As Ruth Beechick says, we learn to speak by listening and speaking. So the analogy is: we learn to write by reading and …
The Research Paper: 10 Steps to Writing One
Putting together a research paper is the culmination of a student's previous experience: skills, interests, and writing …
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Activity: Creative Writing with the Random Word Generator
It's summer. While keeping things light, you do want your children to keep those skills sharp (math and writing come to …
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14 Forms of Writing for the Older Student: Poetry
Writing poetry may seem like an odd place to start when encouraging a young writer, but some students will find it an …
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Persuasion Map for Persuasive Essays {Free Interactive}
Here is another great tool at ReadWriteThink.org: A free persuasion map interactive that walks a student through the …
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Letter Generator Interactive {Free}
After a child is able to write comfortably, he will need things to write. We have suggested 8 writing activities for the …
