English 99 Improvement of Writing

 

 

What to Study for the Comprehensive Experience

 

 

ü Sentencing basics--be able to identify and repair fragments, run-on sentences, and comma splices. A review of Clauses and Sentencing Made Easy might help, (pp. 8-12 Grey Packet).

 

ü Words Often Confused (Zero Tolerance Skill #1).  A review of Julie's Homonyms Help and Extra Help with Affect/Effect and Principle/Principal would be of great assistance (pp. 44-53 Grey Packet).

 

ü Subject-verb agreement (“One of the students (is, are). . . .”), (pp. 60-67) in the Grey Packet.

 

ü Pronoun Agreement (“This is between you and (I, me)”), pp. 68-74 in the Grey Packet.