Lab Activities

An Explanation of MLA Format
(Flash file, about 3 minutes long)
This file demonstrates how to set up a paper in MLA format using Microsoft Word.

Coping with Big Ideas: "Sometimes the weather..."
This file demonstrates how to fix a run-on using an inductive process.

Run-On 1: "Jenna likes to gossip..."
This file demonstrates multiple ways to fix a run-on.

Self-Tests

Subject-Verb/Pronoun Agreement Exercise
(Fill-in-the-blank Web page)
This page provides practice on subject-verb and pronoun agreement.

Drag and Drop Parallelism Exercise
This page provides an exercise to initiate a discussion of parallelism.