Writing Skills

Almost all of the work that we will be doing this semester is based on the work of Judith Hochman. Below is her website with more information and tips.

www.teachwritingskills.com


Please look below for sites containing other writing tools such as transitions, grammar, conjunctions, appositives and essays.

Sample Essay Tips (AP* Style)

The Five Paragraph Essay

Guide to a Basic Essay

The Writing Center 

The OWL at Purdue University

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant

The Learning Centre

Guide to Grammar and Writing

Dictionary.com

Thesaurus.com

English the Easy Way

Transitional Words and Phrases





Writing Tips and Tricks

Writing is the key focus of this class and that is OUR PRIMARY concern. The links below are tips that I have found that might help strengthen your writing.

The GST format in case you need a reminder

G: GENERAL STATEMENT about the topic

S: SPECIFIC STATEMENT about the topic

T: THESIS STATEMENT about the topic

You should be practicing this format during the break. You can for practice from the old exam questions and try to use the same format to write intros for some topics.  Any ones that you do, feel free to bring them in and I will look at them.



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