A good explanation of Plural Forms for the student. Site also offers a quiz at the end. L.11-12.2b Spelling
As you learn possessive forms, you will also learn about gerunds, present participles, compound nouns and more. This is a very complete resource tool for this subject.
Defines and provides examples of seven different types of phrases. The following types of phrases are included: absolute, appositive, gerund, infinitive, noun, participial, and prepositional. L.9-10.1b Phrases/Clauses
This site is prepared by Professor Charles Darling of Capital Community College and breaks down prepositions by time, place, and movement.
Come and review your prepositions with this interactive quiz. Students and teachers will benefit from this educational resource.
If you are a teacher OR a student looking for a well-informed website on elements of the writing process, you are in luck! This site from the Capital Community College is very comprehensive and easy-to-navigate. From grammar basics to types of essays, you'll find all you need here.
In writing and reading organization is the key to a reader's understanding. A great site for those of you who are looking for some further explanation of organization in writing. There is instruction, an example text, and specific organization style on this page. RI.9-10.3 author unfolds, RI.11-12.5 Evaluate text structure
Writing a Paper? Here at the Capital Community College is everything you could ever ask for while preparing your essay. This site includes the writing process, structure, thesis statement, transitions, the computer as a writing assistant, and much much more. Click each topic heading to view a list of articles on that topic, or click on "Text Version" at the top of the page to view a complete list of links. W.9-10.5 Writing Process, L.9-10.3a Standard Format, W.11-12.5 Writing Process, W.11-12.6 Technology; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.6 Use technology to produce and publish writing
This tutorial-quiz for pronoun usage features many examples of where pronouns fit in a sentence to achieve proper antecedent agreement.
Use this site to learn how to properly use quotation marks in stories, poems, articles, and speeches.
This site shows how to repair run-on sentences. Students and teachers will find this interactive resource helpful.
Not only does this site from Capital College Community Foundation give you a fine explanation of writing purpose and how to identify yours, it also provides good examples of how to develop that purpose in a piece of writing. W.9-10.4 Write/Aud/purp, W.11-12.4 Clear/Coherent Writing
Students sometimes have difficulty learning to combine sentences correctly and effectively. This site discusses several methods and provides practice opportunities and quizzes.
This grammar page teaches the sequence of verbs, including simple present and past, present and past perfect, future, future perfect, and infinitive verbs. Includes chart and examples. L.11-12.4b Patterns/changes
Brief discussion of the subject-verb agreement. Includes examples and quizzes.
Lists five "deadly sins" to purge from your writing. If you're not sure how to correct these errors, just click on the list item to link to more information.
This site examines all aspects of the rewriting process. Includes advice on how to use computers during the process, comments on peer editing, links to related topics, and an editing checklist.
Explains what each paragraph of the five-paragraph essay, should do. Then gives a side-by-side analysis of a sample essay, pointing out aspects of the introduction and thesis statement, the paragraph-by-paragraph development, and the conclusion.
This tutorial provides rules, explanations, and examples for noun phrases, prepositional phrases, appositive phrases, absolute phrases, gerund phrases, participial phrases, and infinitive phrases. Also includes an interactive quiz. L.9-10.1b Phrases/Clauses
Need help picking out the elements of a narrative? Check this site out from Capital Community College, and you'll see some background information, a sample essay, and directed questions to ask yourself about a text. W.9-10.3 Narrative, W.11-12.3 Narratives