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 Elementary School
Elementary students (grades K-5) study writing and grammar using the Write Source textbook series. The Write Source Website Additionally, elementary teachers are encouraged to use Don Killgallon's Sentence Composing for Elementary School as a supplemental resource. Don and Jenny Killgallon's Sentence Composing Website Also, Four Square Writing Method by Judith S. and Evan Jay Gould is a recommended supplementary writing resource. Four Square books are published by Teaching & Learning Company, Carthage, IL. 

 Middle School
Middle school students (grades 6-8) also use the Write Source series for a writing and grammar textbook. The Write Source Website Sentence Composing for Middle School by Don Killgallon is a supplementary text for teachers. Don and Jenny Killgallon's Sentence Composing Website Daily Sentence Composing is another supplementary resource for teachers supplied by Great Source Group. Middle school teachers are also encouraged to incorporate organizational tools such as Four Square Writing Method into the students' study of writing. 

 High School
High school students' grammar handbook is the Holt Handbook go.hrw.com. Teachers of grades 9-12 also use Don Killgallon's Sentence Composing for High School Don and Jenny Killgallon's Sentence Composing Website 


Links
Grammar and Writing Style Guides

 Modern English Grammar - http://papyr.com/hypertextbooks/grammar
Virtual textbook by Daniel Kies, Department of English, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
 
 Grammar, Capitalization, and Punctuation: A Handbook for Technical Writers and Editors - Excellent handbook by Mary K. McCaskill, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia - Produced by NASA 

 Guide to Grammar and Style - http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/  
(Rec. by College Board)- Jack Lynch's Style Guide offers writing suggestions with the bonus "Getting an A on an English Paper." 

 Guide to Grammar and Writing - http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ 
Capital Community College Foundation's guide offers good advice and information about grammar and writing. 

 Writing Tips - http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/writing_tips/writing_tips.htm 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Writer's Workshop
 
 The Basic Elements of English - http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/grammar/ 
(Recommended by College Board)- The University of Calvary's grammar tutorial and MLA documentation guide 

 KCI Reader-Based Writing Style Guide - http://www.kanten.com/styleguide/frames1.html 
Designed to help you bullet-proof your writing - especially business/technical/nonfiction skills such as writing letters, eliminating wordiness, using capitalization and punctuation rules correctly. Click on the "Main" box on the menu at the bottom. Then use the Main Index at the left to locate what you need.
 
 Critically Analyzing Information Sources - http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill26.htm 
Is the Internet source reliable? This link provided with permission from the Reference Department; Instruction, Research, and Information Services (IRIS); Cornell University Library; Ithaca, NY.
 
 Rhetorical and Literary Terms (Rec. by College Board)-  http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/LiteraryTermsIndex.html 
University of Calvary
 
 Logic and Argument (Rec. by College Board)- http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/LogicTOC.html 
University of Calvary
 
 Gender-fair Writing - http://www.rensselaer.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/genderfair.html 
Should you write "she/he" or "s/he"? What is awkward and what is correct?

Dictionaries and Thesauruses 

 American Heritage Dictionary - http://www.bartelby.com/61/ 
90,000 word entries with word roots 

 Roget’s International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases - http://www.bartleby.com/110/ 
Word Choice is simple if you have some new words to choose! 

 Common Errors in English - http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/errors.html 
Paul Brians' page of common errors in standard English - includes non-errors (those usages people keep telling you are wrong but which are actually standard in English) 

 The Writer's Guide (Rec. by College Board)- http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/StartHere.html 
University of Victoria 

MLA Documentation Guides

A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) - http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml
(Recommended by College Board)- CCC Foundation's detailed research guide for MLA documentation.

 Using MLA Format - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/ 
Purdue Online Writing Lab

 MLA Citation Style Handbook (Recommended by College Board)- http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/citation_styles/mla/mla.htm 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Writer's Workshop
 
ELL (English Language Learners Links)

 ELL Writing Site Links - http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Writing/ 
TESL Journal's links

 ELL Grammar Site Links - http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Grammar_and_English_Usage/ 
TESL Journal's links

 Phrasal Verbs for ELL Students - http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/index.php 
When you call on ELL students, it brings up the problem of phrasal verbs; you can't count on their understanding them.

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