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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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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.
Unit Plan
Education Development Center

Tune in to Learning: Editing Checklist

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An editing/proofreading checklist is often helpful when you read your own work, or someone else's. This site helps you edit for capitalization, sentence fragments, verb tense, and punctuation. Included is a brief video about sentence...