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Grammar Check

Grammar Check: 20 Writing Mistakes Even Native Speakers Make (Infographic)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This GrammarCheck infographic provides tips for fixing common writing mistakes. Information on errors related to homophones, apostrophes, commas, participles, and sentence structure are included.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Editing Techniques: Checking Your Grammar

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow tutorial focuses on editing techniques for grammar and mechanical errors; it states three ways that grammar should be reviewed in papers: Microsoft Word's grammar check, review each sentence backwards, and have peer or...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Local Editing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow lesson focuses on local editing; it defines the term and explains what to look for: clarity, mechanics, and grammar, word choice, sentence structure, paragraph structure, and impact on the reader. It discusses each and...
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: The Apostrophe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on the three uses for apostrophes: forming possessives of nouns, forming plurals of lowercase letters, and showing omission of letters and provides examples of each.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Exercise : Writing Numbers Exercise

For Students 9th - 10th
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with writing numbers.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Edit Drafts for Grammar, Mechanics, and Spelling

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: On Track English I Writing: Editing

For Students 1st - 9th Standards
This site offers links to each section of Writing, Module 8, Lessons 1-9 and Practices 1-3. Students write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions in their compositions; spell correctly; and edit drafts for...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Writing Our Sloppy Copies and Peer Editing

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will write a sloppy copy and help a peer to edit their writing. They will use a kid-friendly checklist (included)to help each other find their mistakes. Videos of students engaged in the lesson plan are provided, along with a...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Writing Our Sloppy Copies and Peer Editing Day 4 Honeybees

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
You mean I have to write my story again, have someone check to make sure it's right, and fix my mistakes? In this lesson plan, learners will peer edit each other's writing. They will use their five-star checklists (included) to make sure...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Teaching Revising & Editing: Making Revising & Editing a Priority

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This resource explores strategies for teaching students how to revise and edit content area writing. It contains original content from the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies: Focus on Writing professional development. Download and print...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing: Editing: Strategies for Editing: Practice 3

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that teaches students about editing their writing in four mini-lessons: Introduction, Avoiding Coma Catastrophes, Placing Quotation Marks, Apostrophes, Em Dashes Like a Pro, and and Putting It All Together.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing: Editing: Strategies for Editing: Practice 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that teaches students about editing their writing in four mini-lessons: Introduction, To Be or Not to Be in Capitals. That Is the Question, How Do You Spell It: Shakesspere, Shakysper, Shaxpeer, or Shakespeare?, and...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing: Editing: Strategies for Editing: Practice 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that teaches students about editing strategies in five mini-lessons: Introduction, Spelling Spectacularly, Capitalizing Confidently, Punctuating Perfectly, and Putting It All Together.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing: Editing: Grammar

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] A learning module that teaches students about grammar in six mini-lessons: Introduction, Read Aloud, Subject-Verb Agreement, More Subject-Verb Agreement, Troublesome...
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Writing a Draft

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on writing a first draft including getting all the information down in an organized manner without worrying about the grammar and mechanics. It discusses the advantages of using word processing programs which make it...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Spelling (English I Writing)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn proofreading techniques to use in checking for correct spelling.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Capitalization (English I Writing)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Demonstrate knowledge of capitalization rules in a proofreading exercise.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Capitalization (English I Writing)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, student learn that the language of casual exchanges on mobile devices is not acceptable in formal writing. They will also develop some case sensitivity, the ability to use capital letters appropriately as they proofread...
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Handout
W. W. Norton

W. W. Norton & Company: Lit Web: The Research Process

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Information about the research process including: reference works, bibliography, online and card catalogs, evaluating sources, taking notes, integrating source material into the essay, editing, proofreading, citations, quotations, and more.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Spelling

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
In this lesson, you'll be reminded why spelling is important; a three-step strategy to follow when you edit your written work or the work of your peers; when to rely on the spell-checker and when to override it with your own good...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Punctuation

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Punctuation is the point of this lesson. You'll learn to put the right dots and squiggles in the appropriate places in your writing. You'll review the conventions of punctuation used in academic English. Then you will apply what you...
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Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Guide to Grammar and Style: Paragraphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
At this site, Jack Lynch sets forth many guidelines for writing good paragraphs, from length, to specific word choice, to proofreading, to voice, to punctuation. Links are provided to help the student seeking additional clarification.
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School Express

Schoolexpress.com: Grammar Worksheets

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site provides a comprehensive index of printable grammar worksheets. Each topic has an extensive list of worksheets to choose from. Topics include abbreviations, alphabetizing, parts of speech, classifying, punctuation, prefixes,...
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Exercise : Run Ons, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences

For Students 9th - 10th
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice identifying run-on sentences, comma splices, and fused sentences.

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