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Forrest County English Learning Lab Resource Manual 2012-13

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Software Page Grammar Shape-up 1-2 Grammar Fitness 3-5 English Essentials 6 Mastering English Grammar 7-19 Building Writing Skills 20 The Parts of a Paragraph 21 The Purpose of a Paragraph 21 Skills BankV 22-27 Inspiration 28-29 Harbrace Handbook Tutorial Presenter 30 Critically Reading Essays Presenter 31-32 Developmental English I Quizzes Presenter 33-35 English Composition II Writing Tutor Presenter 36-37 Figurative Language Presenter 37 Real Writing Presenter 38 World of Ideas Presenter 39-40 Writing First Presenter 41 Writing Tutor Presenter 42-43 Writing with Confidence Presenter 44 All Write 45 Miscellaneous Presenter Tutorials 46 Traditional Grammar Tutorial Presenter 46 Expert Crosswords and More 47-48 DVD’s and Videos for English and Literature 48 ADA Statement 49


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GRAMMAR SHAPE-UP

MERIT SOFTWARE NETWORK VERSION ENG 0113 OR ENG 0123

Description: Grammar Shape-Up, Skill levels 6 - 10

• The program contains 36 grammar lessons and 576 questions. • Contextual help and feedback engage students of all ages. • Students choose from a menu of reward animations and sounds. • All student work is stored in the Teacher Program Manager. • Content can be spoken aloud by using the Merit Text Talker.

Students will...

• See words in context sentences. • Master the correct use of various parts of speech.

LESSON *Click on Gsup1-Nouns Work the following: Recognizing Nouns Distinguishing between Common & Proper Nouns Compound Nouns Distinguishing between Abstract, Concrete & Common Nouns Noun Review in Story Form LESSON *Click on Gsup2-Adjectives Work the following: Recognizing Adjectives Predicate Adjectives Nouns used as Adjectives Comparative & Superlative Adjectives Adjective review in Story Form LESSON *Click on Gsup3-Pronouns Work the Following:


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Personal Pronouns Antecedents of Pronouns Pronouns and Case Demonstrative Indefinite Relative Pronouns Pronoun Review in Story Form LESSON *Click on Gsup4 Work the following: Action Verbs Linking Verbs Distinguishing between Action & Linking Verbs Compound Verbs Helping Verbs Verb Review in Story Form LESSON *Click Gsup5 Work the Following: Adverbs of Manner Adverbs of Place Adverbs of Time I Adverbs of Time II Adverbs of Degree Adverb/Adjective Confusion Adverb Review in Story Form LESSON *Click on Gsup6 Preposition –Conjunction Review Work the following: Recognizing Prepositions Prepositional Phrases and Objects Coordinating Conjunctions Subordinating Conjunctions Mixed Practices of Noun, Pronouns, and Adjectives Mixed Practices of Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, and Conjunctions Comprehensive Review in Story Form


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GRAMMAR FITNESS MERIT SOFTWARE NETWORK VERSION

ENG 1113 AND ENG 1123 Description:

• Each set contains 42 grammar concepts and 462 questions • Contextual help and feedback engage students of all ages • Students choose from a menu of reward animations and sounds • All student work is stored in the Teacher Program Manager • Content can be spoken aloud by using the Merit Text Talker

Students will learn to:

• Correct errors in punctuation • Use tenses properly • Identify and correct errors in usage

Lessons:

UNIT 7 1. Agreement of subject and verb: collective nouns or nouns that look plural 2. Contraction of you are: you're, not your 3. Wrong use of past tense for past participle 4. Past, passed 5. Unnecessary prepositions 6. Case of pronouns 7. The comma to set off transitional words 8. Double negatives, with not, nothing, nobody 9. Common error in superlative adjectives 10. Possessive pronoun: theirs, not there's 11. Confusion of can and may UNIT 8 1. Among, between 2. Agreement of indefinite pronoun and antecedent 3. Contraction of there is: there's, not theirs 4. Don't have, not hasn't got, etc.


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5. Because or since, not being that 6. Whose, who's 7. Agreement of subject and verb, with indefinite pronouns 8. As if, not like 9. The comma between coordinate modifiers 10. Good, well 11. Incomplete comparisons UNIT 9 1. Adjective-adverb confusion after linking verbs 2. Affect, effect 3. Double negatives, with hardly, scarcely, barely 4. Agreement of subject and verb, with intervening phrases 5. Who, whom 6. Possessive pronoun before gerund 7. Advise, advice 8. Misuse of "'because" for "that"' 9. The comma with nouns in direct address 10. Different from, not different than 11. Agreement of subject and verb, with "nor" or "or"' 12. No comparative for absolute adjectives UNIT 10 1. Misplaced modifiers: adverbs 2. Sentence fragments 3. Misuse of conjunctions 4. Shifts in tense 5. Illogical comparisons 6. Lack of pronoun-antecedent agreement 7. Mixed constructions 8. Lack of subject-verb agreement 9. Comma fault 10. Dangling modifiers 11. Unclear pronoun reference 12. Superfluous words UNIT 11 1. Faulty parallelism, II 2. Misplaced modifiers: phrases 3. Lack of subject-verb agreement, with indefinite pronouns 4. Sentence fragments: phrases


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5. Shifts in person 6. Dangling modifiers, II 7. Misuse of conjunctions: because, on account of 8. Run-on sentences 9. Omitted prepositions 10. Split constructions 11. Squinting modifiers 12. Weak pronoun reference UNIT 12 1. Omitted verbs 2. Misplaced modifiers: dependent clauses 3. Misuse of conjunctions: while instead of although, since, etc. 4. Split constructions, II 5. Sentence fragments: dependent clauses with relative pronouns 6. Shifts in voice 7. Incomplete comparisons 8. Faulty parallelism, III 9. Incorrect tense 10. Faulty coordination 11. Misuse of conjunctions: being that, since 12. Sentence fragments: dependent clauses with subordinating conjunctions


