1. Have the students call the quiz up on their screens.
2. Tell them to do what the instructions ask. In the commas exercises, for instance, students are to retype the sentences inserting commas in the correct places.
3. When they have finished, have them print their work.
4. At the bottom of each exercise is a link to the answers to the exercise. Clicking on this link will make the answers appear in a new window.
5. Ask the students to use the answer window to correct their work by hand. Once they have done this, have the students turn in their work.
   
   

This procedure allows the students to gain the full benefit of the exercise -- working the problems and then receive the answers and explanations. Turning them in to you will show that they have done the work.

Commas 01
• Answers and explanations
Commas 02
• Answers and explanations

Grammar problems 01
• Answers and explanations
Grammar problems 02
• Answers and explanations

Subject-verb agreement 01
• Answers and explanations
Subject-verb agreement 02
• Answers and explanations
Subject-verb agreement 03
• Answers and explanations
Subject-verb agreement 04
• Answers and explanations

Word choice 01
• Answers and explanations
Word choice 02
• Answers and explanations

Anyone have trouble with any of the exercises above should check out the following pages here on JPROF.com:

Rules for using commas (HTML) (PDF version)
A glossary of grammar terms (an extensive listing of terms, rules of grammar and punctuation and examples)
Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation and Diction study guide


Learning HTML

This web site offers two exercises that help students learn the basics of HTML for building web pages. The second exercise is a bit more complex than the first, so if your students are just starting out, the exercises should be done in order. Procedural instructions are included with each exercise.

• Learning HTML - 1
• Learning HTML - 2


Dates for the journalist

Even if history teachers have stopped making students memorize dates, journalism teachers shouldn't. Dates are important for a full understanding of events, and students should have precise knowledge of the important events in American and world history. The list of dates on this web site, adapted from The Complete Editor, is a good place for the student to begin acquiring this knowledge. Once the students have studied this list, they will be ready to tackle the two crossword puzzles contained on this site. You can download these puzzles as HTML or PDF files.

• Time and place crossword puzzle 1 (HTML) (PDF)
• Time and place crossword puzzle 2 (HTML) (PDF)