JBJ Class

Welcome to JBJclass!

This site has lots of information about our assignments, but I'll provide links on Google Classroom when I assign them.

Here are some extra resources that might come in handy:


Miscellaneous​
  • My Landing Page​
  • Library Landing Page
  • How to make a PDF​
  • Online whiteboard

Writing & Research
  • Purdue OWL (the best source for how to do MLA style)
  • General writing tips (links to pages about mechanics, grammar, etc.)
  • Academic writing tips (great resources from the Purdue OWL)
  • ​Avoiding Wordiness (some great writing tips)
  • Coherence (making your writing flow)
  • Sentence Variety #1 (a good file showing ways to make your writing more interesting)
  • Sentence Variety #2 (another one)
  • Signal words (ways to introduce a quotation in your writing)
  • "The Elements of Style" (a classic, short & sweet handbook on grammar & usage)
  • Transitions #1 (from the Writing Center at UNC)
  • Transitions #2, #3 , and #4 (from the Purdue OWL)

Vocabulary
  • ​College Prep Vocabulary List (100 you should know before you graduate)
  • ​Where words came from (a great way to remember what words mean)
  • ​Ways to learn vocabulary (some suggestions you might want to try)

Grammar & Punctuation
  • 15 Grammar Goofs (some common mistakes)
  • Grammar Girl (LOTS of great tips)
  • Editing Checklist (her suggestions for what to check before turning something in)
  • Grammarly (like a spell-checker, but for grammar)
  • Misplaced/Dangling Modifiers (how to avoid this common mistake)
  • ​Punctuation when combining sentences (one of many good resources on this)
  • Punctuation within quotations
  • Using Commas [Type "commas" in the search box.]
  • Using Semicolons (just one of many sites that show how)​


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