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ENGLISH ESSENTIALS BY TOWNSEND PRESS

ONLINE (FREE) ENG 0113

Description: Online tutorials for basic grammar skills. 2 tutorials for each skill available. Scores available. Lessons: Chapter 1 Subjects and Verbs Exercises 1 and 2 Chapter 2 Irregular Verbs Exercises 1 and 2 Chapter 3 Nonstandard Verbs Exercises 1 and 2 Chapter 4 Subject/Verb Agreement Exercises 1 and 2 Chapter 5 Fragments Exercises 1 and 2 Chapter 6 Run-Ons Exercises 1 and 2 Chapter 7 Pronouns Exercises 1 and 2 Chapter 8 Misplaced and Dangling Exercises 1 and 2 Chapter 9 Capital Letters Exercises 1 and 2 Chapter 10 Commas Exercises 1 and 2 Chapter 11 Apostrophes Exercises 1 and 2 Chapter 12 Quotation Marks Exercises 1 and 2 Chapter 13 Other Punctuation Exercises 1 and 2 Chapter 14 Homonyms Exercises 1 and 2 Chapter 15 Word Choice Exercises 1 and 2 Chapter 16 Fragments, Runs-ons Exercises 1 and 2 and Comma Splices Chapter 17 Commas/Apostrophes Exercises 1 and 2


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MASTERING ENGLISH GRAMMAR

QUEUE SOFTWARE Network Version

ENG 1103-ENG 1123

LEARNING PARTS OF SPEECH: Networked Topic: Adjectives: Adding New Ideas to Nouns and Pronouns Lessons: Introduction Identifying Adjectives Nouns Modified Kinds of Adjectives More Adjectives Adjective Word Order Nouns as Adjectives Comparing Adjectives Irregular Adjectives Review Topic: Adverbs: Modifiers of Verbs/Adjectives and other Adverbs Lessons: Introduction Position of Adverbs Identifying Adverbs Forms of Adverbs Adjective or Adverb Adverbs of Degree Comparing Adverbs Correct Use Special Forms Review Topic: Nouns: Words used as Names Lessons: Names Nouns in Sentences Kinds of Nouns Common/Proper Nouns More Common/Proper Plurals of Nouns More Plurals Plural Test Review


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Topic: Prepositions: Words that show a Relationship MASTERING ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONTINUED

Lessons: Introduction Prepositions Prepositional Phrases Distinctions Adjective Phrases Review Adverbial Phrases Objects of Prepositions Topic: Pronouns: Substitutes for Nouns Lesson: Introduction Personal Pronouns Compound Personal Pronouns More Compound Personal Pronouns Demonstrative Pronouns Indefinite Pronouns Review Relative Pronouns Pronouns as Adjectives Possessive Pronouns Topic: Verbs: Action and Linking Lesson: Introduction “To Be” Verbs Verb Identification Verb Phrases Principal Parts Regular and Irregular Verbs Troublesome Verbs Review I Review II Review III Topic: Practical Grammar I Topic 1: Parts of Speech I Lesson: Nouns Part 1 Nouns Part 2 Pronouns Verbs Verb Phrases


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MASTERING ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONTINUED

Summary

Review Assignments I, II, III Progress Test

Topic 2: Parts of Speech II Lesson: Adjective and Articles Adverbs Prepositions Conjunctions Interjections Summary Review Assignments I & II Progress Test Parts A & B Topic 3: Sentences Lesson: Subject and Predicate Complete Subject & Predicate Simple Subject & Predicate Compound Subject & Predicate Sentence Fragments Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Progress Test Topic 4: Sentence Patterns Lesson: Kinds of Sentences Inverted Order Sentence Patterns I Sentence Patterns II There Sentences Summary Assignments 1, 2, 3 Progress Test Topic 5: Nouns Lesson: Nouns Capitalization Using Capital Letters Plural Forms of Nouns More Noun Plurals I & II


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Summary MASTERING ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONTINUED

Assignments 1, 2, 3

Topic 6: Pronouns Lesson: Kinds of Pronouns Kinds of Pronouns II Four Pronoun Types Adjective Pronouns Adjective Exercise Possessive Pronouns Summary Assignment 1 Assignments 1-2 Assignments 3-4 Topic 7: Agreement of Pronoun with Antecedent Lesson: Antecedents Gender Agreement Gender Exercise I Gender and Number Gender Exercise II Compound Agreement Agreement Adjective Agreement Assignment 1 Progress Test Topic 8: Complements of Verbs Lesson: Direct Object Part 1 Direct Object Part 2 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Indirect Object Linking Verbs Complements of Linking Verbs Summary Assignments 1-2 Assignments 3 Progress Test Topic 9: Cases of Nouns and Pronouns Lesson: Introduction Noun Case and Practice


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Case of Pronouns

MASTERING ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONTINUED

Pronoun Case Practice Possessive Case I, II, II Summary Parts 1 & 2 Progress Test Topic 10: Modifiers: Adjectives Lesson: Kinds of Adjectives Predicate Adjective Nouns as Adjectives Adjective/Comparison Degrees Irregular Adjectives Exercise 1 Summary Assignments 1-2 Progress Test Topic 11: Modifiers: Adverbs Lesson: Forms of Adverbs Miscellaneous Nouns Used As Adverbs and Comparison Correct Usage Special Forms The Double Negative Assignments 1-2 Assignments 2-3 Progress Test Topic 12: Principal Parts of Verbs Lesson: Basic Forms of Verbs Troublesome Verbs Exercise 1-2 Exercise 2-3 Lie and Lay Sit and Set Rise and Raise Assignments 1-2 Assignments 2-3


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Progress Test MASTERING ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONTINUED

