Instructor's Notes

To assign the lettered questions that appear in the exercises for this unit, go to "Browse Resources for this Unit" or to the "Resources" tab. Students can also complete the numbered exercises for practice.To assign LearningCurve adaptive quizzing activities on the topics covered in this unit, go to the LearningCurve unit that follows this one.To download handouts of the Learning by Doing activities that appear in this unit, and to access lecture slides, teaching tips, and Instructor's Manual materials, go to the "Instructor Resources" folder at the end of this unit.

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Punctuation

Learning by Doing Tackling Punctuation Patterns

Check comments in past drafts or final papers for similar punctuation errors that suggest a pattern. Have readers questioned your use of commas? Do you guess about where to put colons? Look up the Handbook guidelines for that punctuation problem, and write out useful “rules” in your own words. Present your “rules” or your remaining questions to a small group of classmates.