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Tag: Mark Pennington
Squinting Modifiers
Many ELA teachers have never heard of squinting modifiers. Teaching your students to identify the differences among modifiers will equip your students with specific revision strategies…
Dangling Modifiers
Dangling modifiers are provide challenges for developing writers. Following is a great lesson on how to identify and fix dangling modifiers.
Misplaced Modifiers
Misplaced modifiers are frequent challenges for developing writers. Following is a great lesson on how to identify and fix misplaced modifiers.
When to Use Well and Good
All well and good? Well, perhaps not all of President Trump’s tweets include good grammar, mechanics, spelling, and proper word choice. Let’s take a look at…
When to Use Pour and Pore
Yesterday, President Trump took to his Twitter account to tweet a defense of his intentional capitalization of common nouns. However, English language patriots who pore over…
Superlative Modifiers
The superlative modifier indicates which is the most or least. Following is a great lesson on these modifiers.
Comparative Modifiers
Following is a quick lesson to teach comparative modifiers. If it works for your students, check out these related lessons: superlative modifiers, misplaced modifiers, dangling, and…
Word Crimes (Revisited)
"We're all role models: Kids are watchin' and they're listenin'." Check out a few of the more egregious examples of President Trump's tweet and speech word…