Aurora’s Writing Links

Here are some great websites for grammar exercises and grammar/usage review: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ Purdue’s site is organized by categories.  If your teachers tell you that you have consistent problems with verb tenses, you can review verb tenses here and do exercises to help you correct your errors. 2.  http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ Grammar Girl’s podcasts are...

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Student Writing

Here’s a new story from Grace, a 5th grader.  Grace has been working on writing with details. My Lost DS! A DS System is very fun to have and to play with.  I now have a DS that has 2 screens one on the top and bottom.  DS’s are like GameBoys and are as big as a book, but because mine is the new version, DSiXL, it is bigger. My parents made me work for a year to get a DS.  I had to do...

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