Paragraph Structure for Persuasive Writing Get the handout: What is a paragraph? Teachers use many different acronyms or metaphors to get you guys to see that writing is ordered in a particular way. Paragraphs are like hamburgers or Lego; they are built, block by block, filling by filling. Most important things to know: Paragraphs are…
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The COVID-19 Experience
Haikus about COVID-19: https://www.npr.org/2020/04/05/826623641/processing-social-distancing-with-haiku More Haikus about COVID-19: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sound-artist-asking-people-record-covid-19-haikus-180974642/
Poetry Writing (Senior School)
See the Middle School poetry writing page for some simpler poetry forms. See the Poetry Techniques page, also. RECOMMENDATION: Use Rhyme Desk as a space to write your poetry. It makes it easy to look up rhyming words and synonyms as you go. Traditional Styles Acrostic Traditional Greek form of poetry which you probably did…
Poetry Writing (Middle School)
Want a challenge? Check out the page for Senior School students for more advanced poetry styles. RECOMMENDATION: Use Rhyme Desk as a space to write your poetry. It makes it easy to look up rhyming words and synonyms as you go. Easy / Quick Styles Diamante Diamante poems are about two opposing things, arranged in…
Avoiding Plagiarism
Is your work plagiarised? Your teachers will use a program like PlagScan or Turnitin to check your work. Unfortunately these are licensed, so you can’t check it yourself. Instead, try one of these free online checkers: https://plagiarismdetector.net/ or https://www.quetext.com/. Think you know what plagiarism is? Can you pass this quiz about plagiarism? http://en.writecheck.com/plagiarism-quiz No, you can’t copy…
Commas
I think commas are the HARDEST punctuation to get right! Important: commas cannot be used to join two sentences. This is a common error called a ‘Comma Splice’. Go to the ‘Sentence Problems‘ page for more info. If you find a really good website that explains when and how to use commas, please let me…
Sentence Problems
TOP TIP: The website Hemingway Editor will help you pick up a lot of sentence problems in your writing. Sentences Problems in General Kahn Academy has a good video on Sentence Problems. For Senior Students, this very smartly dressed American professor runs through common sentence problems – there is a transcript to follow along. Comma…
Eden Prize 2020
For more information about the Eden Prize, go here. 2020’s Topic is “How can technology make the world a better and happier place to live?” Readings Easy Readings These readings are for younger people but should give you a head start on ideas. Check out the articles on KidsNews for technology: https://www.kidsnews.com.au/technology and also: https://newsforkids.net/tag/technology/…
Writing Clarity and Readability
Checking Readability and Clarity Use this checklist to improve your sentences for clarity: Use this Readability Checker to find out the reading age of your text: http://www.readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php Hemingway Editor will help you identify cluttered sentences: http://www.hemingwayapp.com/
Eden Prize General Information
The Eden Prize is an essay writing competition open to South Australian public school students in Year 10. It has a $1250 top prize! The official website is here: https://www.education.sa.gov.au/edenschoolprize 2020 Topic Visit the page for 2020’s Topic is “How can technology make the world a better and happier place to live?” Important information The…
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