Topic 13: Comprehensive Grammar Review I Lesson: Parts of Speech Types of Sentences Subject-Verb Verbs/Pronouns Adjective/Adverbs Capitalization Plurals I Usage I Plurals II Usage II Topic: Practical Grammar II Topic 1: The Tenses of Verbs Lesson: The Six Tenses The Perfect Tenses Specific Tenses Progressive Forms Emphatic Forms “Shall: and “Will” Mixed Tenses/Summary Assignments 1-2 Assignments 2-3 Progress Test Topic 2: Verbs: Voice and Mood Lesson: Active and Passive Voice Passive: Helping Verbs Passive: When to Use The Mood of Verbs Exercise Summary Assignments 1, 2 & 3 Progress Test Topic 3: Agreement of Subject and Verb Lesson: Person and Number Exercise 1-3 Collective Nouns


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Contractions MASTERING ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONTINUED

Indefinite Pronouns Special Cases Summary Assignments 1-2 Assignments 2-3 Progress Test Topic 4: Prepositional Phrases Lesson: Preposition and Object Exercise 1 Adverbial Phrases Phrasal Prepositions Prepositional Objects Correct Usage I Correct Usage II Assignments 1-2 Assignment 3 Progress Test Topic 5: The Compound Sentence Lesson: Simple Sentences Compound Sentences Exercise 1 Use of the Semicolon Transitional Words Exercise 2 Summary Assignment 1 Assignments 2-3 Progress Test Topic 6: The Complex Sentence –Adjective Clauses Lesson: The Complex Sentence Exercise 1 Adjective Clauses Who and Whom Restrictive Clauses Summary Assignments 1, 2 & 3 Progress Test


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Topic 7: Adverbial Clauses MASTERING ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONTINUED

Lesson: Subordinate Conjunction Exercise 1 Expression of Ideas Exercises 2-3 Clauses of Comparison Exercise 4 Summary Assignments 1-2 Assignments 304 Progress Test Topic 8: Noun Clauses Lesson: Noun Functions More Noun Functions Appositive Nouns Introductory Words Exercise 1 Summary Assignments I, II, III Progress Test Topic 9: Participles Lesson: The Nature of Verbals Forms of Participles The Participial Phrase Dangling Participles Verb Phrases Summary Assignments 1, 2, 3 Progress Test Topic 10: Gerunds Lesson: A Dual Nature The Gerund Phrase Exercise 3 Modifiers and Gerunds The Dangling Gerund Summary Assignments 1, 2 & 3 Progress Test


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Topic 11: Infinitives MASTERING ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONTINUED

Lesson: Nature of Infinitives Infinitives-Adjectives Infinitives –Adverbs Complements Modifiers The Sign “To” Summary Assignments 1-2 Assignments 3-4 Progress Test Topic 12: Problems in the Use of Infinitives Lesson: The Infinitive Clause “To Be” as Infinitive The Splint Infinitive Special Uses More Uses Summary Assignments 1, 2 & 3 Progress Test Topic 13: Punctuation Review Lesson: Period and Comma More Use of Commas Exercise 1 & 2 Commas Continues Exercises 4, 5 & 6 Semicolon and Colon Four Punctuation Types Quotation Marks Use of Apostrophe Exercises 10, 11 & 12 Topic 14: Comprehensive Grammar Review II Lesson: Parts of Speech Complements Verbs/Adjectives/Adverbs Agreement Phrases/Pronouns Subordinate Clauses Plurals of Nouns


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Plurals and Capitals MASTERING ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONTINUED

Correct Usage More Correct Usage Topic: Practical Grammar III Topic 1: Patterns of Sentences Lesson: Word Order Sentence Patterns Action and Being Verbs Verb Inflection The Subject The Complement Compound Elements Kinds of Sentences Review Questions I Review Questions II Topic 2: Clauses and Wholes Sentences Lesson: What are Clauses? Using Main Clauses Subordinate Clauses Noun and Adjective Clauses The Adverb Clause Using Subordinate Clauses Review Types of Sentences Overall Review I and II Topic 3: Eight Parts of Speech Lesson: The First Four More First Four Nouns and Pronouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Conjunctions Prepositions Interjections and Review More Review Topic 4: Comparing Gerund/Participial/Infinitive Phrases


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Lesson: Phrases and Clauses MASTERING ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONTINUED

Kinds of Phrases Participial Phrases Sentence Structure Gerunds Gerund Phrases Infinitive Phrases I Infinitive Phrases II Overall Review I Overall Review II Topic 5: Managing the Sentence Lesson: Kinds of Sentences Faults in Structure Exercise I Agreement Compound Subjects Indefinite Subjects Form and Meaning More Agreement Exercise II Overall Review Topic 6: Verb Tense/Mood/Voice Lesson: Verb Importance Verb Inflection Tense Using Tenses Mood Voice Problem Verbs Confusing Verbs Overall Review I and II Topic 7: Case and Gender of Nouns and Pronouns I Lesson: Noun Functions Function Review I Function Review II More Noun Functions Number The Subjective Case


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The Objective Case MASTERING ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONTINUED

The Possessive Case Special Possessives Review Topic 8: Case and Gender of Nouns and Pronouns II Lesson: Pronoun Reference Vague Antecedents Exercise I Pronoun Agreement Collective and Compound Nouns Exercise II Overall Review I Overall Review II Topic: Working with Sentences Topic 1: Confusing Verbs Lesson: Lie and Lay I & II Sit and Set I & II Rise and Raise I & II Practice I, II and II Overall Review Topic 2: Agreeable Verbs Lesson: Person and Number Compound Subject Review I Collective Nouns Intervening Phrases Indefinite Pronouns Review II Special Cases Overall Review I and II Topic 3: Pronoun Agreement Lesson: Antecedent Gender Indefinite Pronouns Review I Compound Antecedent Review II


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Agreement in Person MASTERING ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONTINUED

