There are several PowerPoint presentations available within the Guide to Grammar and Writing. These presentations make for rather hefty files and downloading may take some time over phone lines. Each presentation's size is noted below.
Subject-Verb Agreement
The three presentations in boxes of this color were created by Elene Sandorff, an English teacher from Morton, Illinois, who gives us permission to use this material. Sandorff majored in English at the University of Nebraska; she also holds a master's in Learning Disabilities from Bradley University.
and "page down" arrows or buttons to move forward and backward in the presentation. Sometimes, more than one click will be required, but be patient. Once the presentation is downloaded, the speed of the animations is a function of your computer's processor, not the Web server or the Internet connections. These clicks also take the user from slide to slide. The last click on the last slide will cause the presentation to end automatically. Some sounds are embedded in the presentation, coordinated (in theory, anyway) with the moving graphics. If you are in a lab situation, you might want to mute your computer or wear headphones so that the sound of a clanking typewriter and the zapping laser displays do not irritate your neighbors. If your computer does not have a sound card, the presentation should work fine without sound. When you move the mouse cursor across the slide, an icon will appear in the lower left-hand corner of the window. Clicking that icon reveals a dialog box which allows you another means of moving forward and backward in the presentation (or ending it altogether) and selecting which slide you wish to view. You can also select a colored "pen" that allows you to make marks on the slide. This is especially useful for instructors who wish to highlight certain elements on the slide presentation. You can leave the pen "selected" as you move from slide to slide using the space-bar.
Hyperlinks embedded within the slides (as either colored text or an information "i" icon) will take the user to pages within the Guide to Grammar and Writing that further explore the grammatical issue being discussed. The Powerpoint presentation remains
"on" in the background (It won't move without you!) and you can return to the presentation at any time.