Commonly Missued words

Affect/Effect information at http://grammar.about.com/od/words/a/AffectEffect.htm

Quiz on
Affect/Effect
Accept/Except at http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/affect_except_quiz.htm

Assure/Ensure/Insure information at http://grammar.about.com/od/alightersideofwriting/a/assurenesureglo.htm

More information at http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv220.shtml

Information on imply/infer at http://grammarguidelines.blogspot.com/2010/01/imply-vs-infer.html - BUT read the bottom there is information on other commonly misused words.

Quiz on imply/infer and other commonly confused words at http://www.writingenglish.com/test15/

That, Which, Who fantastic quiz at http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/which_quiz.htm

Fewer or less quiz at http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/fewerless.html

Grammar quizzes part 2

Try apostrophes at http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/apostrophes_1.asp

More apostrophes at http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/take-apostrophe-quiz

Information on dashes and then a quiz at http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/dash.htm

Dashes or hyphen, when do you use them? Try a quiz at http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/quizshow.php?title=hyphen-dash&quesnum=1

More semi colons at http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/quizshow.php?title=Section-Q--Semicolon-Quiz&quesnum=1

Because commas are tricky try this quiz at http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/comma_quiz.htm

Parentheses are important to know as well, so try this quiz at http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/quizshow.php?title=parentheses-brackets&quesnum=1

MUST DO THE PRONOUN AGREEMENT at www.chompchomp.com

Grammar quizzes

Who and Whom at http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/who_1.asp

Semi colon quiz at http://www2.ivcc.edu/rambo/practice_semicolon_quiz.htm

Commas, scrolled down to the Comma section and do as many as you can at http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm

Week of February 21

2nd hour English 11
2/21 Persuasion stations
2/22 English department visit for persuasion
2/23 Timed writing practice, Laptops
2/24 ACT practice handouts - laptops
2/25 ACT practice handouts - laptops

3rd hour English 11
2/21 Conclusions
2/22 English department visit for persuasion
2/23 Time writing practice, ACT practice handouts
2/24 Laptops
2/25 Laptops

4th hour English 11
2/21 Laptops, ACT practice handouts
2/22 English department visit for persuasion
2/23 Timed writing, ACT practice handouts
2/24 Essay returned, ACT practice handouts
2/25 Work on ACT follow up

Journalism
Working on senior edition and BVB
Visit our website at www.therovingrock.com

ACT Sample Test

1. Go through each set of practice questions at http://www.actstudent.org/sampletest/index.html

2. Toward the bottom of http://www.testprepreview.com/act_practice.htm are several links to different types of questions for ACT practice - do as many as you can stand!

Active Passive Voice follow up

Finish the rest of the quiz we started together at http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/passive_quiz.htm

Now give this one a try...
Active passive quiz at http://netgrammar.altec.org/Tasks/auxpages/passiveactive.html


But wait there's more...
Try this quiz at http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-voice_quiz.htm

February extra credit

What is your career pathway? There are six:

ARTS AND COMMUNICATION
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND TECHNOLOGY
ENGINEERING/MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL
TECHNOLOGY
HEALTH SCIENCES
HUMAN SERVICES
NATURAL RESOURCES AND AGRISCIENCE

Identify your career pathway.

Then name a well known person in your career pathway,  include a one sentence explanation of that person's world recognition.