Exercise Central ALP Assignments

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Go to bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/exercisecentral/.
Click on Exercises at the top of the screen.
Click on Exercise Central Comprehensive Study Plan.
Choose Register as Student at the top of the screen.
Enter your email address to check to see if you have a previous account.
If the system says you do not have an account, follow the directions to create an account. Very
important - Write down your password. You will need your email and password to log in.
Once you are registered and logged in, go under Sentence Grammar ->Comma Splices
->Identifying Comma Splices.
Do these exercises # 13, 478, 233.
Make sure you put in my email address (awheeler@athenstech.edu) when prompted in order for
your scores to go to my gradebook so you will get credit for the exercises.
To work on assignments:
Go to Exercise Central bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/exercisecentral/ > Exercises > Comprehensive
Study Plan > Log in (For instructor I.D., enter awheeler@athenstech.edu so I can see your work.)
The following weekly assignments include the exercises required in ENGL 1101:
WEEK ONE
1. Sentence Grammar > Comma Splices > Identifying Comma Splices > Exercises 13, 478, 233
2. Basic Grammar > Adjectives and Adverbs > Overview of adjs and advs > 292, 75
--also under Adjectives and Adverbs > Adjectives vs. adverbs > 428, 91
--also under Adjectives and Adverbs > Comparatives and superlatives > 45, 362
--also under Adjectives and adverbs > Good, well, bad, and badly > 46, 514
WEEK TWO
1. Sentence Grammar > Fragments > Identifying Sentence Fragments > Exercises 15, 468, 82
2. Basic Grammar > Clauses > Punctuating clauses > 135, 530, 617, 618.
--also under Clauses > Types of clauses > 6, 293, 351, 80
WEEK THREE
1. See "Twenty Most Common Errors"
2. Basic Grammar > Verbs > Types of verbs > 424, 492, 648, 986
3. Basic Grammar >Sentence Types > Identifying sentence types > 81, 352, 583
4. Basic Grammar > Nouns > Abstract vs. specific references > 173
WEEK FOUR

1. Sentence Grammar > Subject/Verb Agreement > Overview of Subject/Verb Agreement >
Exercises 84, 242, 357
2. Basic Grammar > Pronoun- antecedent agreement > 37, 38, 87, 236, 571
--also under Pronouns > Pronoun case > 167, 88
--also under Pronouns > Pronoun reference > 165, 86
WEEK FIVE
1. Writing with Sources > Integrating Sources > Integrating Quotations > Exercise 249
--also in Integrating Sources > Integrating Sources MLA Style > Exercise 847
2. Punctuation > Quotation marks > Punctuating in-text quotations > 65, 689
--also under Quotation marks > Quotation marks versus italics > 66, 690
--also under Quotation marks > Quotation marks with other punctuation > 215, 216, 217, 598
WEEK SIX
1. Writing with Sources > Paraphrasing Sources > Exercise 864
2. Mechanics and Spelling > Italics/underlining > 324
--also in Mechanics and Spelling > Capitalization > Overview of Capitalization > 64, 327, 103
--also in Capitalization > Capitalization with titles > 328
--also in Mechanics and Spelling > Spelling > Common misspellings > 377, 378, 379
WEEK SEVEN
Catch up 61 assignments for midterm EC grade average.
WEEK EIGHT
1. Punctuation > Commas > 316, 433, 434, 94, 258
--also under Commas > Commas with introductory elements > 176
--also under Commas > Using semicolons, colons, and commas > 219
2. Word Choice > Commonly confused words > 724, 756, 760
WEEK NINE
1. Writing with Sources > Documenting Sources in MLA Style > MLA Works Cited > 737
2. Writing with Sources > Documenting sources in MLA Style > MLA Works Cited > 738
3. Writing with Sources > Finding Sources > Finding MLA sources > 843, 844
4. Writing and revising > Coherence > Identifying transitions > 957, 764
5. Word Choice > Formal language > Using formal language > 828
WEEK TEN
1. Writing with Sources > Documenting Sources in MLA Style > MLA Works Cited > 848
2. Writing with Sources > Documenting sources in MLA Style > MLA Works Cited > 863
3. Writing with Sources > Evaluating sources > 766, 830
4. Writing with Sources > Avoiding plagiarism > Avoiding plagiarism in MLA style > 849, 850

WEEK ELEVEN
1. Basic Grammar > Modifiers > Identifying dangling and misplaced modifiers > 24, 26, 185,
188, 307, 429, 980, 981
--also under Modifiers > Correcting dangling and misplaced modifiers > 367, 370
WEEK TWELVE
1. Sentence Style > Coordination > Overview of Coordination > Exercises 713, 114
2. Sentence Style > Mixed construction > 90, 371, 578
--also under mixed construction > Faulty predication > 881
3. Sentence Style > Subordination > Overview of subordination > 807, 808, 357, 352
WEEK THIRTEEN
1. Sentence Style > Parallelism > Identifying Parallel Structures > Exercises 524, 116
2. Sentence Grammar > Run-on sentences > Correcting run-on sentences > 14, 126, 83, 365
WEEK FOURTEEN
1. Sentence Style > Shifts > Identifying Shifts > Exercise 89
--also under Shifts > Unnecessary Shifts > Exercise 364
2. Sentence Style > Sentence variety > Adding variety > 526, 979
3. Punctuation > Apostrophes > Overview of Apostrophes > Exercises 270, 595
BEFORE LAST DAY OF CLASS
Catch up 116 assignments for final EC grade average.
HOW IS EC GRADE CALCULATED?
EC total average = (Midterm average + Final average) / 2
Midterm average = (% of 61 exercises completed + EC gradebook average) / 2
Final average = (% of 116 exercises completed + EC gradebook average) / 2