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Lesson |
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Vigorous Verbs: Increase
your Writing Power
(April 21, 2005) |
Adverb Clauses and "As"
(April 14, 2005) |
Four Ways to Begin an Essay
(April 7, 2005) |
Four Ways to End an Essay
(March 31, 2005) |
Expanding a Paragraph
into an Essay
(March 24, 2005) |
Writing the Body Paragraph
(March 17, 2005) |
How Teachers Mark Your
Essays
(March 10, 2005) |
Pretty Parallels:
Capturing a Reader's Eye
(March 3, 2005) |
Writing an Essay:
Discuss and Write
(February 24, 2005) |
Writing an Essay: My
Favourite Writing Lessons
(February 17, 2005) |
Using the Five Senses in
Description (Adding Detail)
(February 10, 2005) |
Four Rules for
Good Descriptive Writing
(February 3, 2005) |
Coordination and
Conjunctions
(January 27, 2005) |
Using Infinitives as Nouns
and Adjectives
(January 20, 2005) |
The Three Most Important Rules
of Writing
(January 13, 2005) |
Preparing for the
Certificate Tests: Process Essay
(November 4, 2004) |
How to Do It: The Process
Paragraph
(October 28, 2004) |
Comparing and
Contrasting: Plan A or B ?
(October 21, 2004) |
Using Metaphor
(October 14, 2004) |
Writing a Persuasive
Paragraph
(October 7, 2004) |
Writing for an Audience
(September 23, 2004) |
Classifying our Errors:
Enhancing Revision
(September 16, 2004) |
What is CSFM?
(May 19, 2004) |
The Best Topic
Sentences
(May 12, 2004) |
Index Cards as a
Writing Tool
(May 5, 2004) |
Revision of Student
Writing: Workshop
(April 28, 2004) |
Examining the Great
Writers
(April 21, 2004) |
Stephen King's Advice: Read a
Lot; Write a Lot
(April 14, 2004) |
Noun Clause as Object of
a Sentence
(April 7, 2004) |
Adding Sights and Sounds:
Expanding into an Essay
(April 1, 2004) |
The Nose Knows: Remembering
Smell in Writing
(March 24, 2004) |
Finding their
Reaction: Reader-Based Questions
(March 18, 2004) |
Finishing Up: Writing the
Conclusion
(March 11, 2004) |
Writing the Body Paragraph Well
(March 3, 2004) |
Revising the Title,
Introduction and Thesis
(February 25, 2004) |
Reviewing Essay Structure
(February 18, 2004) |
Revising for Conciseness:
Group Workshop
(February 11, 2004) |
Sharing our Work on Showing
and Telling
(February 4, 2004) |
On with the Show! Showing versus
Telling
(January 28, 2004) |
Revision
(January 21, 2004) |
The Three Most Important
Rules for Writing
(January 14, 2004) |
The POWER Formula for
Writing Essays
(Nov. 25, 2003) |
Coordination and Conjunctions
(November 12, 2003) |
Sequence of Tenses: Simple
Present
(November 5, 2003) |
Four Ways to End an Essay
(October 22, 2003) |
Four Ways to Begin an Essay
(October 15, 2003) |
Reviewing the Essay's Body
Paragraph
(October 8, 2003) |
Examining the Example
Is it
Specific and Complete?
(October 1, 2003) |
Developing an Essay Topic
(September 24, 2003) |
What's Your Best
Sentence?
