| Apostrophes: | Identify apostrophe errors in contractions and possession. Learn techniques to use apostrophes correctly. |
| Avoiding Run-on Sentences: | Identify run-on errors between sentences and learn techniques to correct them using periods, semi-colons, subordinating and coordinating conjunctions. |
| Commas and Quotation Marks: | Use commas and quotation marks correctly in citing quotes or writing dialogue. |
| Drawing Inferences: | Learn to distinguish clues in reading to help find hidden meanings. |
| How to Start an Essay: | Use effective prewriting strategies to start writing essays. |
| MLA Style 1: | Create correctly formatted parenthetical citations at a basic level and a correctly formatted Works Cited page in MLA style. |
| MLA Style 2: | Learn more advanced and detailed aspects of MLA citation format including quotes within quotes, block quotes, ellipses and square brackets. |
| Paragraph Structure: | Compose a well-developed source-based paragraph of 8- 11 sentences, including topic and conclusion sentences. |
| Proofreading: | Identify and apply a variety of proofreading strategies to locate surface errors in writing and correct them. |
| Sentence Fragments: | Identify components of a complete sentence and learn strategies to correct sentence fragments in writing. |
| Thesis Development: | Identify components of a coherent, unified thesis statement and evaluate various sample thesis statements. |
| Vocabulary Building: | Analyze context and word parts to help increase vocabulary in readings. |
| Writer’s Block: | Define writer’s block and identify strategies to overcome blocks. |
