MASTERING ENGLISH GRAMMAR

1 Forrest County ENGLISH Learning Lab Resource Manual 2012-13 0. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Software Page GRAMMAR Shape-up 1-2. GRAMMAR Fitness 3-5. ENGLISH Essentials 6. MASTERING ENGLISH GRAMMAR 7-19. Building Writing Skills 20. The Parts of a Paragraph 21. The Purpose of a Paragraph 21. Skills BankV 22-27. Inspiration 28-29. Harbrace Handbook Tutorial Presenter 30. Critically Reading Essays Presenter 31-32. Developmental ENGLISH I Quizzes Presenter 33-35. ENGLISH Composition II Writing Tutor Presenter 36-37. Figurative Language Presenter 37. Real Writing Presenter 38. World of Ideas Presenter 39-40. Writing First Presenter 41. Writing Tutor Presenter 42-43. Writing with Confidence Presenter 44.

2 All Write 45. Miscellaneous Presenter Tutorials 46. Traditional GRAMMAR Tutorial Presenter 46. Expert Crosswords and More 47-48. DVD's and Videos for ENGLISH and Literature 48. ADA Statement 49. Forrest County ENGLISH Learning Lab Resource Manual 2012-13 1. GRAMMAR SHAPE-UP. MERIT SOFTWARE NETWORK VERSION. ENG 0113 OR ENG 0123. Description: GRAMMAR Shape-Up, Skill levels 6 - 10. The program contains 36 GRAMMAR lessons and 576 questions. Contextual help and feedback engage students of all ages. Students choose from a menu of reward animations and sounds. All student work is stored in the Teacher Program Manager. Content can be spoken aloud by using the Merit Text Talker. Students See words in context sentences.

3 Master the correct use of various parts of speech. LESSON. *Click on Gsup1-Nouns Work the following: Recognizing Nouns Distinguishing between Common & Proper Nouns Compound Nouns Distinguishing between Abstract, Concrete &. Common Nouns Noun Review in Story Form LESSON. *Click on Gsup2-Adjectives Work the following: Recognizing Adjectives Predicate Adjectives Nouns used as Adjectives Comparative & Superlative Adjectives Adjective review in Story Form LESSON. *Click on Gsup3-Pronouns Work the Following: Forrest County ENGLISH Learning Lab Resource Manual 2012-13 2. Personal Pronouns Antecedents of Pronouns Pronouns and Case Demonstrative Indefinite Relative Pronouns Pronoun Review in Story Form LESSON.

4 *Click on Gsup4. Work the following: Action Verbs Linking Verbs Distinguishing between Action & Linking Verbs Compound Verbs Helping Verbs Verb Review in Story Form LESSON. *Click Gsup5. Work the Following: Adverbs of Manner Adverbs of Place Adverbs of Time I. Adverbs of Time II. Adverbs of Degree Adverb/Adjective Confusion Adverb Review in Story Form LESSON. *Click on Gsup6. Preposition Conjunction Review Work the following: Recognizing Prepositions Prepositional Phrases and Objects Coordinating Conjunctions Subordinating Conjunctions Mixed Practices of Noun, Pronouns, and Adjectives Mixed Practices of Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, and Conjunctions Comprehensive Review in Story Form Forrest County ENGLISH Learning Lab Resource Manual 2012-13 3.

5 GRAMMAR FITNESS. MERIT SOFTWARE NETWORK VERSION. ENG 1113 AND ENG 1123. Description: Each set contains 42 GRAMMAR concepts and 462 questions Contextual help and feedback engage students of all ages Students choose from a menu of reward animations and sounds All student work is stored in the Teacher Program Manager Content can be spoken aloud by using the Merit Text Talker Students will learn to: Correct errors in punctuation Use tenses properly Identify and correct errors in usage Lessons: UNIT 7. 1. Agreement of subject and verb: collective nouns or nouns that look plural 2. Contraction of you are: you're, not your 3. Wrong use of past tense for past participle 4. Past, passed 5.

