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Grammar Lesson 16: When to use “I” and “Me” Song lyrics are notorious for misusing I and me. Here’s what I mean: I gaze into the starry skyAnd dream each night of you and I. This corny yet grammatical travesty happens so often that it barely scratches our ears any more. You already know when…
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In a writing class, students can be frustrated with how to break down the assignment into smaller, achievable tasks. When they hear, “Write an essay,” they don’t know where to begin. Sometimes they start writing without a plan, and the resulting essay shows how scattered their thoughts were. And sometimes there are weepy tears. Use…
FREE Quizzes and Opinion Surveys To take the quizzes and opinion surveys for this course, you’ll need three things: 1. Your first and last name. 2. Your email address. This allows you to use the “Save and Return to Quiz” feature on the quizzes in case you get interrupted during the quiz. A full report…
Middle School Writing Prompts On May 28, 2014, Maya Angelou, author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and other famous books, died quietly in her sleep. You can learn more about her here. Maya Angelou wrote many memoirs about her fascinating life. One of them is The Heart of a Woman, from which the following two quotes…
When newly elected president Theodore Roosevelt gave his inaugural address in 1905, he didn’t use the word “I.” I read his short address and was surprised that so many of the things he said over one hundred years ago are still true today. To date, he is the only U. S. president to give an…