Introduction to Literature

36 Comparing Drama and Fiction

37 The Will

38 The Glass Menagerie

39 Sunday Costs Five Pesos

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ENGLISH QUIZZES


For levels below ENG 1113

LESSONS

Deng01-Identifying Subjects


Deng03-Identifying Verbs 1

Deng04-Nouns, Pronouns and Verbs

Deng05-Run-ons and Comma Splices

Deng06-Fragments

Deng07-Sentence Types

Deng08-Compound Sentences

Deng09-Verb Tense

Deng10-Compound Sentences

Deng11-Adjectives and Adverbs

Deng12-Good vs. Well

Deng13-Comparatives and Superlatives

Deng14-Comparatives and Superlatives

Deng15-Identifying Antecedents

Deng16-Pronouns/Antecedent Agreement

Deng17-Pronoun Agreement

Deng18-Pronoun Reference

Deng19-Pronoun Case

Deng20-Spelling

Deng21-Past Tense of Regular Verbs

Deng22-Past Tense of Be

Deng23-Forms of Can and Will

Deng24-Past Tense/Irregular Verbs

Deng25-Past Participles

Deng26-Past and Present Perfect Tenses

Deng27-Present Perfect Can and Will

Deng28-Pronoun Case Who/Whom

Deng29-Intensive/Reflexive Pronouns

Deng30-Shifts in Tense

Deng31-Subject/Verb Agreement




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*Quizzes Continued

Deng35-Exact Words

Deng36-Shifts in Voice

Deng37-Misplaced Modifiers

Deng38-Dangling Modifiers

Deng39-Pronoun Antecedent Agreement

Deng40-Commas: Dates and Addresses

Deng41-Contractions and Possessives

Deng42-Capitalization


Deng44-Prepositional Phrases

Deng45-Prepositions

Deng46-Verbs

Deng47-Action Verbs

Deng48-Verbs

Deng49Pt1-Semicolon and Colon

Deng49Pt2-Minor Punctuation

Deng50-Minor Punctuation

Langan-Sentence Fragments

Langan01-Run-Ons

Langan02-Semicolons

Langan03-Fragments and Run-Ons

Langan04-Commas

Langan04Pt1-More Use of Commas

Langan04Pt2-Commas Continued

Langan05-Semicolons and Commas

Langan06-Subject/Verb Agreement

Langan08-Standard English Verbs

Langan09-Irregular Verbs

Langan10-Standard and Irregular Verbs

Langan11-Capital Letters

Langan12Pt1-Parallelism I

Langan12Pt2-Parallelism II

Langan12-Parallelism

Langan13-Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

Langan14-Pronouns

Langan15-Quoatation Marks

Langan15Pt2-Quotation Marks

Langan16-Apostrophes

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*QUIZZES CONTINUED

Langan17-Effective Word Choice

Langan18-Commonly Confused Words

Langan19-Colons

Langan20-Capitalization

Langan21-Commas

Langan22-Capitalization

Langan23-Pronouns

Langan24-Adjectives and Adverbs

Langan25-Pronouns


Langan27-Pronouns


Langan29-Clauses and Phrases

Langan30-Compound Subjects

Nouns Pt 1

Nouns Pt 2

Nouns Pt 3-Plural Forms

Problems with Coherence

Skills01-Steps in Writing

Skills02-Topic Sentences

Skills03-Unity in Scratch Outlines

Skills04-Specific Words and Details

Skills05-Transitions

Skills06-Time and Emphatic Order

Skills07-Sentence Fragments

Skills08-Run-Ons

Skills09-Commas

Skills10-Commas and Semicolons

Skills11-Commas Quiz

Skills12-Standard English Verbs

Skills13-Irregular Verbs

Skills14-Subject/Verb Agreement

Skills15-Parallelism

Skills16-Capital Letters

Skills17-Quotation Marks

Skills18-Apostrophes

Skills 19-Commonly Confused Words

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ENGLISH COMPOSITION II WRITING TUTOR


