Grammar and Punctuation Refresher
Course # 125
Advertising Description:
Is your spell-checker getting the best of you? Has it been awhile since you've "brushed up" on basic grammar and punctuation rules? Refresh your awareness of the fundamentals, and identify common errors to avoid. Discover resources that can support your quest to become proficient in the changing (and challenging) realm of grammar and punctuation.
Key Topics:
- Introduction to Becoming Grammar & Punctuation Proficient
- Benefits to you and your department
- Three-part Process: awareness, commitment, persistence
- Six most common errors (typos, spelling, grammar, usage, punctuation, capitalization)
- Typo's, Spelling, and Homonyms
- Common typos and frequently misused words
- Test your spelling: 50 commonly misspelled words
- Sure fire tricks to minimize spelling errors
- Grammar and Usage Review
- Match game and recognizing parts of speech
- Two roles words play
- Subject and verb agreement
- Agreement between pronoun and antecedent
- Pronouns as subjects or objects
- Grammar Gags: mistakes that call attention to rules
- Punctuation Power
- Punctuation Quiz
- Formulas for Success:
- commas, semicolons, colons, quotation marks
- miscellaneous punctuation: apostrophes, dashes, ellipses, parentheses, brackets
- Capitalization rules
- Resources and Q&A
- Desk Resources
- On-line Resource
Objectives:
- Acknowledge the benefits that good grammar, usage, and punctuation skills can offer.
- Review examples of the six common errors in written documents.
- Discuss prevention strategies, including rules, resources, and methods to use in becoming grammar-proficient.
Participants (audience course is aimed at):
Any U of I staff or faculty member who is interested in the fundamentals of grammar and punctuation.