Adjective-Pronoun Overall Review I and II Topic 4: Introduction to Punctuation Lesson: Uses of Period Uses of the Comma I Uses of the Comma II Review Uses of the Semicolon Uses of the Colon Uses of Question Marks/Exclamations Uses of Quotation Marks Uses of Apostrophe Final Review Topic 5: Usage Lesson: Homonyms Confusing Pairs Review I Confusing Words Negatives and Modifiers Review II Verbs and Expressions More Difficult Expressions Review III Overall Review Topic: Capitalization and More Punctuation Topic 1: Capitalization and More Punctuation Lesson: Punctuation Marks Capitalization Full Stops Review The Comma Commas and Clauses Semicolon/Colon Question Marks Overall Review I and II


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BUILDING WRITING SKILLS

QUEUE SOFTWARE NETWORKED (OLD VERSION)

ALL LEVELS

Description: Teaches proper development of paragraphs. Lessons: Writing Main Idea and Topic Sentences F Disk 1 Recognizing Paragraphs 1 and 2 Defining Paragraphs 1 and 2 Dialogue in Paragraphs 1 and 2 Main Idea 1, 2, 3 and 4 Writing Main Idea and Topic Sentences F Disk 2 Topic Sentences 1-4 Detail Sentences 1-4 Writing Better Paragraphs f Disk 1 Narrative Paragraphs 1-4 Descriptive Paragraphs 1-2 Writing Better Paragraphs f Disk 2 Explanatory Paragraphs 1-4 Persuasive Paragraphs 1-4 Writing Details Sentences F Disk 1 Sensory Words 1-4 Facts 1-4 Writing Details Sentences F Disk 2 Feelings 1-4 Comparing 1-4 Writing Details Sentences F Disk 3 Contrasting 1-4 Examples 1-2 Opinions 1-2


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THE PARTS OF A PARAGRAPH QUEUE SOFTWARE NETWORKED OLD VERSION

Description: Teaches the students the parts of a paragraphs. Lessons:

What is a Paragraph? Paragraph Overview Topic Sentence 1-2 Topic Sentence Review The Body Body Review Summary and Conclusion Summary Review

THE PURPOSE OF THE PARAGRAPH QUEUE SOFTWARE NETWORKED OLD VERSION

Description: Teaches the student to develop a paragraph for purpose. Lessons: Giving Information 1-2 Explaining Ideas 1-2 Asking Information Art of Persuasion Telling a Story 1-2


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SKILLSBANK V

Windows Version Networked 50 users

Description: This product is a comprehensive resource for diagnosing and remediating students' basic skills. Now with over 600 Activities, SkillsBank V cover s core concepts in Reading, Language Arts and Writing. Thinking Skills lessons are woven throughout the product. This makes SkillsBank V a powerful resource for teaching students to apply concepts, think critically, and discover creative solutions to real-life problems. A powerful tool for monitoring the computer activities of a class accompanies SkillsBank V. Achievement Technologies' Assignment and Tracking System provides several important features: *Manages multiple educational products simultaneously, giving teachers quicker and easier access to SkillsBank V *Tests students' skills, providing both pretests and posttests to make initial assessments and gauge

student progress *Makes assignments, allowing teachers to select from a standard set of assignments or tailor assignments themselves

*Monitors student scores and completion of activities *Produces reports for individual students and entire classes *Provides online documentation, as well as printable activity sheets which extend the computer lessons to classroom or homework activities.

The Assignment and Tracking System has separate components for teachers and students.

Lessons: Language Arts Series Capitalization: T1 Capitalization Pretest


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1 First Word in a Sentence 2 First Word in a Quotation 3 Greetings and Closings in Letters P1 First Words Practice 4 Names and Initials of People and Pets 5 Names of Buildings, Monuments, Ships, etc. 6 Titles of Books, Magazines and Movies 7 Titles of Schools Courses P2 Names and Title Practices Q1 Quiz on Lessons 1-7 S1 Induction Helping a Talented Writer Improve 8 Proper Adjectives 9 The Pronoun I P3 Proper Adjectives and the Pronoun I Practice 10 A Title Preceding a Person's Name 11 A Title Used in Place of a Person's Name 12 Titles that are not Capitalized P4 Titles Practice Q2 Quiz on Lessons 8-12 S2 Classification: Tutoring Groups within a Class 13 Names of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Groups 14 Names of Civic, Social, and Fraternal Groups 15 Names of Organizations, Businesses, etc P5 Names of Businesses and Groups Practice 16 Names of Geographic and Political Divisions 17 Names of Natural Features P6 Names of Divisions and Features Practice 18 Names of Calendar Items P7 Names of Calendar Items Practice Q3 Quiz on L3essons 13-18 S3 Decision Making: Hiring a Secretary T2 Capitalization Posttest

Grammar and Usage: T1 Grammar and Usage Pretest 1 Identifying Verbs 2 Identifying Subjects 3 Complete and Incomplete Sentences P1 Identifying Verbs and Subjects Practice 4 Difficult Verbs


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5 Difficult Nouns P2 Difficult Verbs and Noun Practice Q1 Quiz on Lesson 1-5 S1 Induction: A Television Writer Improves 6 Verb Agreement with Subject in Number 7 Verb Agreement with Tense of Sentence 8 Irregular Verbs P3 Verb Agreement Practice 11 Adjectives and Adverbs 12 Adjectives after State-of-Being and Sense Verbs 13 Comparatives and Superlatives 14 Confusing Adjectives and Adverbs P5 Adjectives and Adverbs Practice Q2 Quiz on Lessons 6-14 S2 Classification: Substituting for the Tutor 15 Pronouns as Subjects 16 Pronouns as Objects P6 Pronouns as Subjects and Objects Practice 17 Possessive Forms of Pronouns 18 Reflexive Forms of Pronouns 19 Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement P7 Possessive and Reflexive Pronouns Practice 9 Double Negatives 10 Connective Words P4 Double Negatives and Connective Words Practice Q3 Quiz on Lessons 15-19 S3 Analogies: Completing a Rhyme T2 Grammar and Usage Posttest Punctuation: T1 Punctuation Pretest 1 Periods after Sentences 2 Periods after Abbreviations P1 Period Practice 3 Question Marks 4 Exclamation Points P2 Question Marks and Exclamation Points 5 Commas to Separate Items in a List 6 Commas to Separate Quotations 7 Commas to Separate Independent Clauses 8 Commas to Separate Introductory Words