For ENG 1123

Lessons

01-Fragments

02-Shifts in Verb Tense

03-Subject/Verb Agreement

04-Spelling

05-Semicolon

06-Comma Splice

07-Apostrophe

08-Adjectives and Adverbs

09-Verb Tense


11-Ambiguous Reference

12-Faulty Parallelism

13-Faulty Parallelism

14-Misplaced Modifier



17-Faulty Modification

18-Connotative/Denotative Words



21-Faulty Subordination/Coordination

22-Subordination/Coordination

23-Subordination/Coordination

24-Comma Splice

25-Adjectives and Adverbs


27-Pronoun Case

28-Sentence Fragments

29-Pronoun Antecedent Agreement

30-Comma Splice

31-Commas

32-Spelling and Apostrophes

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ENGLISH COMPOSITION II WRITING TUTOR CONTINUED

33-Shifts in Tense

34-Standard Verbs

35-Surplus Words

36-Wordiness

37-Surplus Words

38-Logical Comparisons



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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE


For ENG 1113 & 1123

LESSONS

1Literal and Figurative Language

2Making Comparisons



5Making Comparisons

6Simile

Alfred Lord Tennyson: Poetry

Carson McCullers: Prose

Emily Dickinson: Poetry

Helen Keller: Prose

Langston Hughes: Poetry

Metaphor

Personification

Poetry: Emily Dickinson

Prose: Majorie Waters

Stephen Crane: Prose

The Brother Grimm: Prose

Thomas Hardy: Poetry

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REAL WRITING


*For Levels Below ENG 1113

LESSONS

Pt5:22.1-Pt5:22.4 Fragment Practices

Pt5:22.5 Fragment Quiz

Pt5:23.1-Pt5:23.4 Run-On Practice

Pt5:23.5 Run-On Quiz

Pt5:24.1-Pt5:24.4 Subject/Verb Agreement Practices

Pt5:24.5 Subject/Verb Agreement Quiz

Pt5:25.1-Pt5:25.5 Verb Problem Practices

Pt5.25.5 Verb Problem Quiz

Pt6.26.1-Pt6.26.5 Pronoun Practices

Pt6.26.6 Pronoun Quiz

Pt6:27.1-Pt6:27.3 Adjectives and Adverb Practices

Pt6.27.4 Adjectives and Adverbs Quiz

Pt6:28.1-Pt6:28.4 Misplaced/Dangling Modifiers Practices

Pt6:28.5 Modifier Quiz

Pt6:30.1-Pt6:30.4 Parallelism Practices

Pt6:30.5 Parallelism Quiz

Pt8:36.1-Pt8:36.4 Comma Practices

Pt8:36.5 Comma Quiz

Pt8:37.1 Apostrophe Practice

Pt8:38.1 Quotation Marks

Pt8:39.1 Other Punctuation

Pt8 Other Punctuation Quiz

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WORLD OF IDEAS


For ENG 1113 Readings

LESSONS

Adam Smith

Alexis De Tocqueville

Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca

Aristotle

Aristotle-The Aim of Man

B. Hooks-Feminist Movement

Bell Hooks

Carl Jung

Carol Gilligan

Charles Darwin

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Francis Bacon

Francis Crick

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Jackson Turner

Freidrich Nietzsche

Hannah Ardent

Hannah Ardent-Total Domination

Harriet Jacobs (Linda Brent)

