| Final Lesson: Using Adverbs to Compare: More and Most | |
Vigorous Verbs: Increase your Writing Power
(April 21, 2005) | Adverb Clauses and "As"
(April 14, 2005) |
Four Ways to Begin an Essay
(April 7, 2005) | Four Ways to End an Essay
(March 31, 2005) |
Expanding a Paragraph into an Essay
(March 24, 2005) | Writing the Body Paragraph
(March 17, 2005) |
How Teachers Mark Your Essays
(March 10, 2005) | Pretty Parallels: Capturing a Reader's Eye
(March 3, 2005) |
Writing an Essay: Discuss and Write
(February 24, 2005) | Writing an Essay: My Favourite Writing Lessons
(February 17, 2005) |
Using the Five Senses in Description (Adding Detail)
(February 10, 2005) | Four Rules for Good Descriptive Writing
(February 3, 2005) |
Coordination and Conjunctions
(January 27, 2005) | Using Infinitives as Nouns and Adjectives
(January 20, 2005) |
The Three Most Important Rules of Writing
(January 13, 2005) | Preparing for the Certificate Tests: Process Essay
(November 4, 2004) |
How to Do It: The Process Paragraph
(October 28, 2004) | Comparing and Contrasting: Plan A or B ?
(October 21, 2004) |
Using Metaphor
(October 14, 2004) | Writing a Persuasive Paragraph
(October 7, 2004) |
Writing for an Audience
(September 23, 2004) | Classifying our Errors: Enhancing Revision
(September 16, 2004) |
What is CSFM?
(May 19, 2004) |
The Best Topic Sentences
(May 12, 2004) |
Index Cards as a Writing Tool
(May 5, 2004) |
Revision of Student Writing: Workshop
(April 28, 2004) |
Examining the Great Writers
(April 21, 2004) | Stephen King's Advice: Read a Lot; Write a Lot
(April 14, 2004) |
Noun Clause as Object of a Sentence
(April 7, 2004) | Adding Sights and Sounds: Expanding into an Essay
(April 1, 2004) |
The Nose Knows: Remembering Smell in Writing
(March 24, 2004) | Finding their Reaction: Reader-Based Questions
(March 18, 2004) |
Finishing Up: Writing the Conclusion
(March 11, 2004) | Writing the Body Paragraph Well
(March 3, 2004) |
Revising the Title, Introduction and Thesis
(February 25, 2004) | Reviewing Essay Structure
(February 18, 2004) |
Revising for Conciseness: Group Workshop
(February 11, 2004) | Sharing our Work on Showing and Telling
(February 4, 2004) |
On with the Show! Showing versus Telling
(January 28, 2004) | Revision
(January 21, 2004) |
The Three Most Important Rules for Writing
(January 14, 2004) | The POWER Formula for Writing Essays
(Nov. 25, 2003) |
Coordination and Conjunctions
(November 12, 2003) | Sequence of Tenses: Simple Present
(November 5, 2003) |
Four Ways to End an Essay
(October 22, 2003) | Four Ways to Begin an Essay
(October 15, 2003) |
Reviewing the Essay's Body Paragraph
(October 8, 2003) | Examining the Example
Is it Specific and Complete?
(October 1, 2003) |
Developing an Essay Topic
(September 24, 2003) |
What's Your Best Sentence?