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P3 Commas 1 Practice Q1 Quiz Lessons 1-8 S1 Induction: Editing a Reporter's Story 9 Commas to Separate 10 Commas in Dates 11 Commas to Enclose Interrupting Phrases P4 Commas II Practice 12 Apostrophes in Contractions 13 Apostrophes to Show Possession 14 Quotation Marks to Enclose a Speaker's Words 15 Quotation Marks to Enclose Titles P6 Quotation Marks Practice Q2 Quiz on Lessons 9-15 S2 Induction: The Case of the Missing Keys 16 Commas in Greetings and Closings of Letters 17 Colons after Greetings in Business Letters 18 Semicolons to Connect Independent Clauses 19 Semicolons to Reduce Confusion in Sentences 20 Colons between Independent Clauses and Series 21 Colons to Separate Hours and Minutes P8 Semicolons and Colons Practice Q3 Quiz on Lessons 16-21 S3 Deduction: Beat the Computer T2 Punctuation Posttest Writing Series: T1 Language Mechanics Pretest 1 Capitalization and Punctuation in Letters 2 Identifying Errors in Personal Letters 3 Identifying Errors in Business Letters I 4 Identifying Errors in Business Letters II Q1 Quiz on Lessons 1-4 S1 Decision Making: Who Should e Interviewed? 5 Capitalization and Punctuation in Quotations 6 Identifying Errors in Prose Passages I 7 Identifying Errors in Prose Passages II 8 Using Commas with Clauses and Phrases 9 Identifying Errors in Prose Passages III 10 Identifying Errors in Prose Passages IV Q2 Quiz on Lessons 5-10 S2 Induction: Sticky Keys and Sticky Rules


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T2 Language Mechanics Language Usage T1 Language Usage Pretest 1 Nouns—A Review 2 Identifying Errors in Prose Passages I 3 Pronouns—A Review 4 Identifying Errors in Prose Passages II 5 Verbs-Number and Form 6 Identifying Errors in Prose Passages III 7 Verbs – The Six Tenses 8 Identifying Errors in Prose Passages IV 9 Adjectives & Adverbs-A Review 10 Identifying Errors in Prose Passages VI 11 Prepositions –A Review 12 Identifying Errors in Prose Passages V! Q2 Quiz on Lessons 7-12 T2 Language Usage Posttest Sentence Structure T1 Sentence Structure Pretest 1 Complete and Simple Subjects 2 Complete and Simple Predicates 3 Predicate Nominatives 4 Predicate Adjectives 5 Direct Objects Q1 Quiz on Lessons 1-5 S1 Problem Solving: Matching Pets and People 6 Patterns in Sentences 7 Sentence Fragments and Run-On Sentences 8 Combining Short Sentences 9 Combining Subordinate Ideas Q2 Quiz on Lessons 6-9 S2 Problem Solving: Favorite Toys T2 Sentence Structure: Posttest Clear Writing and Paragraphs T1 Clear Writing and Paragraphs Pretest 1 Misplaced Modifiers 2 Dangling Modifiers 3 Unclear Pronoun Reference Q1 Quiz on Lessons 1-3 S1 Induction: Editor of the Pardeeville Gazette


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4 Nonparallel Grammatical Forms 5 Wordiness 6 Unnecessary Tense Shifts 7 Double Negatives Q2 Quiz on Lessons 407 S2 Classification: Writing and the Constitution 8 Identifying the Topic Sentence 9 Developing the Topic Sentence 10 Irrelevant Sentences 11 Connecting Ideas in a Paragraph 12 Paragraph Logic and Organization Q3 Quiz on Lessons 8-12 S3 Sequencing: Writing a Humorous Story T2 Clear Writing and Paragraphs Posttest


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INSPIRATION SOFTWARE

Site License

Description: A Software program that helps you think and learn visually Inspiration allows you to create a picture of your ideas or concepts in the form of a diagram. It also provides an integrated outlining environment to help you develop your ideas into organized written documents. Inspiration’s combination of visual and linear thinking deepens under-standing of concepts, increases memory retention, develops organizational skills and taps creativity. When you work with visual representation of ideas, you easily see how one idea relates to the others. Learning and thinking become active than passive. You discover where your deepest knowledge lies, and where the gaps in your understanding are. When you create a visual map of ideas, you can recall the details better than if you had read a paragraph. That’s because you can see it in your mind. If you have an idea that you want to expand, whether it’s an idea for a written document or to map out a plan, Inspiration can help you organize your thoughts and save you time. use the visual diagramming part of the program to work with your ideas to arrange them and group them—in other words, to clarify your thinking. When you need a different kind of structure, you can use the outlining part of the program to organize your ideas in outline form. Inspiration’s outlining environment is perfect for creating structure for written documents, speeches and plans. Examples: Concept Maps Idea Map


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Webs INSPIRATION SOFTWARE CONTINUED

Storyboards Language Arts Character Language Arts Comparison Language Arts Literary Web


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HARBRACE HANDBOOK TUTORIAL DESIGNED IN QUESTION DESIGNER (PRESENTER)