Henry David Thoreau

Howard Gardner

J. Hector St. John De Creveceur

James Baldwin

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

John Dewey

John Kenneth Galbraith

John Maynard Keynes

John Rawls

Karen Horney

Karl Marx

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WORLD OF IDEAS CONTINUED

Lao-Tzu

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Maria Montessori

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Mary Wollstone Craft

Melanie Klein

Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

Michio Kaku

Milton and Rose Friedman

Neitzsche-Morally as Anti-Nature

Niccoli Machiavelli

Paulo Freire

Plato

Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson-The Sunless Sea

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rene’ Decartes

Richard P. Feynman

Robert B. Reich

Siddhartha Gautama, The Buddha

Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud-The Oedipus Complex

Simone De Beauvior

Simone Weil

St. Matthew

Stephan Carter

Stephen Jay Gould

The Bhagavad Gita

The Bible

The Prophet Muhammad

The Torah

Thomas Jefferson

Virginia Woolf

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WRITING FIRST


DIAGNOSTIC TEST AVAILABLE

PARAGRAPH TYPE LESSONS

Exemplification

Narration

Description

Process

Cause & Effect

Comparison & Contrast

Classification

Definition

Argument

PARAGRAPH SKILLS LESSONS

Coherence

Development

Topic Sentence

Transitions

Unity

SENTENCE SKILLS LESSONS

Adjectives & Adverbs

Apostrophes

Commas

Process

Dangling & Misplaces Modifiers

Illogical Shifts

Nouns & Pronouns

Parallelism

Run ons & Comma Splices

Sentence Fragments

Subject/Verb Agreement

Verbs (past participles)

Verbs (past tense)

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WRITING TUTOR PRESENTER

DESIGNED IN QUESTION DESIGNER

For ENG 1113

LESSONS

Lessons:

01Adverbs

01Paragraph Topic Sentences

02Comma Splices


03Incomplete Comparisons (Adjectives)


04Paragraph Development

04Unnecessary Commas


05Pronoun Case


06Subject/Verb Agreement

07Commas

07Paragraph Transitions

08Apostrophes



09Verb Tense

10Paragraph Introductions

11Commas Before Conjunctions

11Paragraph Conclusions

12Sentence Patterns I

12Shift in Person

13Sentence Patterns II

13Subject/Verb Agreement

14Independent Clauses

14Wordiness

15Dangling Modifiers

15Independent Clauses

16Commas

16Sentence Style

17Ambiguous Reference

18Comma Splice

19Dangling Modifiers

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WRITING TUTOR PRESENTER CONTINUED

20Numbers

21Adverbs

22Pronoun Agreement

23Pronoun Form

24Capitalization

25Pronoun Case

26Semicolon

27Nonstandard Verbs

28Double Superlative

29Pronoun Form (Who/Whom)

30Quotation Marks

31Commonly Confused Words

32Misspelled Words

33Semicolon

34Pronoun Case

35Commas

36Capitalization

37Past Participles

38Lack of Parallelism

39Pronoun Reference

40Pronoun Reference

41Figurative Language

42Paragraph Unity

43Strategies of Development

44Sentence Fallacies

45Sentence Structure

46Shift in Person

47Slang and Clichés’

47Transitions

48Lack of Parallelism

49Choppy Sentences

50Fragments

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WRITING WITH CONFIDENCE



LESSONS

CH01-Why Write

CH02-The Writing Process

CH03-Writing a Powerful Paragraph

CH05-Fixing Fragments Test A and B

Practice 1 and 2-Sentence Fragments

Practice 3 and 4-Coordination

Practice 5 and 6-Subordination

Practice 7 and 8-Linking Sentences

Practice 9 and 10-Run-Ons and Commas

Practice 11 and 12-Verbs in Order

Practice 13 and 14-Subject/Verb Agreement

Practice 15 and 16-Verb Tenses

Practice 17 and 18-Pronouns

Test02Sentences and Fragments

Test03-Coordination

Test04-Subordination

Test05-Linking Sentences

Test06-Run-Ons and Commas

Test07-Verbs in Order

Test08-Subject/Verb Agreement

Test09-Verb Tenses

Test10-Pronouns

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ALL WRITE


LESSONS

Sentence Building Blocks

Sentence Structure

Sentence Logic

Subject and Verb Agreement

Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement

Verb Tenses/Moods and Voices

Pronouns

Adjectives/Adverbs

Word Choice

Wordiness

Punctuation

Other Marks of Punctuation

Mechanics

Writing Paragraphs and Essays

Learn How to Write a Research Paper

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MISCELLANEOUS ENGLISH TUTORIALS


