I’ve posted a small lesson on conjunctive adverbs at jaywagers.com.
Also, here’s a good article to read to refresh your memory on adverbs.
See everyone later in class.
My son introduced me and my wife to a cool new word game. We played it for over an hour last night. It’s a great game to play with your children or alone and will definitely help build vocabulary skills.
Since it is technically not “class related” I filed it on JayWagersdotcom. Visit my site and check it out. Let me know what you think of it.
Go HERE and have fun!
Here is a good article everyone should read. It’s is from a blog called DailyWritingTips. It’s one that I read, well, daily.
Pay attention to the third sentence of the last paragraph: “The answer is to get some grammar help from different sources, and to proofread.”
After reading this, you may also want to review my proofreading tips.
There are many tips and strategies that we can employ to improve our writing. The most obvious one is proofreading our text. Likewise, there are different proofreading exercises that prove to be effective for many people.
One of the most effective is often overlooked and sometimes never used. This great tip can help you identify problems with your text and, subsequently, improve it.
Here it is: Read Your Paper To Yourself Aloud.
That’s right. It may sound strange, but it works.
There are two reasons for this. One, when we proofread our own writing, it’s normally done silently. However, often we aren’t reading what we’ve written; we are skimming. This is natural because we are so familiar with the material. This can lead to our missing mistakes. Two, being humans, we are blessed with large brains capable of completing unimaginable tasks. One of these is being about to think faster than our mouths can speak. This is very helpful because we are forced to slow down, and this enables us to identify mistakes we might have overlooked. Also, because we are capable of recognizing sounds, we can “hear” our mistakes through the spoken word.
Go ahead and try it! If you are afraid of getting strange looks from others, find a place to be alone. If not, do it wherever you please. Who knows? Someone listening may have a better grasp of English than you and might hear something you are missing.
It doesn’t hurt anything to try. If you find this helpful, let me know.
