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SPARKPLUG
Sparkplug is designed to help students research communication issues in today's culture.

The pdf provides bibliographies on various communication topics, up-to-date lists of articles

from communication journals, and clusters of critical references in in-text citations from

academic books on communication. Registered students can submit assignments that

are designed to familiarize them with the academic venues for research. Assignments

are evaluated on a pass/fail scale (a pass is a 95% or above) or, if requested, on a

traditional grading scale (A, B, C, or D) based on a score from 0-to-20 points. Instructors

can receive a list of the grades. Pdf format, 76 pp. This product is available both as a secure pdf and as a

hand-held book.

 

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FIREFLY

Firefly is designed to help students develop a sense of literary style. In each of Firefly's

three chapters, models are provided for students to imitate. These models include poems

from famous poets, prose passages from literary authors known for a distinct style, and short

genre pieces. Registered students are asked to send in poems and prose pieces imitating

models of their choice. Submissions receive two sets of evaluations: one for meeting the

assignments' requirements and one for artistic merit. The best work is posted in the online

publication Pinwheel. Upon request, instructors can receive a list of the evaluations. Pdf format,

150 pp. NOTE: The cover here does not display the date of this pdf. On the copyright page of the pdf, the issue's

date is FALL 2010.

 

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LAUREL LEAF

Written as a self tutorial, Laurel Leaf is a poetry-instruction packet containing 45 terms of

scansion and literary analysis. Each term has its own page for explanation and and

examples. Besides the terms, this pdf includes a collection of over 70 best-loved lyric

poems in American and British literature. Students can receive up to three term tests,

which are graded on a scale from 1 to 10 and assigned a percentage score. Instructors

can receive a list of the grades. Students can also submit creative work for evaluation.

The best of such work is posted in the online publication Pinwheel. Pdf format, 101 pp.

NOTE: The cover here does not display the date of this pdf. On the copyright page of the pdf, the issue's

date is FALL 2010.

 

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STINGRAY

Written as a self-tutorial, Stingray is designed to help students learn to summarize,

paraphrase, and quote published academic work. Emphasis is also placed on topic

formation, thesis declaration, and argumentative technique to form a niche for students'

own voices in the existing critical conversations. Both MLA and APA models for in-text

citation and bibliographic entries are provided. Students can take up to three standard

or advanced tests (in MLA, APA, or a mix of both) covering summary, paraphrasing,

quotation mechanics (brackets and ellipses), and documentation. Instructors can receive

a list of the grades. Pdf format, 200 pp. NOTE: The cover here does not display the date of this CAT pdf. On

the copyright page of the pdf, the issue's date is FALL 2010.

 

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SWORDFISH

Written as a self-tutorial, Swordfish is a six-chapter manual on sentence-boundary

mechanics. While students learn parts-of-speech along the way, the main goal is

simply to teach students how to recognize fragments, comma splices, and fused

sentences in order to eliminate them from their writing. Swordfish begins at the basic

step of recognizing main verbs, and then provided formulas for finding the elements

of five sentence patterns. Students can take up to three standard or advanced cumulative

tests, which are graded on a scale from 1-to-10 or 1-to-20 and assigned a percentage

score. Instructors can receive a list of the grades. Pdf format, 200 pp. NOTE: The cover here does not

display the date of this pdf. On the copyright page of the pdf, the issue's date is FALL 2010.

 

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CALLIGRAPH

Written as a self-tutorial, Calligraph leads students in their own composition of a short story.

The pdf contains ten short stories by recognized masters. The students read the stories,

document their similarities in form and content, and then write a short story imitating these

qualities. Students are asked to complete up to five assignments that are to be submitted to

the editors of the Calligraph pdf for evaluation and analysis. The best stories will be published

in Pinwheel, Open Latch Publication’s annual serial dedicated to showcasing student creativity.

Pdf format, 78 pp. NOTE: The cover here does not display the date of this pdf. On the

copyright page of the pdf, the issue's date is FALL 2010.

 

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