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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Note Taking: Symbols and Abbreviations

For Students 9th - 10th
This video lesson focuses on creating a system of note taking symbols and abbreviations that work for the individual. It explains the purposes of note taking and of using symbols and abbreviations; offers quick tips for abbreviating...
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Acronym Finder: Abbreviations and Acronyms Dictionary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Journalists are inundated with acronyms. This site contains 240,000 of them and their meanings. Search tool allows you to enter the exact acronym or the first letter. You can even enter a keyword and look for acronyms that include it....
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The 101 Series: E Mail Lingo

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the 101 Series covers many of the abbreviations and acronyms that have been developed to save typing and emoticons to clarify the tone of the text.
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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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Able Media

Classics Tech Center: More Latin Mottoes & Phrases

For Students 9th - 10th
The Classics Technology Center offers a comprehensive list of common Latin phrases and abbreviations, along with their meanings as used today. Also has a list of Latin military and business mottoes as well as some humorous, slightly...
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of a Composition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Writing a Paper? Here at the Capital Community College is everything you could ever ask for while preparing your essay. This site includes the writing process, structure, thesis statement, transitions, the computer as a writing...
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Using english.com: English Grammar Quizzes & Worksheets

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice treasure trove of printable grammar worksheets organized by proficiency level: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Emphasis is on parts of speech but you'll also find some that focus on common spelling issues and vocabulary...
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English Plus+

English Plus: Grammar Slammar!

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An easy-to-use grammar resource containing rules for style, usage, capitalization, abbreviations, punctuation, and letter writing. This site also includes a glossary of common grammatical mistakes.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Capitalization

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial teaches standard rules of capitalization and common errors. It offers a PowerPoint presentation over the rules for capitalizing proper nouns and information on capitalizing abbreviations with examples. This is followed by...
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Virtual Chembook: Characteristics and Properties of Amino Acids

For Students 9th - 10th
Each amino acid has at least one amine and one acid functional group as the name implies. The different properties result from variations in the structures of different R groups. The R group is often referred to as the amino acid side...
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Better Homes and Gardens: Knitting 101

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Better Homes and Gardens contains wonderful information on the basics of knitting. An outline in link form is provided with information on subjects such as: needles, single cast-on, purl stitch, slip-stitch, stranding...

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