Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Develop Final Work
Develop work that is clear and coherent and appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Deadly Sins Checklist
Lists five "deadly sins" to purge from your writing. If you're not sure how to correct these errors, just click on the list item to link to more information.
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If I Were a Carpenter: The Tools of the Writer
Twenty tips for writers, slanted toward fiction, from the director of the National Writers' Workshop. Tips are divided into four areas: sentences and paragraphs, language, effects, and structure.
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Mapping the World by Heart: Never Say Neverisms
You can use columnist William Safire's "neverisms" as a fun editing/proofreading checklist. Each item on the list violates the rule it states.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Run on Sentences
This site shows how to repair run-on sentences. Students and teachers will find this interactive resource helpful.
Other
After the Deadline
Editing and proofreading opportunities are provided on this site. Students can type text on this site and will be guided to ways to fix their writing's errors in style, grammar, and style. Students can also paste into the text box and...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Capitalization: Lesson 7
This lesson introduces capitalization. It is 7 of 10 in the series titled "Capitalization."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Editing Techniques: Checking Your Spelling: Lesson 1
This lesson goes over checking a composition for spelling errors. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Editing Techniques: Checking your Spelling." W.9-10.5 Writing Process
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Sophia: Capitalization in Quotations: Lesson 5
This lesson introduces capitalization in quotes. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Capitalization in Quotations."
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Sophia: Global Editing
This lesson introduces the concept of global editing. Students learn to edit for big picture ideas like organization, strategy, and effectiveness. W.9-10.5 Writing Process, W.11-12.5 Writing Process
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Sophia: Choppy Sentences: Lesson 2
This lesson discusses how to recognize and correct sentences that are choppy. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Choppy Sentences."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Correcting Sentence Fragments: Lesson 1
This lesson goes over how to identify and correct sentence fragments. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Correcting Sentence Fragments."
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Sophia: Correcting Split Infinitives: Lesson 2
This lesson discusses how to recognize and correct a split infinitive. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Correcting Split Infinitives."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Revising an Introduction: Lesson 2
This lesson discusses improve an introduction through revision. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Revising an Introduction."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Revision Techniques: Using a Professor's Notes: Lesson 1
This lesson discusses how to revise a paper based on a teacher's comments. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Revision Techniques: Using a Professor's Notes."
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Proper Nouns and Daily Oral Language
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart focuses on proper nouns and contains Daily Oral Language activities as well as Activote questions.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Daily Oral Language
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains Daily Oral Language sentences that are intended to be corrected by students.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Choppy Sentences
This lesson discusses how to recognize and correct sentences that are choppy.
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Sophia: Correcting Double Negatives
This lesson discusses how to recognize and correct a double negative.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Correcting Double Negatives
This lesson discusses how to recognize and correct a double negative.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Goals of Revision: Adding Flavor
This lesson introduces the importance of revision in the writing process. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
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Sophia: Revising a Body Paragraph
This lesson discusses improve a body paragraph through revision.
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Sophia: Revising a Conclusion
This lesson discusses improve a conclusion through revision.
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Sophia: Revising Topic Sentences
This lesson explains how to edit a topic sentence to make it more effective.