Grammarly: Help with Proofreading and Revision Problems

Verb Tense Consistency
Comma Splice
Runon Sentence
Apostrophes for Possession
Punctuating a Quote with a Quote
Noun-Pronoun Agreement
When to Spell out Numbers
MLA Citations

Grammarly app and website for grammar checking.

Research Paper Unit Links

Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism

• Bates College's Plagiarism Resource Site Read the materials, and take the self-test.
•  Avoiding Plagiarism 
• A Quick Guide to Plagiarism video clip (7:31) 

Gateway Regional High School Library
Direct Link to Databases

Doing Research

• Writing a Research Paper: An MLA Guide (Our guide booklet).

• What Are Databases and Why You Need Them  video clip (2:34)

• Evaluating Internet Sources Undergraduate Library, the University of Illinois

• Time Magazine online.  (Ms. Bishop's log-in: cbishop@grsd.org , password: gateway235) 

Taking Notes and the Preliminary Works Cited 

•  Avoiding Plagiarism 

• How to Make a Source Card for a Book: video clip (3:42)

• How to Make a Source Card for an Internet Source: video clip (3:55)

• Citing Websites with Hard to Find Author or Date Info: video clip (1:44)

• How to Make Note Cards video clip (4:33)

• How to Write a Note Card review video clip (2:24)

• MLA Works Cited Formatting for Online Sources: Purdue Owl resource page

• EasyBib: Free Bibliography Citations in MLA, etc.  

• Google Docs MLA Format Template (Will open in Google Docs)

 From Notes to Drafts: Writing the Paper in MLA Style

• Notecards to Outline: video clip (6:25)
• Writing an Effective Thesis Statement: video clip (1:45)
• Writing an Introduction to a Research Paper: video clip (2:36)

• MLA In-Text Citations video clip: citing a source in the body of the paper (10:18) 

• Signal Phrases and Parenthetical Citation: video clip on how to combine signal phrases and proper MLA citation (8:35) 

• Sample Research Paper Discussion video clip: writing the rough draft (12:25)

• How to Write a Conclusion Paragraph video clip: (9:54)

A Quick Grammar and Style Refresher

• How to Use an Apostrophe (Why=because without them, Ms. Bishop is going to show your writing NO MERCY.)
• Avoiding Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices.
• Avoiding Sentence Fragments.
• Comma Rules Part 1 
• Comma Rules Part 2 (Yeah, these rules are confusing.  See if this refresher helps.)
• Subject/Verb Agreement

• Grammarly grammar checking service and app.
• Hemingway App: for finding wordy sentences and passive voice--you're usually better off eliminating these! 

MLA Formatting Tutorials

These short videos talk you through specifics on how to use Google Docs to set up MLA formatting.

• Google Docs MLA Formatting Tutorial (4:17)
• Google Docs Hanging Intent Tutorial, for a Works Cited page (1:06) Trouble loading? Click here.

These short videos talk you through the MLA requirements, and how to set them up in Word.

• MLA Formatting Tutorial video (4:59) Trouble loading?  Click here.
• MLA Tutorial #2: Basic Citation Format video (5:26) Trouble loading?  Click here.
• MLA Tutorial #3: Works Cited Page Formatting (5:30) Trouble loading? Click here.
• MLA Tutorial #4: Web Citations

• Word 2010 Hanging Indent Tutorial, for a Works Cited page (1:35)

This video clip explains how to use Mac's word processor, Pages to set up a hanging indent for a works cited page.

• How to Create a Hanging Indent in Pages
  

Miscellaneous Tools

• Easy Bib: Free Bibliography Citations in MLA, etc.

Standard Level English 4 Review Links

Schmoop's Importance of Being Earnest review (video, 3 min.)

The Time Machine One Minute Book Report (video, 3 min.)

Three and a half minute summary of Macbeth, with cartoons!

Slightly better summary of Macbeth, with real British accents (5 1/2 minutes).