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Links useful for the study of grammar and editing as outlined in the 2010 Virginia Standards of Learning for 9th grade English.
Updated on Feb 16, 15
Created on Mar 10, 14
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Sharon Elin's List: VA.English.SOL.9.7.editing
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Jun 13, 14
"...clarity is materialized through the appropriate use of a set of elements including: good grammar, fewer or no spelling errors, punctuation, and word choice to mention but a few. The three TED Ed talks below offer a great illustration of how these elements work together to render a good piece of writing. "
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Jun 09, 14
"making some grammatical errors just makes you look bad, and hurts your effectiveness. Sometimes we even misuse words simply because we hear others use them incorrectly. So, we’ve assembled the 15 most egregious grammar goofs into one helpful infographic. With this handy reference, you’ll never look silly again."
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Apr 07, 14
"Every situation in which language is used ... has its own conventions. ...This renders the concept of what is 'correct' more than a simple matter of right and wrong. What is correct in a tweet might not be in an essay; ... for more formal communication, the conventions are harder to grasp and this is why so many people fret about the 'rules' of grammar."
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Feb 21, 14
Examples of simple facts listed as boring sentences and then shown converted to complex, fluent sentences using appositive phrases.
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Feb 06, 14
7:11 minutes -- uses effective metaphor of target and arrow with animation on sample sentences
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Feb 06, 14
14 minute lesson on apostrophes; my class can stop viewing at 9:51.
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Feb 06, 14
Examples of direct objects -- subject + verb + WHAT (or WHO); also shows infinitives, gerunds, and participles that have direct objects
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Nov 20, 13
Common mistakes and explanations of their corrections (who/whom, lay/lie, for example); also, Most Frequently Misspelled Words
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Jul 21, 13
"Whether a verb is singular or plural depends on any one of a complicated set of factors. Here is a roster of rules for subject-verb agreement (or “Here are some rules . . .”):"
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May 07, 13
"WHO = HE (A NEAT TRICK): Substitute 'who' with the word 'he'. If that part of the sentence still makes sense, then 'who' is almost certainly correct."
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May 18, 14
7-step process to revising writing (the author of this article thinks it's fun)
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Dec 12, 13
“Most of us who compose on a computer understand revision as an ongoing, even constant process. Every time you hit the delete button, every time you cut and paste, every time you take out a comma or exchange one word for another, you're revising. …But real revision is more than making a few changes here and there. Real revision requires that you open yourself up to the possibility that parts of your paper - and even your entire paper - might need to be re-thought, and re-written.”
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Dec 20, 12
revising to cut bloated prose
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