ENG 1113 Networked Lessons: CH01 Sentence Sense CH02 Sentence Fragments CH03 Comma Splices/Fused Sentences CH04 Adjectives and Adverbs CH05 Pronouns and Case CH06 Agreement CH07 Verbs CH09 Capitals CH1-7 Review CH10 Italics CH11 Abbreviation, Acronym, Number CH12 Commas CH9-12 Review CH13 Unnecessary Commas CH14 The Semicolon CH15 The Apostrophe CH16 Quotation Marks CH17 Periods and Other Marks CH18 Spelling and Hyphenation CH19 Good Usage CH20 Exactness CH21 Conciseness CH22 Clarity and Completeness CH18-22 Review CH23 Sentence Unity: Consistency CH24 Subordination/Coordination CH25 Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers CH26 Parallelism CH27 Consistency Avoiding Shifts CH28 Pronoun Reference CH29 Emphasis CH30 Variety


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CRITICALLY READING ESSAYS

DESIGNED IN QUESTION DESIGNER PRESENTER For ENG 1113

Lessons: 01 Critically Reading Nonfiction 01 Vocabulary 02 Critically Reading Emily Dickinson 02 Vocabulary 03 Loretta Lynn 03 Vocabulary 04 Judy Garland and Louis Armstrong 04 Vocabulary 05 Elvis Presley and The Beatles 05 Vocabulary 06 Stevie Wonder 06 Vocabulary 07 Critically Reading Nonfiction 07 Vocabulary 08 Modern Parenting 08 Vocabulary 09 Childhood Summers 09 Vocabulary 10 Animals and Genetics 10 Vocabulary 11 Teenage Pregnancy 11 Vocabulary 12 There Was A Nation 12 Vocabulary 13 Mama and Miss Jordan 13 Vocabulary 14 Critical Skills of Comprehension 14 Vocabulary 15 The Emphera 15 Vocabulary 16 Critically Reading Excerpts from Novels 16 Vocabulary 17 Red Badge of Courage 17 Vocabulary


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18 Adventures of Huck Finn CRITICALLY READING ESSAYS CONTINUED

18 Vocabulary 19 A Tale of Two Cities 19 Vocabulary 20 Puppet Masters 20 Vocabulary 21 The Scarlet Letter 22 Introduction to Poetry 23 Mending Wall 24 Miniver Cheevy 25 There is no Frigate like a Book 26 Richard Cory 27 Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Eve 28 A White Heron 29 The Day Elvis Died 30 Walter Mitty 31 A Gift of the Magi 32 The Open Window 33 Why I live at the PO 34 Out of the Fray 35 Introduction to Literature 36 Comparing Drama and Fiction 37 The Will 38 The Glass Menagerie 39 Sunday Costs Five Pesos


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DEVELOPMENTAL ENGLISH I QUIZZES

DESIGNED IN QUESTION DESIGNER (PRESENTER) For ENG 1103

Lessons: Deng01-Identifying Subjects Deng02-Identifying Subjects Deng03-Identifying Verbs 1 Deng04-Nouns, Pronouns and Verbs Deng05-Run-ons and Comma Splices Deng06-Fragments Deng07-Sentence Types Deng08-Compound Sentences Deng09-Verb Tense Deng10-Compound Sentences Deng11-Adjectives and Adverbs Deng12-Good vs. Well Deng13-Comparatives and Superlatives Deng14-Comparatives and Superlatives Deng15-Identifying Antecedents Deng16-Pronouns/Antecedent Agreement Deng17-Pronoun Agreement Deng18-Pronoun Reference Deng19-Pronoun Case Deng20-Spelling Deng21-Past Tense of Regular Verbs Deng22-Past Tense of Be Deng23-Forms of Can and Will Deng24-Past Tense/Irregular Verbs Deng25-Past Participles Deng26-Past and Present Perfect Tenses Deng27-Present Perfect Can and Will Deng28-Pronoun Case Who/Whom Deng29-Intensive/Reflexive Pronouns Deng30-Shifts in Tense Deng31-Subject/Verb Agreement Deng32-Subject/Verb Agreement Deng33-Subject/Verb Agreement Deng34-Subject/Verb Agreement


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Deng35-Exact Words DEVELOPMENTAL ENGLISH I QUIZZES CONTINUED

Deng36-Shifts in Voice Deng37-Misplaced Modifiers Deng38-Dangling Modifiers Deng39-Pronoun Antecedent Agreement Deng40-Commas: Dates and Addresses Deng41-Contractions and Possessives Deng42-Capitalization Deng43-Identifying Subjects Deng44-Prepositional Phrases Deng45-Prepositions Deng46-Verbs Deng47-Action Verbs Deng48-Verbs Deng49Pt1-Semicolon and Colon Deng49Pt2-Minor Punctuation Deng50-Minor Punctuation Langan-Sentence Fragments Langan01-Run-Ons Langan02-Semicolons Langan03-Fragments and Run-Ons Langan04-Commas Langan04Pt1-More Use of Commas Langan04Pt2-Commas Continued Langan05-Semicolons and Commas Langan06-Subject/Verb Agreement Langan08-Standard English Verbs Langan09-Irregular Verbs Langan10-Standard and Irregular Verbs Langan11-Capital Letters Langan12Pt1-Parallelism I Langan12Pt2-Parallelism II Langan12-Parallelism Langan13-Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Langan14-Pronouns Langan15-Quoatation Marks Langan15Pt2-Quotation Marks Langan16-Apostrophes


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Langan17-Effective Word Choice DEVELOPMENTAL ENGLISH I QUIZZES CONTINUED

