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Michelle's English Page
Instructor: Lizz Caplan-Carbin, Ph.D.
Second Language Acquisition
Curriculum and Instructional Technology
Germanic Language and Literature (A.B.D.) Ph.D.
English native speaker (American)
teacher@englishinteractive.net
Skype: LizzCap
Section 1

Grammar:

  1. Clause connecting rules
    http://rwc.hunter.cuny.edu/reading-writing/on-line/clause.html
  2. From Great Paragraphs to Great Essays
    http://college.hmco.com/esl/folse/fgpge/1e/resources/acequizzes.html
Writing:
  1. Teacher Joe's Writing Tips
    http://www.teacherjoe.us/Write.html
  2. The Five Paragraph Essay
    http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/
  3. Sentence Types

Punctuation:

  1. HyperGrammar - University of Ottowa
    http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/punct.html
  2. GrammarGoldGame
    http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/goforgold/content_builder/
    dswmedia/g1c26/nadia.htm
  3. Punctuation Paintball
    http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Paintball
  4. Punctuation Exercise 1
    http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_overvwEX1.html
  5. Comma Rules
    http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/writing/comma
  6. Colon and Semicolon
    http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/colons.htm

Section 2

Grammar:

  1. Proofreading
    http://www.letslearnenglish.co.uk/test_page.asp?test=LI/Gra/Past_PR
  2. Present-Future conditionals
    http://english-zone.com/teach/if-then1.html
  3. Adjective or Adverb
    http://english-zone.com/teach/adjadv1.html
Writing:
  1. Because or So
    http://english-zone.com/teach/so-bc.html
  2. Your or You're
    http://english-zone.com/teach/your1.html
  3. Parts of a story  --  (Quiz)
    http://english-zone.com/writing/parts-story.html

Reading:

  1. Clothing Labels
    http://www.letslearnenglish.co.uk/test_page.asp?test=LI/Gra/Past_PR
  2. The Tell-Tale Heart
    http://www.english-zone.com/reading/tell-tale.html

Misc:

  1. American Presidents
    http://english-zone.com/reading/president.html
  2. Good or Well
    http://english-zone.com/grammar/gd-wll1.html

Section 3

Grammar:

  1. Diagram of Tenses
    http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/tenses-graphic
  2. Time and Tense
    http://englishinteractive.net/TimeExpressions.pdf
Writing:
  1. Stylistic Devices
    http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/writing/style
  2. Definitions
    http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/writing/definitions
  3. Quality Writing
    http://www.reluctantpress.com/rpguidelines.html

Reading:

  1. Who's on First
    http://web.stcloudstate.edu/kaleidoscope/2006/WHOSONFIRST.htm

Misc:

  1. It's My Life (PBS)
    http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/index.html
Writing Assignment:   "How to" paragraph
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/writing_detective/WD_E_2_5.HTM
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