Week One: Ghastly Grammar (and an essay)

Grammar Section- review and study first

·      Sentence structure: http://www.towson.edu/ows/sentencestruct.htm

Subject, predicate, phrase, clause, fragment, comma splice: http://www.towson.edu/ows/sentelmt.htm; sentence types: http://www.towson.edu/ows/sentences.htm

·      Verbs: http://www.towson.edu/ows/sentences.htm

·      Adverbs: http://www.towson.edu/ows/adverbs.htm

·      Nouns: http://www.towson.edu/ows/nouns.htm

·      Adjectives: http://www.towson.edu/ows/adjectives.htm

·      Pronouns: http://www.towson.edu/ows/pronouns.htm

·      Prepositions: http://www.towson.edu/ows/prepositions.htm

·      Conjunctions: http://www.towson.edu/ows/conjunctions.htm

·      Online Writing Support at Towson University: http://www.towson.edu/ows/index.htm

Grammar Activities- take some online quizzes and find other “fun” activities to increase your knowledge

·         Go Grammar: http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/la-grammar.html (Focus on the items listed above; there’s a lot on this site.)

·         Grammar Blast: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/quizzes/

·         Identifying basic sentence parts: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/bodyparts.htm

• Majortest.com

******NEW: Another blog with some really simply examples of grammar errors to review for that dreadful sentence/passage correction section.