Langan18-Commonly Confused Words Langan19-Colons Langan20-Capitalization Langan21-Commas Langan22-Capitalization Langan23-Pronouns Langan24-Adjectives and Adverbs Langan25-Pronouns Langan26-Adjectives and Adverbs Langan27-Pronouns Langan28-Adjectives and Adverbs Langan29-Clauses and Phrases Langan30-Compound Subjects Nouns Pt 1 Nouns Pt 2 Nouns Pt 3-Plural Forms Problems with Coherence Skills01-Steps in Writing Skills02-Topic Sentences Skills03-Unity in Scratch Outlines Skills04-Specific Words and Details Skills05-Transitions Skills06-Time and Emphatic Order Skills07-Sentence Fragments Skills08-Run-Ons Skills09-Commas Skills10-Commas and Semicolons Skills11-Commas Quiz Skills12-Standard English Verbs Skills13-Irregular Verbs Skills14-Subject/Verb Agreement Skills15-Parallelism Skills16-Capital Letters Skills17-Quotation Marks Skills18-Apostrophes Skills 19-Commonly Confused Words


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ENGLISH COMPOSITION II WRITING TUTOR


Lessons: 01-Fragments 02-Shifts in Verb Tense 03-Subject/Verb Agreement 04-Spelling 05-Semicolon 06-Comma Splice 07-Apostrophe 08-Adjectives and Adverbs 09-Verb Tense 10-Subject/Verb Agreement 11-Ambiguous Reference 12-Faulty Parallelism 13-Faulty Parallelism 14-Misplaced Modifier 15-Misplaced Modifier 16-Misplaced Modifier 17-Faulty Modification 18-Connotative/Denotative Words 19-Connotative/Denotative Words 20-Connotative/Denotative Words 21-Faulty Subordination/Coordination 22-Subordination/Coordination 23-Subordination/Coordination 24-Comma Splice 25-Adjectives and Adverbs 26-Subject/Verb Agreement 27-Pronoun Case 28-Sentence Fragments 29-Pronoun Antecedent Agreement 30-Comma Splice 31-Commas 32-Spelling and Apostrophes 33-Shifts in Tense 34-Standard Verbs


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35-Surplus Words ENGLISH COMPOSITION II WRITING TUTOR CONTINUED

36-Wordiness 37-Surplus Words 38-Logical Comparisons 39-Logical Comparisons 40-Logical Comparisons

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE DESIGNED IN QUESTION DESIGNER (PRESENTER)

For ENG 1113 & 1123

1Literal and Figurative Language 2Making Comparisons 3Literal and Figurative Language 4Literal and Figurative Language 5Making Comparisons 6Simile Alfred Lord Tennyson: Poetry Carson McCullers: Prose Emily Dickinson: Poetry Helen Keller: Prose Langston Hughes: Poetry Metaphor Personification Poetry: Emily Dickinson Prose: Majorie Waters Stephen Crane: Prose The Brother Grimm: Prose Thomas Hardy: Poetry


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REAL WRITING


Lessons: Pt5:22.1-Pt5:22.4 Fragment Practices Pt5:22.5 Fragment Quiz Pt5:23.1-Pt5:23.4 Run-On Practice Pt5:23.5 Run-On Quiz Pt5:24.1-Pt5:24.4 Subject/Verb Agreement Practices Pt5:24.5 Subject/Verb Agreement Quiz Pt5:25.1-Pt5:25.5 Verb Problem Practices Pt5.25.5 Verb Problem Quiz Pt6.26.1-Pt6.26.5 Pronoun Practices Pt6.26.6 Pronoun Quiz Pt6:27.1-Pt6:27.3 Adjectives and Adverb Practices Pt6.27.4 Adjectives and Adverbs Quiz Pt6:28.1-Pt6:28.4 Misplaced/Dangling Modifiers Practices Pt6:28.5 Modifier Quiz Pt6:30.1-Pt6:30.4 Parallelism Practices Pt6:30.5 Parallelism Quiz Pt8:36.1-Pt8:36.4 Comma Practices Pt8:36.5 Comma Quiz Pt8:37.1 Apostrophe Practice Pt8:38.1 Quotation Marks Pt8:39.1 Other Punctuation Pt8 Other Punctuation Quiz


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WORLD OF IDEAS

DESIGNED IN QUESTION DESIGNER (PRESENTER) For ENG 1113 Readings

Lessons: Adam Smith Alexis De Tocqueville Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca Aristotle Aritstotle-The Aim of Man B. Hooks-Feminist Movement Bell Hooks Carl Jung Carol Gilligan Charles Darwin Elizabeth Cady Stanton Francis Bacon Francis Crick Frederick Douglass Frederick Jackson Turner Freidrich Nietzsche Hannah Ardent Hannah Ardent-Total Domination Harriet Jacobs (Linda Brent) Henry David Thoreau Howard Gardner J. Hector St. John De Creveceur James Baldwin Jean-Jacques Rousseau John Dewey John Kenneth Galbraith John Maynard Keynes John Rawls Karen Horney Karl Marx Lao-Tzu Marcus Tullius Cicero Maria Montessori Martin Luther King, Jr.


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Mary Wollstone Craft WORLD OF IDEAS CONTINUED

Melanie Klein Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Michio Kaku Milton and Rose Friedman Neitzsche-Morally as Anti-Nature Niccoli Macfhiavelli Paulo Freire Plato Rachel Carson Rachel Carson-The Sunless Sea Ralph Waldo Emerson Rene’ Decartes Richard P. Feynman Robert B. Reich Siddhartha Gautama, The Buddha Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud-The Oedipus Complex Simone De Beauvior Simone Weil St. Matthew Stephan Carter Stephen Jay Gould The Bhagavad Gita The Bible The Prophet Muhammad The Torah Thomas Jefferson Virginia Woolf


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WRITING FIRST

For ENG 0113 or 0123

Paragraph Type Lessons: Exemplication Narration Description Process Cause and Effect Comparison and Contrast Classification Definition Argument Paragraph Skills Lessons: Coherence Development Topic Sentence Transitions Unity Sentence Skills Lessons: Adjectives and Adverbs Apostrophes Commas Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers Illogical Shifts Nouns and Pronouns Parallelism Run-Ons and Comma Splices Sentence Fragments Subject/Verb Agreement Verbs (Past Participles) Verbs (Past Tense) Diagnostic Test Available


