This text, or resource, aims to help all students in English composition classes and reading understand the connections and the cohesive aspect of reading and writing. The authors used their own years of teaching both reading and writing for all levels in college to explain concepts in a straightforward and clear manner for students. The goal is that this becomes a FREE resource – students can return to time and time again when they have questions or need a refresher even after their English composition course ends.  

These worksheets are designed to help students practice the placement of the proper punctuation between independent clauses. These worksheets are designed to supplement previously generated lessons rather than as a stand-alone lesson.

Upon successful completion of this lesson, students will
- analyze example sentences to determine whether a comma is needed before the coordinating conjunction based on the presence of independent clauses.

Author: Nicole Hagstrom-Schmidt
Editor: Mary Landry, C. Anneke Snyder
Supervisor: Terri Pantuso

This worksheet is designed to help students develop the ability to identify unclear pronoun usage in their own writing. To achieve this ability, students are shown examples of demonstrative determiners and unclear antecedents as well as strategies to help them avoid these mistakes in their own work. This worksheet is designed to supplement previously generated lessons rather than as a stand-alone lesson.

This assignment asks students to take bibliographic data and generate a properly formatted APA citation. After completing questions #1-8, they are then asked to create 3 properly formatted in-text citations in APA style. Finally, they are asked to take the first 8 citations and turn them into a properly formatted reference sheet, attached to the end of the worksheet. Depending on skill level, the instructor may choose to allow them to use an aid (like Purdue Owl) to construct the citations or do them from memory. This assignment is best used to assess students’ understanding of APA and provide them with low-stakes practice of these formatting skills. 

This assignment asks students to take bibliographic data and generate a properly formatted MLA citation. After completing questions #1-8, they are then asked to create 3 properly formatted in-text citations in MLA style. Finally, they are asked to take the first 8 citations and turn them into a properly formatted reference sheet, attached to the end of the worksheet. Depending on skill level, the instructor may choose to allow them to use an aid (like Purdue Owl) to construct the citations or do them from memory. This assignment is best used to assess students’ understanding of MLA and provide them with low-stakes practice of these formatting skills.

This assignment asks students to answer various formatting questions related to MLA style. Depending on skill level, the instructor may choose to allow them to use an aid (like Purdue Owl) to construct the citations or do them from memory. This assignment is best used to assess students’ understanding of MLA and provide them with low-stakes practice of these formatting skills. All highlighted areas are the correct answers of the multiple choice questions; highlights should be removed from the worksheet before giving to students.

This lesson aims to acquaint students with academic writing and the importance of grammar rules in this formal type of writing. They will familiarize themselves with subject-verb agreements; past, present, and future tense; passive and active voices; and modal auxiliaries.

Grammar Bowl is a game designed to review important grammar rules with students in a group setting. The game can be played individually; however, small groups of 2-3 students collaborating often creates a competitive, albeit friendly, atmosphere that encourages students to think and work quickly.

From the site: "In the Oregon State Guide to Grammar, our professors define grammar terms, explain grammatical conventions, identify parts of speech and constructions, and help students toward a better awareness of their own linguistic intuition. The video series is designed to be a free, online, creative commons (CC BY) resource for high school and college English teachers and students, offering them tools to engage meaningfully with challenging grammatical issues."

Basic Reading and Writing Text. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.The Word on College Reading and Writing. Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial.Collin College Logo. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. 

Upon successful completion of this assignment, students will
- define and distinguish the various types of phrases and clauses.
- analyze sample texts to recognize and label what phrases and clauses are present.
- construct sentences that incorporate specific types of phrases and clauses.

Author: Pujarinee Mitra
Editor: Mary Landry, C. Anneke Snyder
Supervisor: Terri Pantuso