6 Unnecessary prepositions 6. Case of pronouns 7. The comma to set off transitional words 8. Double negatives, with not, nothing, nobody 9. Common error in superlative adjectives 10. Possessive pronoun: theirs, not there's 11. Confusion of can and may UNIT 8. 1. Among, between 2. Agreement of indefinite pronoun and antecedent 3. Contraction of there is: there's, not theirs 4. Don't have, not hasn't got, etc. Forrest County ENGLISH Learning Lab Resource Manual 2012-13 4. 5. Because or since, not being that 6. Whose, who's 7. Agreement of subject and verb, with indefinite pronouns 8. As if, not like 9. The comma between coordinate modifiers 10. Good, well 11. Incomplete comparisons UNIT 9.

7 1. Adjective-adverb confusion after linking verbs 2. Affect, effect 3. Double negatives, with hardly, scarcely, barely 4. Agreement of subject and verb, with intervening phrases 5. Who, whom 6. Possessive pronoun before gerund 7. Advise, advice 8. Misuse of "'because" for "that"'. 9. The comma with nouns in direct address 10. Different from, not different than 11. Agreement of subject and verb, with "nor" or "or"'. 12. No comparative for absolute adjectives UNIT 10. 1. Misplaced modifiers: adverbs 2. Sentence fragments 3. Misuse of conjunctions 4. Shifts in tense 5. Illogical comparisons 6. Lack of pronoun-antecedent agreement 7. Mixed constructions 8. Lack of subject-verb agreement 9.

8 Comma fault 10. Dangling modifiers 11. Unclear pronoun reference 12. Superfluous words UNIT 11. 1. Faulty parallelism, II. 2. Misplaced modifiers: phrases 3. Lack of subject-verb agreement, with indefinite pronouns 4. Sentence fragments: phrases Forrest County ENGLISH Learning Lab Resource Manual 2012-13 5. 5. Shifts in person 6. Dangling modifiers, II. 7. Misuse of conjunctions: because, on account of 8. Run-on sentences 9. Omitted prepositions 10. Split constructions 11. Squinting modifiers 12. Weak pronoun reference UNIT 12. 1. Omitted verbs 2. Misplaced modifiers: dependent clauses 3. Misuse of conjunctions: while instead of although, since, etc. 4. Split constructions, II.

9 5. Sentence fragments: dependent clauses with relative pronouns 6. Shifts in voice 7. Incomplete comparisons 8. Faulty parallelism, III. 9. Incorrect tense 10. Faulty coordination 11. Misuse of conjunctions: being that, since 12. Sentence fragments: dependent clauses with subordinating conjunctions Forrest County ENGLISH Learning Lab Resource Manual 2012-13 6. ENGLISH ESSENTIALS BY TOWNSEND PRESS. ONLINE (FREE). ENG 0113. Description: Online tutorials for basic GRAMMAR skills. 2 tutorials for each skill available. Scores available. Lessons: Chapter 1 Subjects and Verbs Exercises 1 and 2. Chapter 2 Irregular Verbs Exercises 1 and 2. Chapter 3 Nonstandard Verbs Exercises 1 and 2.

10 Chapter 4 Subject/Verb Agreement Exercises 1 and 2. Chapter 5 Fragments Exercises 1 and 2. Chapter 6 Run-Ons Exercises 1 and 2. Chapter 7 Pronouns Exercises 1 and 2. Chapter 8 Misplaced and Dangling Exercises 1 and 2. Chapter 9 Capital Letters Exercises 1 and 2. Chapter 10 Commas Exercises 1 and 2. Chapter 11 Apostrophes Exercises 1 and 2. Chapter 12 Quotation Marks Exercises 1 and 2. Chapter 13 Other Punctuation Exercises 1 and 2. Chapter 14 Homonyms Exercises 1 and 2. Chapter 15 Word Choice Exercises 1 and 2. Chapter 16 Fragments, Runs-ons Exercises 1 and 2. and Comma Splices Chapter 17 Commas/Apostrophes Exercises 1 and 2. Forrest County ENGLISH Learning Lab Resource Manual 2012-13 7.