Sophia Learning
Sophia: Topic Sentences
This slideshow lesson focuses on topic sentences; it defines them, gives the characteristics of effective topic sentences, tells what they are NOT, discusses how to create them, and provides examples of effective topic sentences.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Topic Sentences: Map Your Way to Writing One
This tutorial on writing topic sentences includes 2 videos, 2 slide shows, and an audio clip. The first YouTube video explains the 4 parts of a topic sentence and tells where topic sentences belong. The 2 slide shows focus on the MAP...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Vocabulary Words
This lesson focuses on the need to look up vocabulary words when given a list from an assigned reading to help better understand the text. It offers a literary example of such a list. This information is provided in text and in audio...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Writing Effective Topic Sentences
This tutorial focuses on topic sentences using two slideshows. The first defines topic sentences, discusses purpose and placement, and provides a sample thesis statement followed by accompanying topic sentences samples. The second...
Colorado State University
Colorado State Writing Center: Choosing and Refining Topics
An in-depth and exhaustive reference from Colorado State, detailing every possible issue within the context of topic selection and refinement in writing. Includes multiple nodes and bullets under each section (links on the right)....
Other
Freeology: Journal Topics
Encourage students to write in their journals with this extensive selection of journal topics.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Online Writing Lab
A great resource for middle-school, high-school, and college writers, with worksheets, articles, model papers, and presentations that will help you with research, grammar, style, job-search and professional writing, and more. Includes...
Other
Hong Kong Polytech: Functions in Academic Writing
Provides a wealth of interactive exercises dealing mainly with the structuring of sentences in different kinds of academic writing.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: English 4; Order and Chaos
A learning module asking students to analyze different types of texts, use literary terms, write a persuasive essay, and practice grammar and vocabulary skills all within themes related to order and chaos or war and peace.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: English 4; Introduction
A learning module to introduce students to this online learning format and complete a diagnostic writing assignment.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Writing Report Abstracts
From Purdue University, a lesson that lays out the details to writing a good abstract.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Vocabulary: Understand New Vocabulary Within Context
A learning module that teaches students how to use context clues to understand new vocabulary words with six mini-lessons: Introduction, The Clues in Context, General/Inferential Context Clues, Definitions/Example Context Clues, Synonym...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Identifying Sentence Parts
The Guide to Grammar and Writing at this site provides an exercise of eight sentences where each word is hyperlinked to identify its role as a part of the sentence.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Plague Words and Phrases
"Avoid problems created by these words or phrases." Examples: And also, As to Whether, and lots more.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Exercise in Writing Concise Sentences
Practice rewriting each of these twelve sentences in a more clear and concise manner. Check each sentence against the answer provided to see how well they match up.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Subject Verb Agreement
Brief discussion of the subject-verb agreement. Includes examples and quizzes.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Definition of a Sentence
The Guide to Grammar and Writing defines many of the terms common to sentence development, such as the parts of speech, or provides links for those definitions. Discusses strategies for adding variety to sentence structures. Includes...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Paragraph Development
This site from the Capital Community College helps with paragraph development and topic sentences.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Abstract, Concrete, General, and Specific Terms
Insightful, conversational discussion of the four terms and how each are needed to improve communication provided for by the Capital Community College.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing
A treasure of grammar and writing information. Index links broken down to sentence level, paragraph level, and essay level. Site also contains PDF samples of business writing and research papers, PowerPoint presentations, interactive...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Recognizing the Function of Phrases
In this quiz, students read the sentence, determine the function of the group of words in all capitals and select the correct answer. Java is required.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Recognizing Prepositions
This preposition practice activity provides a paragraph from a Hemingway short story. Students click on all of the prepositions used in prepositional phrases in the story. These words will appear in a box below. When finished they can...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Notorious Confusables #2
In this quiz, students read a sentence and type in the correct word choice, from the pair given, into the box provided. Links are provided for a tutorial, a list of quizzes, and "Guide to Grammar and Writing."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Out of Proportion
Students are asked to explain how natural disasters affect environmental health.