LESSONS

Composition 2-Literary Terms I

Composition 2-Literary Terms II

ENG 1103 Testout Test

ENG 1203 Testout Test

ENG-Apostrophe Exercises

ENG-Apostrophe Explanation

ENG-Capitalization Exercises

ENG-Capitalization Explanation

ENG-Colon/Semicolon Explanation

ENG-Comma Exercises

ENG-Comma Explanation

ENG-Coordination

ENG-Coordination Explanation

ENG-Colon/Semicolon Exercises

ENG1103/1203 Practice Final

ENG-0123 Terms

ENG1203 Test 1

ENG1203 Practice Midterm

ENG1103 Practice Midterm

Library Research Quiz

Figurative and Literal Language

TutorTapes 1 Pretest

Writing about Literature

Writing about Academic Discourse

Writing for Business

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FOR TRADITIONAL GRAMMAR


LESSONS

TG1-Historical Dates

TG2-The Principles of Language

TG3-Phonemic Alphabet

TG4-The Alphabet

TG5-Indo-European

TGTerms

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EXPERT CROSSWORDS AND MORE

For English Composition I-ENG 1113

CROSSWORDS

Adam Smith

Aristotle

Bell Hooks 1

Charles Darwin

Freud

Friedrich Nietzsche

Gardner

Hannah Ardent

Henry David Thoreau

John Kenneth Galbraith

John Maynard Keynes

Horney

Jonn Rawls

Jung

Karl Marx

Lao-Tzu

Marcus Cicero

Maria Montessori

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Melanie Klein

Michel Montaigne

Niccolo Machiavelli

Paulo Freire

Rene Descartes

Robert Reich

Stephen Carter

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Essay Punch

By Merit Software Networked

For Use with English Composition I and II (ENG 1113 & 1123)

The following are included:

Essay Punch helps students learn to write short persuasive, informative, and

descriptive essays. The program contains 9 writing topics and 1,080 help

prompts to guide students through each step in thewriting process. It teaches

three different ways to develop an essay: through persuasion, information,

and description. A step-by-step approach emphasizes content and

organization.

The program takes students step by step through the following sections to

write an essay.

INTRODUCTION: Introduces a specific type of essay - one that presents

reasons, explanations, or details to support the subject.

SUBJECT: Students are given several subjects and are asked to choose one as

the focus of their essay.

PRE-WRITING: Students brainstorm their ideas in the Pre-Writing section.

Using words or phrases, students write their ideas about the topic they have

chosen. The program provides a series of prompt questions and help messages

to help stimulate students' thoughts. Students write about many aspects of

the topic, using words or phrases. Students do not have to use all their ideas in

their essay.

THESIS: Students formulate a thesis, or main idea, statement that tells what

the essay will be about. The program provides a sample thesis statement, plus

an incomplete statement for students to finish as an exercise. Students then

write a thesis statement of their own.

BUILDING an OUTLINE: Students look at their pre-writing list for related

ideas and group them as subtopics under a heading. The program helps

students to write possible headings. Students must write at least two headings,

with at least two subtopics under each, in order to advance. Various options

allow students to make corrections. The program supplies Roman numerals -

I, II, etc. - for the headings. It uses capital letters - A, B, etc. - for the

subtopics.

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WRITING - INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH: Students are prompted to

use their thesis statement as written or rephrase it to introduce their essay.

The program then provides a sample sentence that could follow the opening

sentence. Students must write at least one follow-up sentence of their own for

their introductory paragraph. From this point on, students may print their

work. The printout will show the section of the program from which the work

was printed. After seeing their work, students are encouraged to add

transitional words here to help the sentences flow smoothly from one thought

to the next.

WRITING - BODY: Here, students use the outline as their plan for writing

the body paragraphs of their essay. The program guides students step by step

to expand each heading and its subtopics into sentences that form paragraphs.

Students are prompted to write at least three sentences for each paragraph.

Students are encouraged to write complete sentences. The sentence must begin

with a capital letter, have appropriate end punctuation, and include at least

two words.

ORGANIZING: Students see all the paragraphs they have written for the

body of the essay. They have a chance here to review and make any changes in

the order of the paragraphs so that the essay is organized in the most logical

and effective way. Student may also add or delete entire paragraphs in this

section.

COHERENCE: The program provides examples of connecting words or

phrases that improve the transition between thoughts. Students are

encouraged to add transitional words for a smooth flow from one paragraph

to the next.

WRITING - CONCLUSION: The program guides students to write a

concluding paragraph that restates their introductory paragraph and sums up

what their essay is about.

