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Alison Vinande

Writing Activities

Thanks for a great semester! Wishing you all a great vacation.

 

How can I practice my English outside of MJC?

  • Click here for inspiring stories and a list of agencies in the Modesto area.
  • Grammar Bytes is a great site with lots of explanations and exercises that can help make you a better speaker and writer!

 

 

Reading & Writing Activities for ESL 46

Compiled by Alison Vinande

 

 

 

 

  

 

Fixing WW (Wrong Word) with Microsoft Word

  • 1) Right-click on the word, then click "Synonyms."
  • 2) Look up the meaning of the word you'd like to use.

 

 

Fixing WW (Wrong Word) with Dictionary.com

  • Look up the words around the "WW" to find what goes with it.
  • Find the meaning of the word you'd like to use.
  • Click "Thesaurus" to discover what your word's synonyms are.

 

 

 

The Modesto Bee!

 

 

Final Essay: Print, fill out, and turn in this checklist with your essay.  

 

 

Corrections: What do the correction symbols on my papers mean?

 

 

 "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens

 Questions about "A Christmas Carol"

Visualize each chapter here (by copying and pasting)

 

Modesto Bee article: Anniversary shakes up memories

Concordance: Infer the meaning of a vocabulary word!

 

 

 

 

Five-Paragraph Essay: Example 1

 

Five-Paragraph Essay: Example 2

 

  

 

Conjunctions and Connecting Sentences

Many Conjunctions and Connecting Sentences

Many Conjunctions and Connecting Sentences 2

Many Conjunctions and Connecting Sentences 3

And or But? Conjunctions and Connecting Sentences

 

Conjunction Junction Cartoon

Conjunction Junction Cartoon - Words

 

*Using Coordinating Conjunctions to make Compound Sentences* 

*Using Subordinating Conjunctions to form Complex Sentences*

 

 

Scanning Practice: The New York Times

Skimming and Scanning Practice: CNN

The Modesto Bee!

  

 

So vs. So That

 

Vocabulary - Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Vocabulary - Definition List

Vocabulary - Sample Sentences

Vocabulary - Videos

 

 

Topic Sentences - Examples

Topic Sentences - Explanation & Quiz

 

Complete Sentences: Quiz 1

Complete Sentences: Quiz 2

Complete Sentences: Quiz 3

Complete Sentences: Quiz 4

 

Sentence Boundaries: Quiz 1

Sentence Boundaries: Quiz 2

 


 

Transition Words

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

Click here for a cool list.

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

 

One-Stop Site for Academic English

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

This site has everything to help you with academic English writing, grammar, and everything else. Click here!

 

Interactive Writing and Grammar Exercises 

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

Read about academic writing and take quizzes here!

 

 

Typing Tutor

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

  1. Select qwerty to practice typing. Click here.
  2. Test yourself with typing games.

 

Dictionary and Thesaurus

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

  1. To find definitions and similar words, click here.
  2. To see a diagram with similar words, click here.