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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Commas: Quick Rules

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A tutorial that provides strategies when proofreading for commas.
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Other

Left Foot Right Foot: Integrating I Movie [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This PDF document is a PowerPoint Presentation on integrating iMovie into your classroom. The five basic steps of plan, shoot, capture, edit and publish are outlined and examples of how to use iMovie in your classroom are given. Finally,...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

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

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson's focus is limited to the editing process for writing conventions: subject-verb agreement, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Real Survival Skills

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about process analysis, writing procedurals texts, the steps of the writing process, and cause and effect in this unit. Also, examine patterns of organization in writing. A handy chart shows common organizational patterns which...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Strategies for Revising: Practice 3

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will review the different types of clauses and sentences. You will also use editing strategies to help you add variety to your sentences. A step-by-step...
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Writing Center: How to Proofread

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Concise instruction on how to get the best results from your proofreading. Suggestions are divided into "Before You Proofread," "When You Proofread," and "When You Want to Learn More." The latter includes links to handouts on writing.
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Capitalization Invasion

For Students K Standards
This video tutorial features outer space missions. Students will learn about capitalizing the first word in every sentence. Students will also learn about the importance of capitalizing the pronoun "I" in sentences.
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Harvard University

Harvard Writing Center: Tips on Grammar, Punctuation and Style

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Rather than lists of rules, this site provides practical advice on the use of commas, semicolons, dashes, hyphens, abbreviations, acronyms, split infinitives, "this," "that," italics, and underlining. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Deadly Sins Checklist

For Students 9th - 10th
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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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tricks of the Trade

For Students 9th - 10th
This document shows you how to capture and edit still images from a video segment, using either a PC or a Macintosh computer.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Commas: Exercise #4

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students' proofread sentences and decide the correct placement of commas. Answers are provided for students' to review.
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Other

If I Were a Carpenter: The Tools of the Writer

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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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Other

Young Author's Workshop: Editing

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Now that you written enough drafts to be satisfied with the content and ideas of your story, you are ready to check spelling. You might also like to make sure you have any historical information correct, check other facts, or consult a...
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Other

Mapping the World by Heart: Never Say Neverisms

For Students 9th - 10th
You can use columnist William Safire's "neverisms" as a fun editing/proofreading checklist. Each item on the list violates the rule it states.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Editing Checklist for Self and Peer Editing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Use this printable template to help students self-assess their own writing as well as provide meaningful feedback for their peers.
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Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School District: Fourth Grade Conventions Checklists [Pdf]

For Students 4th Standards
A series of three checklists for the first three nine-weeks, designed to help fourth graders focus on usage and mechanics in their writing.
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Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School District: 3rd Grade Conventions Checklists [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
A series of four checklists, one for each nine weeks, designed to track third graders' focus on usage and mechanics in their writing.
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Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School District: 3rd Grade Conventions Checklists [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
A series of four checklists, one for each nine weeks, designed to track third graders' focus on usage and mechanics in their written work in Spanish.
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Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School District: 5th Grade Conventions Checklists [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th Standards
A series of three checklists for sets of nine weeks, designed to track fifth graders' focus on usage and mechanics in their writing.
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Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School District: 5th Grade Conventions Checklists [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th Standards
A series of three checklists for sets of nine weeks, designed to track fifth graders' focus on usage and mechanics in their written work in Spanish
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IQ Site

Iq Study Activities: Language Review 4

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Notice spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and usage errors in the underlined portion of twenty-five sentences, and choose the answer that corrects any mistakes. A percentage score is kept throughout the exercise and displayed at the...
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IQ Site

Iq Study Activities: Language Arts Review 1

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Students practice spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and usage skills by choosing the correctly written phrase for the underlined section in twenty-five sentences. Keep score as you go along and see your final score at the end of the...
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IQ Site

Iq Study Activities: Language Arts Review 3

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A twenty-five question exercise where students choose the answer that corrects all spelling, capitalization, usage, and punctuation errors in the underlined portion of each sentence. The student's score is kept along the way and...
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IQ Site

Iq Study Activities: Language Arts Review 2

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Correct the underlined part of twenty-five sentences by choosing the correctly written phrase. The sentences provide practice for editing and proofreading skills such as punctuation, capitalization, grammar usage, and spelling. Score is...