by Donna | Feb 28, 2018
I’ve been teaching Major and Minor Works in every class and every private writing student meeting for two weeks now–and I feel like a broken record!
(Since I was teaching so much about it, I have provided teaching for my blog readers too—did you see these:
1) Color Essay Video Teaching (lots of detailed instruction on Major and Minor Works in the video AND the free lesson)
2) 5 Tips for Major and Minor Works From Language Lady (Yes, I got carried away and made a slideshow about it too!)
3) Tricky Tricks Download–print these off for your students!)
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by Donna | Feb 10, 2018
By Donna Reish & Zac Kieser
Welcome to another Punctuation Puzzle! Yep… a puzzle that you solve by putting in the correct punctuation and words/usage fixes—along with explanations and answers about each error!
Perfect for students and teachers alike!
Today’s Puzzle is about Capitalization and Items in a Series … and it uses an interesting sentence from one of our Write-for-a-Month/Write On books about Alice in Wonderland.
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by Donna | Jul 3, 2017
The capitalization of this holiday isn’t the grammar/writing issue. It’s the spelling!
Of course, like any other holiday, both words are capitalized:
Independence Day
Or if written with the informal name: July 4th.
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by Donna | Apr 22, 2015
Letter writing might seem like a bygone tradition. And while it is true that emails, texts, FB messages, Snap Chats, and more have greatly reduced the number of “formal letters,” we still want to know how to use commas in writing them—and maybe by gaining confidence in our letter-writing-comma-skills, we will write letters more often.
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by Donna | Apr 20, 2013
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| “April Showers Bring May Flowers” |
For flower lovers and grammar lovers, here is some vital info on capitalizing names of flowers:
1. Do NOT capitalize names of flowers that do not already contain proper noun elements:
a. roses
b. geraniums
c. daffodils
2. DO capitalize any part of :
a. black-eyed Susan
b. African daisy.
