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Home > Schedule > Improve Your Grammar: Cool Tools But No Magic Pills

Improve Your Grammar: Cool Tools But No Magic Pills

Gail Harada will show you Internet sites that have cool tools to study grammar (interactive quizzes and PowerPoint Presentations) as well as sites that have handouts that you can printout for yourselves. You'll get suggestions on strategies to overcome common grammar errors -- no magic pills, just a couple of ways to work smarter. When: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 Where: Lama 118 (Behind Library) Time: 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Learn from Mistakes Pay attention to comments on your papers - For instance, if your instructor writes "fragment" on your paper, find out what a fragment is. Common Errors Fragments Verb Tense Consistency Subject-Verb Agreement Pronoun-Antecedent Argument Pronoun Reference Mixed Construction Run-Ons and Comma Splices Shift in Person Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Usage problems -- Confused Words Apostrophes Commas Cool Tool 1: Guide to Grammar and Writing interactive quizzes and PowerPoint presentations Homepage at http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ List of Topics http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm Interactive Quizzes http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm PowerPoint Presentations http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/powerpoint.htm Cool Tool 2: Exercise Central 3.0 free basic access to tutorials and hundreds of interactive exercises. Bedford/St. Martin's has a good interactive quiz site at http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/exercisecentral/ You need to register for basic student access for the site unless your instructor is using a Bedford/Martin's textbook and is registered for special access. Cool Tool 3: Grammar Bytes free basic access to tutorials and hundreds of interactive exercises. Grammar Instruction with Attitude. Includes detailed terms, interactive exercises, handouts, PowerPoints, and more! http://www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm Practice Combining Sentences: Grammar Bytes free basic access to tutorials and hundreds of interactive exercises. Purdue OWL Sentence Clarity PowerPoint at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/711/01/ Guide to Grammar and Writing Sentence Combining Skills http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/combining_skills.htm Great for Handouts and Essay Writing Information The OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue home  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has good clear grammar handouts http://www.unc.edu/depts/wceeb/handouts/index.html Cool Ways to Learn about Grammar Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tricks for Better Writing. You can go to the website or to iTunes and download Grammar Girl podcasts http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/GrammarGirl/default.aspx Grammar Rock on YouTube. Example at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkO87mkgcNo Cool Tool for Proofreading Your Papers Get tips on Proofreading Your Writing on the Purdue OWL website at http http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/561/01/ Re-Cap on How to Improve Your Writing Know your own common errors Target one at a time Practice revising and fixing your errors. Learn how to combine sentences effectively Don't give up. It takes a long time to overcome bad habits.  Choose one fun grammar tool to practice with regularly.  Try typing “Grammar Rock” into the YouTube Search and watch the Grammar Rock videos.  Listen to Grammar Girl’s podcast regularly. Read a lot. Read good writing helps improve you vocabulary and awareness of the craft of writing. Email: Gail Harada's Webpage http://www2.hawaii.edu/~gharada/

Other Resources Grammar Rock from School House Rock on YouTube Learn Grammar and Donate Rice at the same time! http://www.freerice.com Grammar Link