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Alpha Dictionary: Most Often Misspelled Words in English
Listed alphabetically, these commonly misspelled words often find their way into our writing! Here are the correct spellings, with brief tips for remembering how to write these words correctly. In addition, use the links of the left to...
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Douglas Crockford: Elements of Style
Renowned handbook of style by William Strunk, Jr. It includes sections on usage, principles of composition, frequently misused words, and frequently misspelled words, L.9-10.3a Standard Format
University of Richmond
University of Richmond Writing Center: Commonly Confused Words
A comparison of commonly misused words in the English Language. Words are paired next to one another with their definitions as well as examples of each.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Writing With Writers: Speech Writing
Learn steps from the experts on how to write and deliver a great speech. There are tips and graphic organizers for writing. The final step is recording your speech on the Radio Hotline. Listen to other student writing as well.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ninth Grade Lit and Comp: Grammar Ii and Technical Writing
This is an introduction to a unit on grammar and technical writing; it includes capitalization and punctuation. It provides links to several sites having to do with punctuation and capitalization rules.
Grammar Check
Grammar Check: 20 Writing Mistakes Even Native Speakers Make (Infographic)
This GrammarCheck infographic provides tips for fixing common writing mistakes. Information on errors related to homophones, apostrophes, commas, participles, and sentence structure are included.
Grammar Check
Grammar Check: 33 Commonly Misunderstood Words & Phrases (Infographic)
This infographic provides a list of words and phrases that are commonly misused in formal writing. Students will see different homonyms that are misused and find ways to discover them.
Washington State University
Washington State University: Common Errors in English
Providing a list of common errors in English, this site contains many confused and misused. One can look under first letter of your word in question.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Commonly Misused Words: How Their Effects Affect You
This tutorial focuses on commonly misused words with a variety of media. It offers a YouTube video, "Using the Correct Words;" an infographic which lists 8 commonly misused word sets in comic format; a slide show with tips for the...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Commonly Misused Words: How Their Effects Affect You
This tutorial focuses on often misused words using a multimedia approach. It begins with a short YouTube video discussing effect/affect; then provides an infographic which shows 8 commonly misused word sets in a comic format. It also...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Commonly Misused Words
This tutorial focuses on commonly misused words such as homophones and homonyms; it provides a video and two slideshows. The YouTube video shows humorous misrepresentatations of words. The first of the two slideshows defines terms and...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Ten Commonly Misused Words
This tutorial focuses on commonly misused words, their meanings and hints to remember the correct usage.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Grades 6 8 Spelling Bee
Read and listen to stories with some words missing. Fill in the missing words, see how many words you spelled correctly, and get corrections for the ones you missed.
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Santa Monica College: Words Commonly Confused
This site contains a list of commonly confused words with practice activities to help in learning how to use them correctly.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Spelling
You will learn strategies to help you edit your writing for correct spelling.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Punctuation
Learn strategies to help you edit your writing for correct punctuation.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: General Writing Resources
This helpful resource details the process of writing, including how to plan, write, and revise. Content also includes the different types or genres of writing, and exercises in grammar and mechanics.
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Possessives
Tutorial explores how to use possessive nouns and adjectives correctly.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Quiz on Possessives and Irregular Plurals
This quiz asks students to type in the correct spelling of the plural or possessive as directed and to capitalize any proper nouns. Links are provided to a quiz list, tutorials for plurals and possessives, and the "Guide to Grammar and...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Edit Drafts for Grammar, Mechanics, and Spelling
In this lesson, you will learn to edit your final draft using a step by step approach to complete the final stage of writing called editing.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Guide to Grammar and Style by Jack Lynch
Reference guide to key grammatical terms and issues. Also gives additional reading suggestions and lists online resources.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Guide to Grammar and Style: Contents
An online guide to grammar and issues related to common misunderstandings.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Writing: Editing: Spelling
A learning module that teaches students about spelling in five mini-lessons: Introduction, English-Start to Finnish, Commonly Mispeled Words, Spell-checking-Necessary but not sufficient, and Spelling Required.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Writing Literary Text With an Engaging Story Line
A learning module that teaches students how to write an engaging literary text in six lessons: Introduction, The Narrative Hook, Setting, Conflict, Plot, and Ending.