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McGraw Hill

Mayfield Handbook: Restrictive and Nonrestrictive

For Students 9th - 10th
This section of the Mayfield Handbook on restrictive and nonrestrictive modifiers and clauses features a definition with links to other parts of the sentence (modifiers, clauses, phrases) along with examples of restrictive and...
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Sentence Parts Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This quiz is "a very basic quiz" that covers the various parts of a sentence (clause, gerund, adjective, preposition) in a ten question matching format.
Activity
University of Victoria (Canada)

University of Victoria: Grammar Topics

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of concise explanations of various aspects of English grammar and usage. All topics include exercises that can be done, checked, and corrected online. Solid resource for English language learners at the intermediate...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Parentheses

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces parentheses and how they are used. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Commas and Non Restrictive Elements

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces how to use commas with non-restrictive elements.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Commas and Non Restrictive Elements: Thumbs Up Work

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces how to use commas with non-restrictive elements.
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Other

Kryss Tal: Grammar: Introduction to Grammar

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a very good overview of grammar components. Grammar examples and links are provided.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Sentence Openers

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial focuses on adding variety to your writing with sentence openers. A PowerPoint presentation explains sentence openers and gives examples of ways to create interesting sentences, such as beginning with a prepositional phrase,...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Revision Strategies: Parallelism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Parallelism in writing requires aligning words, phrases, clauses, and sentences in similar grammatical structures. This lesson will provide you with strategies to help you...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Editing for Sentence Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will give students tools and tips to edit sentence structure so that fragments and run-on sentences will not hamper their writing.
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University of Sydney (Australia)

The Write Site: Practice 4: Sentence Fragments

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Other

Using English: Glossary of English Grammar Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive A-Z index of grammar terms with explanations and examples. Each entry provides links to activities and other resources available on the site for more practice on that aspect of grammar. Suggested activities are often...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Direct and Indirect Objects

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow lesson focuses on direct and indirect objects. It defines and gives examples of each and explains that direct objects can be words, phrases, or clauses while indirect objects can be words, phrases, or found in...
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Fiction: Short Story & Novel Fact Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a short story or novel fact sheet offered as a Word document or a PDF. It includes places for title; author; URL; list of important nouns, verbs, phrases, and clauses; setting (includes definition); characterization (including...
Website
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: 11.1: Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explanations and examples that demonstrate how to identify and correctly use commas with coordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, and introductory...
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Punctuation: Conquering the Comma: Power Point

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A PowerPoint presentation introducing common rules of comma usage as well as how commas are used in phrases and clauses.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Commas for Introductory Elements

For Students 2nd - 7th Standards
Introductory elements are clauses, phrases, and words that appear before the main part of a sentence. Without commas, the reader may be confused. Use commas to indicate properly the who and the what. [0:40]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Avoid Dangling Modifiers

For Students 3rd - 8th
Modifiers are phrases, clauses, or even just words that add description. In clear sentences, modifiers are next to target words they are describing. Dangling modifiers are modifiers with no target to describe, which can confuse many...
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Other

Comma Rules

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Ten detailed comma rules are found on this page.
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University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: Writing Center: Fragments and Run Ons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What are sentence fragments and run-on sentences? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Provides techniques for avoiding fragments and run-ons in writing assignments.
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University of North Carolina

Univ. Of North Carolina: Seeing and Correcting Sentence Fragments and Run Ons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What is a sentence fragment and a run-on sentence? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Students and teachers can utilize this informative site to improve their writing skills.
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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: The Participle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify participles in the context of sentences.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Toefl Practice Site: Coherence and Unity

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site discusses coherence achieved through major and minor connector transitions. Examples are given, and there is a link to an exercise meant for the particular class this site was designed for, still useful practice for anyone....
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The Tongue Untied

The Tongue Untied: Conjunctions

For Students 9th - 10th
Come and learn about all types of conjunctions when you visit this educational resource. This site gives a clear definition of the function of a conjunction. Use the "Turn the Page," function to learn more.

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