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Proofreading Activities: Group Experts
For some strange reason, students still believe what their teachers tell them. Tell them they're experts and they just might start grading papers for you.

Published by Trent Lorcher (30,053 pts ) on Aug 29, 2009 to
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Lesson Plan: Proofreading with Peer Editing
Get your students to work for you.

Published by Trent Lorcher (30,053 pts ) on Aug 29, 2009 to
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Lesson Plan: Developing an Essay Grading Scale
Students sometimes find essay grading policies confusing and unfair. Not anymore.

Published by Trent Lorcher (30,053 pts ) on Aug 29, 2009 to
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Assessment Writing Rubrics: How to Create a Rubric In Class
Now that you've created an essay grading scale with your students, make it official.

Published by Trent Lorcher (30,053 pts ) on Aug 29, 2009 to
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Lesson Plan: Eliminate Fragments and Run-ons
I hate run-ons, they're so annoying. Fragments too. Let's end run-ons now, this lesson will help. Right Now.

Published by Trent Lorcher (30,053 pts ) on Aug 23, 2009 to
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Lesson Plan: Understanding Independent and Dependent Clauses
I hate run-ons, I hate fragments too. Those things that irritate me. I don't ever want to see another run-on sentence, this lesson should help. Also no more fragments.

Published by Trent Lorcher (30,053 pts ) on Aug 18, 2009 to
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Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Made Easy
After reading "he gots," "She do," and "They is" 257 times in a 34 minute span, I realized I needed to teach pronoun-antecedent agreement.

Published by Trent Lorcher (30,053 pts ) on Aug 17, 2009 to
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Lesson Plan: Revising Pronouns and Antecedents
After reading 39 consecutive essays that began with "I think" I thought I would teach students good pronoun use in writing. After 20 minutes of glazed eyes and stupified expressions, I realized they didn't even know what a pronoun was, so I taught them. Now you too can teach your students.

Published by Trent Lorcher (30,053 pts ) on Aug 11, 2009 to
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Lesson Plan: Write with Strong Verbs
The most exciting part about grading student essays is the "Who wrote the blandest one contest." The winner gets an 'F-', humiliated in front of the class, and a punch in the gut for each weak verb used.

Published by Trent Lorcher (30,053 pts ) on Aug 11, 2009 to
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Lesson Plan: Eliminate Weak Verb-Adverb Combinations
Instead of talking loudly, I should shout. Instead of walking proudly, I should strut. Instead of resting calmly, I should relax. Instead of hitting hard, I should wallop. Instead of writing long windedly, I should elaborate.

Published by Trent Lorcher (30,053 pts ) on Aug 11, 2009 to
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