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Kurtis attends Meadow Park Middle School, and is in the 8th grade. 
Meadow Park is at 14100 SW Downing Street, Beaverton, OR 97006 

t. 503.672.3660 f
line: 503.259.6182

Kurtis...  It is probably time we got together to update your resources
and work on your writing, reading, and study skills.  During
meadow_park!
this school year, you will have more advanced vocabulary
and will need to experiment with several essay types. 
We can certainly find ways you can better understand
all of your classes and communicate what you know.  And the
Supplemental Resources designed for your specific classes... will help you as well. 
We could begin whenever we find a schedule that works

Here are some general assignments for our next session.

I hope your first week of school went well.  Please send me a list of the classes you are taking. 
|Here is your page address
http://www.WritingResource.info/kurtis.html

And here are some exercises...

1.  Here are some ways to start writing

 . Find something interesting, and write up to two pages about what you think.  Try to find something you have a definite opinion about.   Or, write one to two pages about your reaction to soccer camp.  

2.      Here are some vocabulary words for the next session
Look up each, then use each in a sentence

 
                 adj       homogeneous        verb   foment                                  adj       soporific          
              
adj   fortuitous                                adj      specious                          v       precluded
n     aphorism                                adj       doleful                                contingent
n     aplomb                                      v      flout                            distinctive 
adj   maudlin                                   adj      commensurate                adj    loquacious


3.  We can discuss your use of the three texts I have provided.  If you want to continue to use these texts,
    Read page 16 in your Jazz text,  In the Chartbook read pages 12-16, and in the Writing Book do pages 14-18

4.  Study the hi-lighted topics on your study guide page see below

Another Writing Exercise!  http://www.angelfire.com/blues/writing/exercise1.html

Dictionary Resource 

 
 

 
Return to Kurtis Resource Page!  
 
Your Study Guide and Resources  
Topics  www.WritingResource.org/ Adventures in Writing Links and references
Adverbs Verbs  Adverbs adverbs: 412 adverbs: 173,227-232, 236, 239-246, 411
adverbs   Adverbs Adverbs      What is an Adverb?  Adverb  Quiz  Quiz
Active & Passive Voice   critical for communication 173, 227, 411, 246 Active vs. Passive Voice
Apostrophe       Apostrophes... Apostrophes   270,334,409 Apostrophe:  Guide
The Apostrophe Apostrophe Catastrophe Game

The Apostrophe  Apostrophes

Apos Quiz1  #2    Quiz 3
  When you study articles, please spend extra time on exceptions to the rules  and other things you must memorize. 
Articles        Articles 221 Articles: Use and Misuse
ARTICLES A/AN   Articles, Definite & Indefinite Using Articles Quiz1  Quiz 2  Quiz 3
Capitalization Rules   lots to remember 283,286-293 Capital Letter - Quiz
Capital Letters                    Capitalization Quiz                                English: Capital Letters                When and where to use caps

Cool Sites for Middle School Students

Business and English Business vocabulary  and grammar 414 Business English
Business and Career Business and Management Career

CareerJournal

Business Resource
Colons and Semi-colons Colons and semicolons 325-326, 408    colon_punctuation
Commas         Three comma rules! Morecommas! 313, 406 Play comma game 
Conversation Resource  American Accent Training

Authentic Pronunciation

Useful Expressions
Gerunds Gerunds/Participles/Infinitives 239       Gerunds and Infinitives ESL Quiz - Gerund
 Gerunds & Infinitives Interactive verbal quiz #2

ESL Quiz Gerund or Infinitive

Gerund & Infinitive Quiz
Idioms and Slang     Idioms and Slang

The Idiom Connection

Self-Study Idiom Quizzes
Nouns and Adjectives   Nouns and Adjectives 410, 249-252 Crossword:Adjectives
Outlining & Prewriting  Prewriting Outline 86, 99 Prewrite 35-40 Planning (Invention)
Parallel Structure  mostly punctuation 298-301 Parallel Structures
Parts of Speech 410-413 The Parts of Speech
Periods   311, 406 Period          PowerPoint
Punctuation Punctuation     310-313, 326-334, 406-409 Punctuation Test   
Pronouns WritingResource.org/pronouns.html 123,166,180,212,257,410-411,448 More on Pronouns
Plurals   266,269 English plural
English plurals

Plural and Possessives with self-tests

Prepositions   Prepositions  256, 412  
Quotations & Punct Actual Quotation Resource 329,408                  Quotations and Correct Punctuation
Resource Index Index Adventures in Writing additional resources!
Rhetoric www.WritingResources.org/ 44-69 Conclusions are critical!
                                        Rhetoric                                                            Rhetoric, linguistics & writing     The Rhetoric Page
Run-on Sentences Run-on/Comma Splice/Fused 188 Quiz: ON SENTENCES
Sentence Structure Sentence Patterns   172-200   Sentence Structure Sentence Structure
Spelling            Spelling

Free Spelling Course

262- 266,  Common Errors 

Spelling Rules

Spelling Test

271, 273  Quizzes - Spelling   spell
Syntax Syntax    
 They're  contraction  There   location   Their            possessive 282  Easily Confused Words
** "This" and "that" 123,166 180,27,410-41112,25 ESL Quizzes - Pronouns
Tense Verb Tense Chart Tenses           Verb Tense Tutorial 228-230, 232,245   Sequence of Tenses
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/consistency.htm  study this page

Using Verb Tenses

EnglishOntheRun-Grammar

English tenses

ESL Quiz - Verb Tenses
       
Transitions  Voice  Using Transitions 116-130 Organization Transitions
     Wordy  Wordy    
Archive:   n       apparition  n      hamlet adj     derogatory more words:  continuous, progressive,
and you always have more in your vocabulary index

Fifth Grade Resources  Sixth Grade Resources
 

More Resources
Current Events (News & Views Resource)
Mythology
Literature and Authors
The Elements of Style
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Rhyming Dictionary
Thesaurus
Grammar<<Selection in Document>>
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations