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Canku
Ota
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(Many
Paths)
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An
Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America
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November
1, 2003 - Issue
99
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Favorite
Sites
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collected
by Paul and Vicki
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The
following recommendations bring the study of grammar into
the Internet age with their use of email, forums, and the
Web
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11
Rules of Writing
Today's first site condenses English
grammar down to just eleven rules. Drawing heavily from The
Elements of Style, an anonymous college teacher created these
rules based on his experience grading freshman papers. Each
rule is hyperlinked to examples of correct and incorrect usage.
For questions not covered by the eleven rules, peruse the
Frequently Asked Questions page. And for extra credit, click
on the New Word of the Day (at the
bottom of the page) to scroll through some high-school level
vocabulary.
http://junketstudies.com/rulesofw/
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Blue
Book of Grammar and Punctuation
"Effective Writing. Rule 1. Use
concrete rather than vague language." As the title implies,
Jane Straus's guide is divided into two sections: grammar
and punctuation. Each is further organized into rules with
examples (navigate these with the drop-down menus), exercises
and tests. The quizzes are not interactive (try printing them
instead) and include answer keys on the same page. A print
edition of The Blue Book is also available for purchase.
http://www.grammarbook.com/
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Common
Errors In English
From "AM/PM" to "your/you're,"
this clickable alphabetic list of errors is fun to peruse.
Sometimes the easiest way to learn proper grammar, is to learn
what NOT to say. For example, did you know a "pompom"
is a large gun, but the fuzzy end of ski hat is a "pompon"?
And a narrow confining garment is a "straitjacket"
not a "straightjacket." Just click on any phrase
for the complete skinny.
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/
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What
makes one paper airplane better than another? Should we judge
our paper planes on ease of construction, length of flight
or distance traveled? Personally, I vote for the fun factor.
And hopefully, you'll have plenty while visiting this week's
paper airplane picks.
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Alex's
Paper Airplanes
From Alex's gallery of two dozen paper
airplane designs, visitors have selected the Dragon Plane
and Paper Helicopter as their favorites. The Dragon, an original
design, flies "true and fast" and is "the best
plane to hit your teacher with." The Helicopter is popular
because it is both simple to make and simple to fly. You can
peruse the rest of the planes by difficulty of construction
(easy, medium, hard) or jump right to the fastest, longest
flying, or most unusual designs.
http://www.paperairplanes.co.uk/
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Best
Paper Airplane
During the summer of 1950, eight-year-old
Michael O'Reilly watched in amazement as his sister's boyfriend
made the best paper airplane in the whole world. "When
he started folding the paper, I knew this was something different,
something special. He never explained how he did it but every
move, every fold, every detail was burned into my memory."
Today, Michael shares the secrets of the DC-3 paper airplane:
how to build it and how to fly it.
http://www.zurqui.com/crinfocus/paper/airplane.html
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Joseph
Palmer's Paper Airplane
Joseph Palmer's planes are "designed
to fly," not look like real airplanes. As a paper airplane
purist, none of his designs require cutting, taping or weights:
just a single sheet of 8.5" by 11' paper and your fingers.
There are only four designs here, but the illustrated instructions
are excellent, and judging by visitor feedback, all of them
are great flyers.
http://www.josephpalmer.com/planes/Airplane.shtml
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STAR
Students And Teachers Against Racism
announces their new website that offers insight into the Native
American perspective to teachers and educators.
http://www.racismagainstindians.org/
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