Tag: composition
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Guidelines for Writing Paragraphs — Part I
In my last blog, I noted the problem some of my students had with writing sentences and presented a fairly simple four-step process designed to help them overcome that problem. Paragraphing — while usually less of an obstacle than writing sentences — also gave some students trouble. Some students would start a new paragraph arbitrarily,…
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That’s a Capital Idea (Part III)
When it comes to capitalization, there are few words that cause more confusion than school subjects. Such words are usually lowercased, unless the subjects themselves are proper nouns. That’s the case with any language that is being studied: French, English, German, Spanish. It also applies to an area of study that focuses on a particular…