REVIEWING - THE FIRST DRAFT: In this section, the Essay Notepad

presents the essay as a whole unit for the first time. The program asks

students to check their work, paragraph by paragraph, using the

Essay Notepad buttons: Add, Remove, Move, or Edit.

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REVISING - CONTENT:

The Options Menu contains four subsections: STYLE, SENTENCE

STRUCTURE,

GRAMMAR AND PROOFREADING. Each subsection contains lessons

designed to help students improve their writing.

Includes a TEACHER PROGRAM MANAGER

CLASSROOM PRINTOUTS FOR USE WITH THIS PROGRAM (Attached)

1. Writing Assessment

Merit Software supplies a possible rubric for assessing students’ writing. The

rubric resembles the scoring guidelines found on many tests and formal

writing assessments. In general, a rubric is valuable for teachers in

determining each student’s overall writing quality and also the specific

strengths and weaknesses of a student’s writing. A rubric can be equally

important for students. They need to know what components differentiate

excellent writing from poor writing. This rubric will help students understand

what they need to do to produce good writing. The teacher should actively

review the rubric with students, or the teacher will need to adapt it to the

students’ language level.

2. Independent Writing Worksheet

One goal of Essay Punch is to develop students’ ability to write independently.

The Independent Writing worksheet assists students in making this transition.

The Independent Writing worksheet is a guide for essay writing that follows

the process presented in Essay Punch. It helps students recall the writing steps

followed in the program. Using the Independent Writing worksheet, students

can work as active learners. Essay Punch includes an Independent Writing

Worksheets for persuasive writing (unit 1) and a worksheet for expository or

descriptive writing (unit 2 and 3). Also included is an Essay Outline

worksheet.

The Rubric used to grade Merit Writing Assessment

Scores from 5 to 1 reflect the range of skills demonstrated in response to each

writing assignment.

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SCORE OF 5

A 5 writing assignment is EXCELLENT. It demonstrates proficiency in

response to the assignment. It contains only a few minor errors. A writing

assignment with a score of 5:

facility in the use of language, including use of vocabulary

SCORE OF 4

A 4 writing assignment is GOOD. It demonstrates proficiency in response to

the assignment. It may contain a number of minor errors. A writing


y

SCORE OF 3

A 3 writing assignment is COMPETENT. While it demonstrates some

proficiency in response to the assignment, it also needs some improvement. It

contains a number of minor errors. A writing assignment

with a score of 3:

mechanics, usage, and sentence

structure

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SCORE OF 2

A 2 writing assignment is LIMITED. It demonstrates limited proficiency in

response to the assignment. It clearly needs improvement. It contains both

major and minor errors. A writing assignment with a score of 2:

d use of

vocabulary

SCORE OF 1

A 1 writing assignment is PROBLEMATIC. It demonstrates fundamental

deficiencies in response to the assignment. It demonstrates that the student is

struggling to write. It contains major errors that need to be dealt with before

the minor errors. A writing assignment with a score of 1:

-topic

little understanding of sentence structure

structure

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Paragraph Punch

Merit Software Networked Version


Paragraph Description:

The following program will help students learn how to develop a paragraph

through a variety of prompts and directed writing processes.

Includes the development of the following:

INTRODUCTION: Introduces a specific type of paragraph - one that

presents reasons, details, example, cause and effects, or sequence to support

the topic of the paragraph.

TOPIC: Students are given several themes and are asked to choose one as the

focus of their paragraph. The computer then prompts them to enter the name

of their own specific subject, which will be the topic of their paragraph.

PRE-WRITING: A Pre-Writing Notepad appears on the screen. The

computer provides a series of writing prompts that are customized to match

the topic the student has chosen to write about. These prompts encourage the

student to brainstorm.

WRITING - TOPIC SENTENCE: The computer provides a sample topic

sentence, plus an incomplete topic sentence for students to finish as an

exercise. Students then write an original topic sentence to introduce their

paragraph.

