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. 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.

2 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. 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.

3 Personal Pronouns Antecedents of Pronouns Pronouns and Case Demonstrative Indefinite Relative Pronouns Pronoun Review in Story Form LESSON. *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. 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.

4 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. 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. 1. Adjective-adverb confusion after linking verbs 2. Affect, effect 3. Double negatives, with hardly, scarcely, barely 4.

5 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. 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.

6 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. 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. Chapter 4 Subject/Verb Agreement Exercises 1 and 2.

7 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. MASTERING ENGLISH GRAMMAR . QUEUE SOFTWARE. Network Version ENG 1103-ENG 1123. LEARNING PARTS OF SPEECH: Networked Topic: Adjectives: Adding New Ideas to Nouns and Pronouns Lessons: Introduction Identifying Adjectives Nouns Modified Kinds of Adjectives More Adjectives Adjective Word Order Nouns as Adjectives Comparing Adjectives Irregular Adjectives Review Topic: Adverbs: Modifiers of Verbs/Adjectives and other Adverbs Lessons: Introduction Position of Adverbs Identifying Adverbs Forms of Adverbs Adjective or Adverb Adverbs of Degree Comparing Adverbs Correct Use Special Forms Review Topic: Nouns: Words used as Names Lessons: Names Nouns in Sentences Kinds of Nouns Common/Proper Nouns More Common/Proper Plurals of Nouns More Plurals Plural Test Review Forrest County ENGLISH Learning Lab Resource Manual 2012-13 8.

8 Topic: Prepositions: Words that show a Relationship MASTERING ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONTINUED. Lessons: Introduction Prepositions Prepositional Phrases Distinctions Adjective Phrases Review Adverbial Phrases Objects of Prepositions Topic: Pronouns: Substitutes for Nouns Lesson: Introduction Personal Pronouns Compound Personal Pronouns More Compound Personal Pronouns Demonstrative Pronouns Indefinite Pronouns Review Relative Pronouns Pronouns as Adjectives Possessive Pronouns Topic: Verbs: Action and Linking Lesson: Introduction To Be Verbs Verb Identification Verb Phrases Principal Parts Regular and Irregular Verbs Troublesome Verbs Review I. Review II. Review III. Topic: Practical GRAMMAR I. Topic 1: Parts of Speech I. Lesson: Nouns Part 1. Nouns Part 2. Pronouns Verbs Verb Phrases Forrest County ENGLISH Learning Lab Resource Manual 2012-13 9. MASTERING ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONTINUED. Summary Review Assignments I, II, III. Progress Test Topic 2: Parts of Speech II. Lesson: Adjective and Articles Adverbs Prepositions Conjunctions Interjections Summary Review Assignments I & II.

9 Progress Test Parts A & B. Topic 3: Sentences Lesson: Subject and Predicate Complete Subject & Predicate Simple Subject & Predicate Compound Subject & Predicate Sentence Fragments Assignment 1. Assignment 2. Progress Test Topic 4: Sentence Patterns Lesson: Kinds of Sentences Inverted Order Sentence Patterns I. Sentence Patterns II. There Sentences Summary Assignments 1, 2, 3. Progress Test Topic 5: Nouns Lesson: Nouns Capitalization Using Capital Letters Plural Forms of Nouns More Noun Plurals I & II. Forrest County ENGLISH Learning Lab Resource Manual 2012-13 10. Summary MASTERING ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONTINUED. Assignments 1, 2, 3. Topic 6: Pronouns Lesson: Kinds of Pronouns Kinds of Pronouns II. Four Pronoun Types Adjective Pronouns Adjective Exercise Possessive Pronouns Summary Assignment 1. Assignments 1-2. Assignments 3-4. Topic 7: Agreement of Pronoun with Antecedent Lesson: Antecedents Gender Agreement Gender Exercise I. Gender and Number Gender Exercise II.

10 Compound Agreement Agreement Adjective Agreement Assignment 1. Progress Test Topic 8: Complements of Verbs Lesson: Direct Object Part 1. Direct Object Part 2. Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Indirect Object Linking Verbs Complements of Linking Verbs Summary Assignments 1-2. Assignments 3. Progress Test Topic 9: Cases of Nouns and Pronouns Lesson: Introduction Noun Case and Practice Forrest County ENGLISH Learning Lab Resource Manual 2012-13 11. Case of Pronouns MASTERING ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONTINUED. Pronoun Case Practice Possessive Case I, II, II. Summary Parts 1 & 2. Progress Test Topic 10: Modifiers: Adjectives Lesson: Kinds of Adjectives Predicate Adjective Nouns as Adjectives Adjective/Comparison Degrees Irregular Adjectives Exercise 1. Summary Assignments 1-2. Progress Test Topic 11: Modifiers: Adverbs Lesson: Forms of Adverbs Miscellaneous Nouns Used As Adverbs and Comparison Correct Usage Special Forms The Double Negative Assignments 1-2. Assignments 2-3.