English 11 Friday, October 17

2. Choose links to help you improve understanding:

Spelling:

Spelling - https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/660/01/

Spelling rules - http://grammar.about.com/od/words/tp/spellrules.htm

            Practice of ie words - https://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/2/1/46/

Vocabulary (Word usage):

 http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/dictskill.cfm

Writing Style – http://teachers.lakesideschool.org/us/english/ErikChristensen/WRITING%20STRATEGIES/LiteraryStyles.htm

Style and Tone - http://www.wheaton.edu/Academics/Services/Writing-Center/Writing-Resources/Style-Diction-Tone-and-Voice

Grammar:

Possessives - https://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/2/1/46/

Commas -https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/607/01/

Powerpoint presentation - https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/692/1/

Inversion sentences - https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/609/03/

Literary Devices:

Similies - http://literarydevices.net/simile/

Understatements - http://literarydevices.net/understatement/

Metaphors - http://literarydevices.net/metaphor/

3.  On the back of your Memoir Pretest identify what you learning area you looked at and ONE thing you learned:

Example:

Spelling -I learned the difference between -ible and -able.

4. Return your Memoir Pretest to Luttke