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The Write Site: Practice 4: Sentence Fragments
This interactive lesson engages students in determining "why" each word grouping is a sentence fragment. The lesson involves moving a computer's mouse from each fragment to the reason the word grouping is an incomplete thought.
University of Sydney (Australia)
The Write Site: Why & How to Use Sources
This University of Sydney reference explains the importance of using reputable sources in academic writings. Then the site provides steps to follow to assist students with using bibliographic sources. Click on the sections list to...
University of Sydney (Australia)
The Write Site
This interactive home page provides improvement module links in the areas of grammar, citations, and writing. The University of Sydney's The Write Site provides online support to help students improve their writing skills.
University of Sydney (Australia)
The Write Site: What Are Sentence Fragments?
This learning module provides a clear explanation of sentence fragments. Hints for finding sentence fragments are provided, along with explanations about how to fix them.
University of Sydney (Australia)
The Write Site: Common Mistakes
This interactive exercise provides eight questions for students. Students will identify verb errors and sentence fragments.
University of Sydney (Australia)
The Write Site: Strategies and Exercises for Improvement
This module provides a practice exercise that will help students avoid writing sentence fragments.
University of Sydney (Australia)
The Write Site: Practice 1: Sentence Fragments
During this interactive lesson, students will determine the number of finite verbs in each sentence or fragment.
University of Sydney (Australia)
The Write Site: Acknowledging Sources
An explanation of plagiarism is included this learning module. Students will learn why it is important to cite all sources during a research
University of Sydney (Australia)
The Write Site: What Are Quoting and Paraphrasing?
This reference provides clear explanations of quoting and paraphrasing. Examples of a paraphrase of a direct quotation is also provided.
University of Sydney (Australia)
The Write Site: Summary: Paraphrasing
This site provides a list of reminders about paraphrases. Then student will self-assess their own writings to ensure that they have properly used their paraphrases.
University of Sydney (Australia)
The Write Site: Constructing a Working Thesis
Students will find a thorough definition of a thesis. Non-examples of thesis statements are also provided.
University of Sydney (Australia)
The Write Site: Practice: Constructing a Working Thesis
In this interactive lesson, students will refer to a synthesis grid to determine the "best" thesis to use when answering a business management question.
University of Sydney (Australia)
The Write Site: Summary: Planning Your Essay
This reference provides a summary of eight steps to follow when planning to write an essay.
University of Sydney (Australia)
The Write Site: Quoting and Paraphrasing: Think and Try
This reference demonstrates how to incorporate in-text referencing. Examples are provided for long quotes and short quotes.
University of Sydney (Australia)
The Write Site: Overview: Using Quoting & Paraphrasing
This learning module explains the components of academic writing. The module includes the following topics: original material, paraphrased content, summarized information, and direct quotations.
University of Sydney (Australia)
The Write Site: Structuring Your Individual Arguments
A diagram is provided to help students organize an argument. Assertions, sub-assertions, evidence, and counterarguments are included. Click on page 2 at the bottom to see the functions of the above and page 3 to for a practice activity....