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WRITING TUTOR PRESENTER

DESIGNED IN QUESTION DESIGNER For ENG 1113

Lessons: 01Adverbs 01Paragraph Topic Sentences 02Comma Splices 02Paragraph Topic Sentences 03Incomplete Comparisons (Adjectives) 03Paragraph Topic Sentences 04Paragraph Development 04Unnecessary Commas 05Paragraph Development 05Pronoun Case 06Paragraph Development 06Subject/Verb Agreement 07Commas 07Paragraph Transitions 08Apostrophes 08Paragraph Transitions 09Paragraph Transitions 09Verb Tense 10Paragraph Introductions 11Commas Before Conjunctions 11Paragraph Conclusions 12Sentence Patterns I 12Shift in Person 13Sentence Patterns II 13Subject/Verb Agreement 14Independent Clauses 14Wordiness 15Dangling Modifiers 15Independent Clauses 16Commas 16Sentence Style 17Ambiguous Reference 18Comma Splice 19Dangling Modifiers


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20Numbers WRITING TUTOR PRESENTER CONTINUED

21Adverbs 22Pronoun Agreement 23Pronoun Form 24Capitalization 25Pronoun Case 26Semicolon 27Nonstandard Verbs 28Double Superlative 29Pronoun Form (Who/Whom) 30Quotation Marks 31Commonly Confused Words 32Misspelled Words 33Semicolon 34Pronoun Case 35Commas 36Capitalization 37Past Participles 38Lack of Parallelism 39Pronoun Reference 40Pronoun Reference 41Figurative Language 42Paragraph Unity 43Strategies of Development 44Sentence Fallacies 45Sentence Structure 46Shift in Person 47Slang and Cliches’ 47Transitions 48Lack of Parallelism 49Choppy Sentences 50Fragments


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WRITING WITH CONFIDENCE


CH01-Why Write CH02-The Writing Process CH03-Writing a Powerful Paragraph CH05-Fixing Fragments Test A and B Practice 1 and 2-Sentence Fragments Practice 3 and 4-Coordination Practice 5 and 6-Subordination Practice 7 and 8-Linking Sentences Practice 9 and 10-Run-Ons and Commas Practice 11 and 12-Verbs in Order Practice 13 and 14-Subject/Verb Agreement Practice 15 and 16-Verb Tenses Practice 17 and 18-Pronouns Test02Sentences and Fragments Test03-Coordination Test04-Subordination Test05-Linking Sentences Test06-Run-Ons and Commas Test07-Verbs in Order Test08-Subject/Verb Agreement Test09-Verb Tenses Test10-Pronouns


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ALL WRITE

For ENG 0113 or 0123

Lessons: Sentence Building Blocks Sentence Structure Sentence Logic Subject and Verb Agreement Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement Verb Tenses/Moods and Voices Pronouns Adjectives/Adverbs Word Choice Wordiness Punctuation Other Marks of Punctuation Mechanics Writing Paragraphs and Essays Learn How to Write a Research Paper

MISCELLANEOUS ENGLISH TUTORIALS DESIGNED IN QUESTION DESIGNER (PRESENTER)

Lessons: Composition 2-Literary Terms I Composition 2-Literary Terms II ENG 1103 Testout Test ENG 1203 Testout Test ENG-Apostrophe Exercises ENG-Apostrophe Explanation ENG-Capitalization Exercises ENG-Capitalization Explanation ENG-Colon/Semicolon Explanation ENG-Comma Exercises ENG-Comma Explanation ENG-Coordination ENG-Coordination Explanation ENG-Colon/Semicolon Exercises ENG1103/1203 Practice Final


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ENG-1103/1203 Terms MISCELLANEOUS TUTORIALS CONTINUED

ENG1203 Test 1 ENG1203 Practice Midterm ENG1103 Practice Midterm Library Research Quiz Figurative and Literal Language TutorTapes 1 Pretest Writing about Literature Writing about Academic Discourse Writing for Business FOR TRADITIONAL GRAMMAR

DESIGNED IN QUESTION DESIGNER (PRESENTER)

Lessons: TG1-Historical Dates TG2-The Principles of Language TG3-Phonemic Alphabet TG4-The Alphabet TG5-Indo-European TGTerms

EXPERT CROSSWORDS AND MORE For English Composition I

Crosswords: Adam Smith Aristotle Bell Hooks 1 Charles Darwin Freud Friedrich Nietzsche Gardner Hannah Ardent Henry David Thoreau John Kenneth Galbraith


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John Maynard Keynes EXPERT CROSSWORDS AND MORE CONTINUED

Horney Jonn Rawls Jung Karl Marx Lao-Tzu Marcus Cicero Maria Montessori Martin Luther King, Jr. Melanie Klein Michel Montaigne Niccolo Machiavelli Paulo Freire Rene Descartes Robert Reich Stephen Carter


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DVD’s and Videos Available for English and Literature

Animal Farm Arthur Miller’s Death of s Salesman A Streetcar Named Desire Bible, The (DVD) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof David Cooperfield Dead Poet’s Society Erik Erikson: A Life’s Works Ernest Hemingway: Wrestling with Life Essential Literary Terms: A-Z (DVD) Glass Menagerie, The Hamlet Helen of Troy (DVD) King Authur (DVD) Langston Hughes Man of La Manacha (DVD) Mark Twain: His Admazing Adventures Medea (DVD) Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe Of Mice and Men Oliver Twist (DVD) Othollo Pride and Prejudice Romeo and Juliet (DVD) The Open Window and Child’s Play To Kill a Mockingbird Using the Internet for Research Understanding Literature: The Elements of Fiction, Poetry and Drama Universal Themes in Literature William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar William Shakespeare


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