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Resources to Make you Smarter:
The following is a list of resources that I guarantee will make you smarter:
- Podcasts that I listen to every
morning or every week, depending on their publication schedule:
- Way with Words -- Longer episodes than the other programs, but you can't help being entertained and educated. Grant Barrett, one of the co-host, also seems to be a part of Wordnik.
- Merriam Webster Word of the Day -- Seven days a week I listen to this and learn new words and etymologies of words I already know. Well worth it.
- Grammar Grater -- Amazingly entertaining. This used to be delivered once a week. They stopped making new podcasts in 2010.
- Grammar Girl -- Good writing tips.
- Books
- Webpages
- Mental Floss - Blog -- Place to get exciting information. Not very English related, but many of the lists can help with brainstorming attention-getters.
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- Lettiere's Writing Handbook
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- You can purchase the handbook Here
Useful Free Software:
- Please type everything for my class. If you do not own MS Word, think
about using:
- Google Docs -- You can save your document and access it anywhere. You can save it as Word file to turn in through Moodle. You can save it as a PDF. And you can print the document. You might want to think about using this resource, even if you do own MS Word.
- Free Websites for Checking for Plagiarism:
- http://paperrater.com/ -- I have been playing with this site, and it seems extremely useful. Besides telling you if you have anything to worry about in regard to plagiarism, it also highlights some style issues, which a typical grammar check doesn't catch.
- http://plagium.com/ -- This site just checks for plagiarism.
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*Vocabulary flashcards, PowerPoint slideshows, and interactive quizzes are based on the words in Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop.
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