Skills 220: Writing

Welcome!

Here you will find selected links to online explanations, exercises, quizzes, tools, and resources that you can work on on your own.

If you are not enrolled in a Skills class but are interested in improving your skills, or if you are enrolled and would like to just explore on your own without receiving credit or feedback from a Skills intructor, click on any of the links below to see what might help you the most.

Writing and Grammar Resources

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index.html
  Purdue Online Writing Lab
• http://www.powa.org
  Paradigm Online Writing Assistant (help through entire writing process)
• http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
  Webster Guide Grammar and Writing (Explanantions, quizzes, presentations on ALL aspects of writing and grammar.
• The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing-- Student Resources
• http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/
  University of Wisconsin Madison Writing Center handbook
• http://departments.weber.edu/writingcenter
  Weber State University Writing Center
• http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bedhandbook/
  Bedford's handbook for writing, grammar and tutors. Don't need to log on.
• http://englishpage.com
  Free Lessons for ESL students
• http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/fwalters/para.html
  Basic paragraph structure

Standardized test prepration

Click "Preparing for Standardized Tests" to see testing links and learn more.