Gain a better understanding of tone and style by understanding formal and informal style, learning to write clearly, correcting vague sentences, distinguishing between denotative and connotative meanings, and much more.
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Use this comprehensive resource to learn about APA style. Students and teachers can use this site as a springboard for any questions they may have concerning APA Style.
A screencast lesson defining different types of audience, discussing the importance of determining an audience, and explaining how a writing style should be chosen based on the needs and expectations of the intended audience.[5:18] CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.5 Develop and strengthen writing
As part of the BBC's Skillwise unit, this site focuses on using various ways of writing for different purposes. For learning tools, the site includes a worksheet, a factsheet, and a quiz.
Students will read samples of informative writing and highlight examples of how tone and style are used by the authors. Students will then apply this knowledge by writing their own informative text. Multiple examples of student work and videos are provided, along with a power point presentation.
Using decimals and finding perimeter and area all while learning about the metric system.
Biology 2e is designed to cover the scope and sequence requirements of a typical two-semester biology course for science majors. The text provides comprehensive coverage of foundational research and core biology concepts through an evolutionary lens. Biology includes rich features that engage students in scientific inquiry, highlight careers in the biological sciences, and offer everyday applications. The book also includes various types of practice and homework questions that help students understand—and apply—key concepts. The 2nd edition has been revised to incorporate clearer, more current, and more dynamic explanations, while maintaining the same organization as the first edition. Art and illustrations have been substantially improved, and the textbook features additional assessments and related resources.
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following:
Explain why angiosperms are the dominant form of plant life in most terrestrial ecosystems
Describe the main parts of a flower and their functions
Detail the life cycle of a typical gymnosperm and angiosperm
Discuss the similarities and differences between the two main groups of flowering plants
This site offers a general overview of several citation styles for research papers, including AMA, MLA and APA. Includes examples and subjects which most commonly use each style.
Contains plans for two lessons that teach students how to recognize an author's use of style in literature. These plans use "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston as an example, but the basic ideas can be adapted to other works. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.3
This tutorial focuses on describing an author's style. It explains the five main elements constituting style: syntax, diction, punctuation, sensory details, and literary/rhetorical devices. It lists nine common writing styles and gives an example from literature showing how to determine an author's style. [5:12]
This resource contains the basic citation information for articles from journals, articles from books, articles from databases, books, newspapers, government publications, and web sites. Students can click on one of theses publications and sample citations will appear in MLA (Modern Language Association), APA (American Pstchological Association), Chicgo Manual of Style, and Turabian format.
This resource goes extensively into the importance of establishing an audience when writing. It also defines types, how to choose, and how to write for an audience.
Give and receive feedback by collaborating with classmates in Google Jamboard. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
This site is concerned with writing any kinds of items in a series. It verbally and graphically illustrates parallel structure, and shows how to punctuate a series.
This site from the Capital Community College defines the term and gives many examples of faulty parallelism and the corrected version of sentences. Includes links to a couple of quizzes at the bottom of the page. "Most of the descriptions and examples in this section are taken from William Strunk's venerable Elements of Style." L.9-10.1a Parallelism
Why write five paragraphs when you can say what you want to say in two? Learn how to make the most of your words and sentences to get your point across without being too wordy.
Learn from the Library of Congress how to correctly cite the many electronic resources available in their collection. Films, legal documents, photographs, maps, sound recordings and other unusual cases are covered. Be sure you click on the forms of documentation for specific information about each type of source; your teacher or field will determine which style you need.
