Category: The Write Stuff

  • The Write Stuff: Diction, Purpose, and Audience

    Video filmed and edited by Ameer Abukhedeir. The Write Stuff Blog

  • The Write Stuff Video Series: Fixing Fragments

    Are teachers always telling you, “Fix your fragments!” but you have no idea what a fragment is? Does Word underline your sentences with squiggly green lines, but you have no idea how to fix them? Then I have the video for you! “Fixing Fragments” shows writers how to fix one of the common problems writers…

  • The Write Stuff Video Series: Punctuating Complex Sentences

    For this video, I wanted to try something different. I’m using the computer instead of the chalkboard to show the two grammar rules for punctuating complex sentences. Let me know if you like this format or not. Thanks for watching! The Write Stuff Blog

  • The Write Stuff Video Series: An Introduction to 4-Level Analysis

    Why 4-Level Analysis? I use 4-level analysis in my classroom for two reasons:

  • The Write Stuff Video Series: Identifying Independent Clauses

    As a follow-up to my last video Fixing run-on and comma-splice errors, here is some more instruction on identifying when you have a simple sentence with one subject-predicate set, a compound sentence with two subject-predicate sets, and a simple sentence with a compound subject and a compound predicate.

  • The Write Stuff Video Series: Fixing Run-On and Comma-Splice Errors

    I have been teaching high-school English for ten years. I guess I’m slightly old-school because I believe that teaching students grammar will help them improve their writing. For those of you who are confused by this statement, there are many English teachers who don’t believe this is true; therefore, many students are graduating from high…

  • The Write Stuff: At Least Get These Right

    Before anyone will take you seriously, whether you are a writer or not, there are a few words you need to use correctly. I don’t care if it’s for a job application or you are texting, writing statuses, or sending emails; getting these words wrong will make people judge your intelligence. I’m not kidding. If…