PaperRater.com and Sample Paper

Proofreading Quiz Answers

Things to Avoid in Writing Essays

Sample MLA formatting paper

MLA pdf

 

Videos:

Summarizing - Kimball Library

How to Summarize - handprint method

Freewriting video

How to Write an Essay

English Videos: EngVid

Understanding what you read

 

Articles about Writing:

Kurt Vonnegut: How to Write with Style

Annie Lamott: Shitty First Drafts

Mary Pipher - Writing for Change - excerpt

 

Online versions of textbook articles:

"15 Basic Appeals of Advertising" by Jib Fowles 

"Don't Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgement" R. Heilbroner

   (see video: Stereotypes - John Stossel)

Jane Brody: Fatigue

 

Handouts - pdf files:

agreement

apostrophes

capitalization

commas

conclusions

compare/contrast essays

fragments

fragment exercises

introductions

modifiers

MLA style

passive voice

transitions 

wordiness

thesis

singular plural

sentence combining

sentence structure

run on and fragments

run ons

semicolons

revising

prewriting

 

Articles:

Summarizing

Inference article

Reading Aloud

Taking Notes in Class article

The Reading/Writing Connection

Transitions between ideas/coherence

Sentence Variety

Paragraph Development

 Its vs It's

 

Activities:

I Am From 

 

Powerpoints:

Advertising Techniques

PPT Overview of College Writing and Speaking

Body Paragraphs 

Paragraphs and Topic Sentences

Topic Sentence practice

PIE Paragraphs

Inference PPT

Clauses page with PPT

Summary Response essay - Writing for Change

Asian/American Education Compare/Contrast

 

Online Links and Exercises:

Townsend Press Online Learning Center

Purdue OWL Engagement Lessons 

UNC Writing Process Demos

Guide to Grammar and Writing - text only version here

Exercises  

Proofreading Symbols

Transitions between ideas/coherence

Sentence Variety

Paragraph Development

 

 Its vs It's

 

Avoiding Fragments

Avoiding Comma Splices and Fused Sentences

Major Comma Uses

Apostrophes

Pronoun Reference

Subject - Verb Agreement

Pronoun - Antecedent Agreement

Active and Passive Voice

Parallel Structure

Pronoun Case

Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers  

Sentence Combining 

Verb Expansion Rule

 

Essay, assignment documents and related videos:

Advertising Analysis Page

Dave Barry's "How to Win an Argument" 

 

Summary Assignment:

"Myth of Violence in the Old West" by Robert McGrath

Video of Bodie, CA

Video of Bodie

Photos of Bodie

Summary Response Class Notes from a CC

 

Women's Magazine Essay:
Women's Magazine Essay Guidelines

Women's Magazine Essay Checklist

How to Introduce Author/Title for Women's Mag Essay

 

Military Recruitment Essay: 

Military Recruitment Essay Work Packet

   and Peer Review Guidelines Sheet 

  Articles:

* Should We End Military Recruitment in High Schools pdf

* Growing Problem for Military Recruiters - Parents

* Marines Aim to Counter Teachers' Opposition

 

Kid's TV Essay:

Essay OutlineKids TV

KidsTV_Essay

Kid_TV_AD_Intro

Kids_ADS_Check

Kids TV Topic List

 

Kids TV commercials/documentaries: 

Consuming Kids
Cabbage Patch 

Cabbage Patch 1985

 

Men's and Women's Talk Report

Talk_Report guidelines

Two Ways to Introduce Author/Title

M&W_Talk_Checklist

 

Talk Report Videos:

  The Break Up (film clips) -

• doing the dishes
• show lemons 
•  I'm Done 

 

  When Harry Met Sally:

•  Opposites Do Not Attract 
•  Just Friends clip

 

Handguns Essay Videos:

The Simpsons: Homer Buys a Gun - :53

Jon Stewart on Gun Control - 8:14 

John Oliver goes to Australia to Discuss Gun Control - 5:05

Dianne Feinstein on Gun Control - 6:10

Why I Chose a Gun - Peter van Uhm - The Netherlands - 17:11

Japanese Gun Ownership - 2:57

Growing Trend of Women Owning Guns - 2:18

Gun Theft Fuels Violence - 2:30

Guns, Culture, and Crime - 25:00

 

INTERNET USE TOOLS
Basic Internet Searching Seminar (Guided tutorial on how to search the internet)

TIPS FOR SUCCESS IN COLLEGE
How to Be a Successful Student (Another guide with links to pages on good student habits) 
Backwards Planning (The key to beating procrastination)

 STUDY SKILL GUIDES
Taking Notes (Note taking do's and don'ts)
Taking Notes (Tips on taking notes in class)
Cornell Notetaking System (PDF)

 

Day One Slides

 

Merritt 201 In-Class Essay Prompt