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Binder Table of Contents

#1: Syllabus

#2: How to Use Voki and the Blog

#3: The Three Steps in the Writing Process

#4: Supporting Sentences

#5: The Three Parts of a Good Paragraph

#6: Writing Effective Topic Sentences

#7: Writing Effective T.S. – Part 2

#8: 3 Parts of Speech: Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs

#9: Sheldon Plays Sports

#10: Organizing and Typing Your Paper

#11: Conclusion Sentences

#12: Peer Review Training

#13: Seeing the Argument from Both Sides

#14: Terminology for Reading & Writing

#15: Disadvantages of Living in the Zoo (Rough Draft)

#16: Why I Live in New York article

#17: Review of Sentence Structure (Motorcycle Hand-out)

#18: Advantages of Living in San Diego Outline

#19: Subjects, Verbs, and Ninjas!

#20: Confusing Words (Your and Their)

#21: Review of Your/You’re & Their/They’re/Their

#22: Writing a Compare/Contrast Paragraph (sample about work and school)

#23: Venn Diagram about high school and college

#24: How College is Different from High School (chart)

#25: No Cliffhangers Allowed! (Sentence Fragments)

#26: Outline for the high school versus college paragraph

#27: The Differences between Football and Water Polo

#28: Standard and Non-Standard English#

29: Revised Dialogue Using Standard English

#30: Article about New York’s Ban on Soda

#31: Chart: Is the Ban on Soda Wise or Misguided?

#32: Idea Map: New York’s Ban on Soda

#33: Helpful Reminders about Writing

#34: A Short Guide to the Apostrophe

#35: Michael Phelps – Sentence Fragments

#36: Correct the Signs (Part Two)

#37: How to Preview a Text

#38: “Boo Humbug”

#39: Verb check

#40: Verb that Give Students Trouble

#41: Narrative Paragraph Samples

#42: Endangered Tigers – Run-ons and comma splices

#43: Endangered Tigers – Sample Essay

#44: Paragraph versus Essay

#45: To & Too

#46: “Self Driving Cars Now Legal in CA” by Heather Kelley

#47: Chart: Pros and Cons of Self-Driving Cars

#48: "Then" and "than" Explanation

#49: "Then" and "than" practice

#50: “Look, No Hands” article

#51: Run-ons and comma splices review

#52: "Practice Putting it Together as a Class" (Self-Driving Cars)

#53: Methods of Introduction

#54: Parallelism (with the pictures of the babies)

#55: Your Turn!  (Outline for Self-Driving Cars)

#56: Parellelism Paragraph - "Survivalists"

#57: Essay Tips and Guidelines