Other Helpful Sites

Here are some other resources that you may find valuable for either use in the classroom or your own personal reference. The sites are rated on a scale of 1 to 4 with 4 being the highest rating.  The rating is based on the usefullness, speed, and ease in navigating the site.

10 Easy Steps

STEP 1: Orientation to the "Power Paragraph"

STEP 2: Make Power Poster

Grammar Assistance This site is a useful reference for general grammar information.  It also includes sample quizzes on virtually every grammar topic in existence!  This could be a useful site for tuning up your students' grammar skills in a variety of different areas.

STEP 3: Example Paragraphs

STEP 4: Power Statements

STEP 5: Marking the Pieces

STEP 6: Brainstorming

STEP 7: Drafting

STEP 8: Refining and Final Draft Activities

Tutorial on Paragraph Structure This page functions as a quick alternate reference to paragraph structure.  It outlines procedure for checking paragraphs for Cohesion and Coherence, which you may find useful as students go through the process of editing their paragraphs.

STEP 9: Assessment

STEP 10: Further Exploration

INDEX of Student Handouts

My Info:

Online Dictionary This online dictionary is easy to use and very fast.  It provides in depth information about any word you choose to look up, inlcuding the origin and several variations of the word.

Michael Garcia Secondary Education Major: English Arizona State University mogwi04@hotmail.com

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Online Thesaurus This online thesaurus is fairly easy to use and has fast page loading.  You can do several types of searches at this site, which makes your hunt for information quite easy.