Guide to grammar and writing - 0 views
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KPI_Library Bookmarks on 16 Mar 10Published by Capital Community College, Hartford, CT. Various resources to help students learn more about grammar and writing.
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Grammar, Grammars, and the Teaching of Grammar - 0 views
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By Patrick Hartwell, in College English, vol 47 (2), Feb 1985, pp. 105-127.
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This article, recommended by RO in the Coffee Klatch, in a discussion about the most effective ways of teaching grammar.
Exercises at Grammar Bytes! (Commas) - 0 views
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A series of exercises on commas, as posted to Grammar Bytes! by Robin L. Simmons (n.d.).
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RO gave the comma exercises as an assignment, week 5, semester 4.
Facts on the teaching of grammar - 0 views
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By Constance Weaver, prepared for the Michigan English Language Arts Framework project, 1995. In C. Weaver, L. Gillmeister-Krause, & G. Vento-Zogby, Creating Support for Effective Literacy Education (Heinemann, 1996). May be copied.
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The thread (Editing, GULP!) referenced the work of Braddock and Hillocks on grammar. This factsheet nicely summarizes their arguments, as well as others who have followed a similar path.
Grammar bytes! - 2 views
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from Michelle Zollars -
JEC uses this site as a tool for her students.
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By Robin L. Simmons, the site includes terms, exercises, hand-outs etc., all about grammar.
Weaver, Constance - 0 views
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Dr. Constance (Connie) Weaver is a professor of English at Western Michigan University. In the coffeeklatch, she was attributed with popularizing the idea, "grammar needs to be taught in context." Librarians have not verified the quote or determined from which book it might have been taken.
How Your Writing Is Evaluated - 0 views
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on the Testing Center, York College - The City University of New York. Five scoring categories: 1. "Critical Response to the Writing Task and Text" 2."Development of Writer's Ideas": 3. Structure of the Response" 4. "Language Use: Sentences and Word Choice" 5. "Language Use: Grammar, Usage, Mechanics"
Composition Patterns: Cause and Effect - 1 views
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on Guide to Grammar & Writing, sponsored by the Capital Community College Foundation, Hartford, Connecticut.
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MZ assigned this in week 7, semester 3.
The Tutoring and Learning Center at Sinclair Community College - 0 views
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This student resource provides professional tutoring in the subject areas of English grammar and writing, reading text marking and note taking strategies, and basic math.
Punctuating Dialogue - 0 views
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This page has no attribution or create date. It includes directions (and examples) for 5 key spots where dialogue requires special punctuation.
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NH linked to this page in Blackboard, it offers "good but simple instructions for writing dialogue with all of those nasty details...."
MyWritingLab (product website) - 0 views
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MyWritingLab, a product of Pearson Education, is an online learning program that includes diagnostic tests, online exercises, and an online gradebook.
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L.H. mentions this as a textbook plus online grammar arrangement that she is planning to use this semester.
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L.H. describes her efforts to test My Writing Lab with her students, see Week 3, semester 4.
Fog city fundamentals : a proofreading skills book - 0 views
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By San Francisco State University English department. Published by Pearson 1998.
A pocket style manual - 0 views
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By Diana Hacker. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's (2004)
Editing Community Kibin Helps You Proofread Your Writing Fast And For Free - 0 views
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By Alexia Tsotsis for TechCrunch, August 18 2011. Kibin, a new startup, runs an editing "community" where users can edit each other's work for free (earning points for editing others' work; paying in points for having your own work edited). Users can also buy Kibin credits (rather than bartering) in order to have their work edited.
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R.A. posted this as she is "wondering what role the teaching of grammar and mechanics will play in our future curricular decisions. Will we be focusing on critical thinking and rhetorical strategies instead, as areas where computers and online editors will be less useful?"
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