WRITING - BODY: The Pre-Writing Notepad reappears. Students begin the

body of the paragraph by choosing an item from the Pre-Writing notepad and

moving it to the Writing Notepad. They then use this item in a sentence that

begins the body of the paragraph. They continue to choose several items and

write several sentences to complete the body of the paragraph. Students are

encouraged to write complete sentences. The sentence must begin with a

capital letter, have appropriate end punctuation, and include at least two

words.

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ORGANIZING: In the first step of this section, the Writing Notepad with the

students’ sentences appears on the left half of the screen. A Paragraph

Notepad with the students’ topic sentences is on the right half of the screen.

Students transfer sentences from the Writing Notepad and arrange them in

the Paragraph Notepad, deciding which sentences to use and in which order.

WRITING - CONCLUSION: The computer provides a sample concluding

sentence, plus an incomplete concluding sentence for students to finish as an

exercise. Students then write an original concluding sentence to end their

writing.

REVISING - OVERVIEW: In Revising - Overview, the Paragraph Draft

appears for review with the paragraph as a whole unit for the first time. The

computer asks the students to check their work and guides them in the use of

the Add, Change text, Remove, or Move buttons.

The program also provides options for writing STYLE, SENTENCE

STRUCTURE, and GRAMMAR AND PROOFREADING AND

PUBLISHING

TEACHER PROGRAM MANAGER

TRACKING STUDENTS’ WORK

CONTENT SECTIONS OF PARAGRAPH PUNCH:

Each unit concentrates on a specific type of paragraph - based on reasons,

details, example, cause and effects, or sequence

Merit Writing Assessment (The program grades based on the following

rubric.)

Scores from 5 to 1 reflect the range of skills demonstrated in response to each

writing assignment.

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SCORE OF 5

A 5 writing assignment is EXCELLENT. It demonstrates proficiency in

response to the assignment. It contains only a few minor errors. A writing


ity in the use of language, including use of vocabulary

SCORE OF 4

A 4 writing assignment is GOOD. It demonstrates proficiency in response to

the assignment. It may contain a number of minor errors. A writing


SCORE OF 3

A 3 writing assignment is COMPETENT. While it demonstrates some

proficiency in response to the assignment, it also needs some improvement. It

contains a number of minor errors. A writing assignment with a score of 3:

e, and sentence

structure

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SCORE OF 2

A 2 writing assignment is LIMITED. It demonstrates limited proficiency in

response to the assignment. It clearly needs improvement. It contains both

major and minor errors. A writing assignment with a score of 2:

vocabulary

SCORE OF 1

A 1 writing assignment is PROBLEMATIC. It demonstrates fundamental

deficiencies in response to the assignment. It demonstrates that the student is

struggling to write. It contains major errors that need to be dealt with before

the minor errors. A writing assignment with a score of 1:

-topic

ng of sentence structure

structure

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VIDEOS & DVDS

Animal Farm

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman

A Streetcar Named Desire

The Bible

A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

David Cooperfield

Dead Poet’s Society

Erik Erikson: a Life’s Works

Ernest Hemingway

Essential Literary Terms (videodisc)

The Glass Menagerie

King Arthur (videodisc)

Hamlet

Heart of Darkness (videodisc)

Helen of Troy (videodisc)

Langston Hughes

Man of La Mancha (videodisc)

Mark Twain: His Amusing Adventure

Medea (videodisc)

Of Mice and Men

Oliver Twist (videodisc)

Romeo & Juliet (videodisc)

The Bible

The Mystery of Edgar Allen Poe

The Open Window and Child’s Play

To Kill A Mockingbird

Understanding Literature

Using the Internet for Research

William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama

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ADA STATEMENT

If you have a disability that qualifies under the Americans with Disabilities Act and you

require special assistance or accommodations, you should contact the designated

coordinator for your campus for information on appropriate guidelines and procedures:

Poplarville Campus, Tonia Moody at 601-403-1060 or [email protected]; Forrest County

Center, Deborah Hewitt at 601-554-5503 or [email protected]; Hancock Center, Maggie

Smith at 228-467-2761 or [email protected]. Distance Learning Students who require

special assistance, accommodations, and/or need for alternate format should contact Tonia

Moody at 601-403-1374.

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