MUG
Mechanics - Usage - Grammar
Mechanics - Usage - Grammar
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To master a sport, you must engage in drills, workouts, and practice. To master an instrument, you must immerse yourself in music and practice playing daily. To master an art form, you must study famous artists and practice. MASTERING GRAMMAR is done in the same way as mastering a sport, instrument, or artistic technique. As your teacher, I'm here to offer assistance - but the hard work can be accomplished only by YOU. Ready to MASTER GRAMMAR? Scroll down and dive in to g-r-o-w your MUG skill!
Khan Academy provides instructional videos, reference pages, and practice. This is the GO-TO site for improving MUG skill whether you need to catch up to seventh grade or are ready to dive into high-school material!
Noredink.com provides tutorials and practice for nearly every topic. Log in (accounts are free) and clock on "LEARN" in the menu bar. Search the subject you want to study.
IXL Language Arts offers information/practice for 152 seventh grade MUG topics! Thanks, Shelby J., for sharing!
OWL Purdue is the site Ms. Dircks uses when she needs a review!
Grammar Planet is a great place to make an account! You can review all MUG skills here!
*MUG notes and videos are occasionally revised. The videos and notes posted in Google Classroom will be the most recent updates. You will need to OPEN A NEW TAB and log into your Google account and THEN click on the notes or video links. If you CAN'T access the most recent videos in Google Classroom, you may use the links below as a back-up.
Take a study break with a Weird Al video title "Word Crimes"
Looking for a new MUG challenge? These links may offer what you need.
IXL Language Arts offers information/practice for 152 seventh grade MUG topics! Thanks, Shelby J., for sharing!
OWL Purdue is the site Ms. Dircks uses when she needs a review!
Grammar Planet is a great place to make an account!
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affect vs. effect - examples <-- read all the way to the bottom of this page; there's more information after the annoying advertisement in the middle!
a quiz
Grammar Bytes (click on EXERCISES and scroll down to APOSTROPHES)
among and between - scroll down for a practice quiz
appositives --> Remember, YouTube videos (like this one) are blocked on the school WiFi. Watch this one at home or on your own WiFi!
How to capitalize titles (click on MLA)
capitalization game 1
capitalization game 2
Grammar Bytes (click on EXERCISES and scroll down to COMMA SPLICE)
Comma splices and run-on practice
Grammar Bytes (click on EXERCISES and scroll down to COMMAS)
Commas in dates quiz with answers
Comma games (scroll to bottom of this page)
Youtube Intro - discover the basics here!
Comparative & Superlative song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=872gqAJjc1g
Grammar Bytes (click on EXERCISES and scroll down to FRAGMENTS)
English 101 CLICK ON THE MODULES to the left of the screen at this link.
a variety of grammar games to EARN FOOD for people in need at freerice.com
Grammar Bytes (click on EXERCISES and scroll down to IRREGULAR VERBS)
Khan Academy explanation of irregular verbs
Quia verb game
ESL irregular verbs Jeopardy (easy review)
Examples of irregular verbs (scroll down to the list)
Grammar Bytes (click on EXERCISES and scroll down to MISPLACED MODIFIERS)
reference sheet (Use MLA rules, please)
parallelism examples (Brennan K.)
Review (scroll down to find the topic you need)
Grammar Bytes (click on EXERCISES and scroll down to PARALLEL STRUCTURE)
Possessive or plural? EASY review
Plural vs. possessive - examples
Multiple activity pages
Review (scroll down to find the topic you need)
Turtle Diary (you need Flash player for the preposition games at this site!)
List of prepositions and examples of prepositions in sentences
Grammar Bytes (click on EXERCISES and scroll down to PARALLEL STRUCTURE)
Sentence Types:
identifying simple and compound sentences (Watch the video, then complete the practice quiz in the menu on the left!)
identifying complex sentences and knowing where commas belong
Phrases and clauses (HOMEWORK NOTES PAGE)
Conjunctions song (Dilynn E.)
Subjects and predicates (this will help with phrases/clauses)
Rags to Riches game - identifying sentence types
Crafting a power sentence (complex sentences with loads of description)
Easy review of subject and predicate. *Start here if sentence types are a challenge for you.
Prezi link for subject and predicate homework
Subject and predicate practice
Subject and predicate practice II
Sentence types review
Sentence types interactive game
Sentence types practice quiz
More examples of sentence types
AAAWWUBBIS song
Ms. Dircks' favorite AAAWWUBBIS song (discovered by Ryan S.)
AAAWWUBBIS comma placement
AAAWWUBBIS sample sentences
Rags to Riches review of dependent and independent clauses
Introduction to compound-complex sentences
Compound-complex sentence labeling in-class activity
Prezi link for subject and predicate homework
Subject and predicate practice
Subject/verb agreement Game Another one! Another one! And...another one!
Grammar Bytes (click on EXERCISES and scroll down to SUBJECT - VERB)