Long Beach City College
English as a Second Language

This page contains links for advanced ESL students.

ESL 54 and ESL 56	ESL 33	ESL 34	ESL 63 and ESL 65
Sentence Level	Sentence Level	Persuasion/Argument Essays	Interactive Reading Lessons
Coordination and subordination	Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences	Persuasive Writing - Sample papers	Reading Matrix
Participles (verbals)	Adjective Clauses	Steps in Writing a Persuasive Essay	Word Frequency Lists
Run-ons & comma splices	Parallelism	Online Tutorial-Argument Essay
Coherence and Unity	The Five Paragraph Essay	Argumentative Essays-Online Tutorial
Transitions	Writing Effective Paragraphs	Essay Topics
Subject Verb Agreement	5-Paragraph Essay Slide Show	Research Skills
Parallelism	Outline of the Five Paragraph Essay and Writing the Five Paragraph Essay	Conducting a Web Search
Punctuation	Thesis Statements and Introductions	Searching the Web
Sentence Variety	Thesis and Purpose Statements	Evaluating Sources of Information
Independent and Dependent Clauses	Occasions for Thesis	Writing Research Papers-Step by Step Guide
	Compose a Thesis Statement
Writing Paragraphs	Constructing Thesis Statements
Paragraphing - Length Consistency	Writing Introductions and Conclusions	Documentation
* Practice Quizzes on Paragraph Knowledge	More on Introductions and Conclusions	Annotated Bilbliography
What is a paragraph?	Writing an Introduction	MLA Documentation Format
Topic Sentences	Body Paragraphs and Conclusion	MLA Interactive Exercises
Paragraph Examples and Explanations	Writing Body Paragraphs	MLA - PowerPoint Presentation
Tips for Writing a Paragraph and Basic Paragraph Structure	Writing a Conclusion	Resources for Documenting Sources - any format
Writing Effective Paragraphs	Strategies for Writing Conclusions	Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
Comparison-Contrast Paragraph	Rhetorical Modes
Illustration Paragraph	Expository Essays - Sample papers	Interactive Grammar
Cause and Effect Paragraph	Cause and Effect Essays - Sample papers	Exercise Central
Process Paragraph	Comparison-Contrast Essays - Sample papers	Guide to Grammar and Writing
* Descriptive, Process, Comparison-Contrast, Definition, and Cause and Effect Paragraphs. This site discusses each paragraph type in detail and provides practice exercises.	Writing Definitions	Daily Grammar
Paraphrasing	Writing Descriptions	Transitions
Paraphrasing Information	Process Essay - Sample papers Points to Consider and Pattern of Organization	Connecting Words
What is Paraphrasing?	Summary Writing	Transition Cues
	Guidelines for Summary Writing	Function of Transitions
	How to Write a Summary
	Interactive Tutorial

Last Updated on October 13, 2006 by Harold Foot
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