(May 28, 2003) |
Writing for an Audience
(May 14, 2003) | |
The Specific is Terrific
(April 30, 2003) | Four Ways to End an Essay
(April 16, 2003) |
Four Ways to Begin an Essay
(April 9, 2003) | Turning Topics into Threes
(April 2, 2003) |
Student Self Assessment
(March 12, 2003) | Revision Workshop
(March 5, 2003) |
PALC.net Student Writers
(February 26, 2003) | Writing Comparison Contrast
(February 19, 2003) |
| Describing a Person (February 12, 2003) | Four Rules of Description (February 5, 2003) |
| What Makes a Good Paragraph?, January 29, 2003 | Class Introduction, January 22, 2003 |
| How to Emphasize with Sentences, November 13, 2002 | Remembering Smells:
Using Your Nose in Writing, November 6 and 7, 2002 |
| Quality Ingredients Make a Witch's Brew: Writing on Hallowe'en, October 30, 2002 | Putting it Together: Conjunctive Adverbs and the Semicolon, October 23, 2002 |
| Putting it Together: Coordination and Conjunctions, October 16, 2002 | How to Do It: The Process Paragraph, October 9, 2002 |
| It's All in the Details: Writing a Good Example, October 2, 2002 | Topic Sentences? Good Rules to Follow, September 25, 2002 |
| Who am I? A Writer! September 18, 2002 | Pretty Parallels: More than Just a List, May 9, 2002 |
Writing for an Audience
May 2, 2002 | April 25, 2002
Using Passive Voice |
April 18, 2002
Using Metaphor | April 11, 2002
To Comma or Not Comma: That is the Question! |
March 14, 2002
Essay Evaluation Workshop | March 7, 2002
Expanding a Paragraph into an Essay |
February 28, 2002
Is That a Comparison or a Contrast? | February 21, 2002
Adjective + Preposition + Gerund |
February 14, 2002
In Honour of Saint Valentine: Using Vigorous Verbs | February 7, 2002
Degrees of Comparison: Harder or Hardest? |
January 30, 2002
Using the Semicolon (Wisely and Well) | November 15, 2001
Topics in Threes: Dividing Ideas |
November 8, 2001
Writing a 500 Word Test Essay | October 31, 2001
Commas: Appositives and Quotations |
October 25, 2001
Making the Dash Work for You | October 18, 2001
The World: Changed Forever? (Comparison) |
October 11, 2001
Descriptive Writing: Writing about a Place | October 4, 2001
Using the Infinitive as Noun |
September 27, 2001
Using the Gerund Noun | May 31, 2001
Writing a Test Essay: Live Demonstration |
May 17, 2001
Verbs followed by Gerund or Infinitive | May 10, 2001
Coordination and Subordination |
May 3, 2001
Turning Topics into Threes | April 26, 2001
Adverb Clauses and "As" |
April 19, 2001
On Being Specific | April 12, 2001
Writing about Having Lunch in a Public Setting |
April 5, 2001
The Importance of Metaphor | March 29, 2001
Adverbial Time and the Present Perfect |
March 15, 2001
"Ins and Unders": Using Prepositional Phrases | March 8, 2001
Sequence of Tenses: Simple Present |
March 1, 2001
Could I or Can I: Using Modals | February 22 2001
A Paragraph Boilerplate |
February 15, 2001
In Honour of Saint Valentine's | February 8, 2001
What's Your Best Sentence? |
February 1, 2001
Painting a Vivid Picture: Description | January 25, 2001
Writing the Good Example |
January 18, 2001
How to Write a Good Paragraph | November 29, 2000
Writing a Successful Test Essay |
November 16, 2000
Topics in Three: Dividing Ideas | November 9, 2000
Easily Confused Words |
November 2, 2000
Using Infinitives as Nouns and Adjectives | October 19, 2000
Revision: Try it Yourself |
October 12, 2000
Revising the Essay: Live Demonstration | October 5, 2000
Writing the Essay: Live Demonstration |
September 28, 2000
Remembering Smells: Smell in Writing | June 1, 2000
Writing is Like (Use of Metaphor) |
May 25, 2000
The Long and Short of It | May 18, 2000
The Audience |
May 11, 2000
Uses of Would | May 4, 2000
Uses of Passive Voice |
April 27, 2000
Using Adjective Clauses | April 20, 2000
Using the Colon |
April 13, 2000
Using Parallel Structure | April 6, 2000
Description Practice |
Mar. 23, 2000
Using Specific Verbs | Mar. 9, 2000
Showing versus Telling |
Mar 2, 2000
Comparison-Contrast Paragraphs | Feb 24, 2000
Using Indefinite Pronouns |
Feb. 17, 2000
Using the Infinitive | Feb 10, 2000
Using the Gerund |
Feb 3, 2000
The Past Unreal | Jan 27, 2000
Extended Definition: Paragraph |
Jan 17, 2000
Topic Sentences | Nov 18, 1999
Thoughts on the Millennium |
Nov 4, 1999
How to: The Process Paragraph | Oct 28, 1999
How to Emphasize with Sentences |
Oct 21, 1999
Classification Paragraphs | Oct 14, 1999
The Importance of Metaphor |
Oct 7, 1999
Four Rules of Description | Sept 30, 1999
Correlative Conjunctions |
Sept 23, 1999
Conjunctive Adverbs and the Semicolon | Sept 16, 1999
Coordination and Conjunctions |