(May 28, 2003) |
Writing for an Audience
(May 14, 2003) |
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The
Specific is Terrific
(April 30, 2003) |
Four Ways to End an Essay
(April 16, 2003) |
Four Ways to Begin an Essay
(April 9, 2003) |
Turning
Topics into Threes
(April 2, 2003) |
Student
Self Assessment
(March 12, 2003) |
Revision
Workshop
(March 5, 2003) |
PALC.net Student Writers
(February 26, 2003) |
Writing Comparison Contrast
(February 19, 2003) |
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Describing a Person
(February 12, 2003) |
Four
Rules of Description
(February 5, 2003) |
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What Makes a Good Paragraph?,
January 29, 2003 |
Class Introduction, January 22,
2003 |
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How to Emphasize with
Sentences, November 13, 2002 |
Remembering Smells:
Using Your Nose
in Writing, November 6 and 7, 2002 |
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Quality Ingredients Make a Witch's Brew: Writing on Hallowe'en,
October 30, 2002 |
Putting it Together: Conjunctive Adverbs and the Semicolon,
October 23, 2002 |
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Putting it Together: Coordination and Conjunctions,
October 16, 2002 |
How to Do It: The Process
Paragraph, October 9, 2002 |
| It's
All in the Details: Writing a Good Example,
October 2,
2002 |
Topic Sentences? Good Rules to Follow,
September
25, 2002 |
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Who am I? A Writer! September
18, 2002 |
Pretty Parallels: More than
Just a List, May 9, 2002 |
Writing for an Audience
May 2, 2002 |
April 25, 2002
Using Passive Voice |
April 18, 2002
Using Metaphor |
April 11, 2002
To Comma or Not Comma: That is the Question! |
March 14, 2002
Essay Evaluation Workshop |
March 7, 2002
Expanding a Paragraph into an Essay |
February 28, 2002
Is That a Comparison or a Contrast? |
February 21, 2002
Adjective + Preposition + Gerund |
February 14, 2002
In Honour of Saint Valentine: Using Vigorous Verbs |
February 7, 2002
Degrees of Comparison: Harder or Hardest? |
January 30, 2002
Using the Semicolon (Wisely and Well) |
November 15, 2001
Topics in Threes: Dividing Ideas |
November 8, 2001
Writing a 500 Word Test Essay |
October 31, 2001
Commas: Appositives and Quotations |
October 25, 2001
Making the Dash Work for You |
October 18, 2001
The World: Changed Forever? (Comparison) |
October 11, 2001
Descriptive Writing: Writing about a Place |
October 4, 2001
Using the Infinitive as Noun |
September 27, 2001
Using the Gerund Noun |
May 31, 2001
Writing a Test Essay: Live Demonstration |
May 17, 2001
Verbs followed by Gerund or Infinitive |
May 10, 2001
Coordination and Subordination |
May 3, 2001
Turning Topics into Threes |
April 26, 2001
Adverb Clauses and "As" |
April 19, 2001
On Being Specific |
April 12, 2001
Writing about Having Lunch in a Public Setting |
April 5, 2001
The Importance of Metaphor |
March 29, 2001
Adverbial Time and the Present Perfect |
March 15, 2001
"Ins and Unders": Using Prepositional Phrases |
March 8, 2001
Sequence of Tenses: Simple Present |
March 1, 2001
Could I or Can I: Using Modals |
February 22 2001
A Paragraph Boilerplate |
February 15, 2001
In Honour of Saint Valentine's |
February
8, 2001
What's Your Best Sentence? |
February
1, 2001
Painting a Vivid Picture: Description |
January
25, 2001
Writing the Good Example |
January
18, 2001
How to Write a Good Paragraph |
November 29, 2000
Writing a Successful Test Essay |
November 16, 2000
Topics in Three: Dividing Ideas |
November 9, 2000
Easily Confused Words |
November 2, 2000
Using Infinitives as Nouns and Adjectives |
October
19, 2000
Revision: Try it Yourself |
October 12, 2000
Revising the Essay: Live Demonstration |
October 5, 2000
Writing the Essay: Live Demonstration |
September 28, 2000
Remembering Smells: Smell in Writing |
June 1, 2000
Writing is Like (Use of Metaphor) |
May 25, 2000
The Long and Short of It |
May 18, 2000
The Audience |
May 11, 2000
Uses of Would |
May 4, 2000
Uses of Passive Voice |
April 27, 2000
Using Adjective Clauses |
April 20, 2000
Using the Colon |
April 13, 2000
Using Parallel Structure |
April 6, 2000
Description Practice |
Mar. 23, 2000
Using Specific Verbs |
Mar. 9, 2000
Showing versus Telling |
Mar 2, 2000
Comparison-Contrast Paragraphs |
Feb 24, 2000
Using Indefinite Pronouns |
Feb. 17, 2000
Using the Infinitive |
Feb 10, 2000
Using the Gerund |
Feb 3, 2000
The Past Unreal |
Jan 27, 2000
Extended Definition: Paragraph |
Jan 17, 2000
Topic Sentences |
Nov 18, 1999
Thoughts on the Millennium |
Nov 4, 1999
How to: The Process Paragraph |
Oct 28, 1999
How to Emphasize with Sentences |
Oct 21, 1999
Classification Paragraphs |
Oct 14, 1999
The Importance of Metaphor |
Oct 7, 1999
Four Rules of Description |
Sept 30, 1999
Correlative Conjunctions |
Sept 23, 1999
Conjunctive Adverbs and the Semicolon |
Sept 16, 1999
Coordination and Conjunctions |
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