Student Handbook of English

Style Guidelines for Grades 9 - 12

Part I – Words

1. Five Spelling Rules

2. 100 High Frequency Words

3. 100 Often Misspelled Words

4. Homonyms

5. Commonly Confused Words

Part II – Sentences

1. Capitalization

2. Uses of Punctuation

3. Quotation Marks

4. Subject/Verb Agreement

5. Pronoun Agreement

6. Connective and Transition Expressions

7. Dangling Modifiers

8. Who Vs Whom

Part III – Paragraphs and Essays

1. Types of Paragraphs and Essays

2. The Five Sentence Paragraph/Five Paragraph Essay

3. Paragraph or Essay Outline

4. Formal Essay Guidelines

5. When to Cite Sources

Part IV – Miscellaneous

1. Giving an Oral Report