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Academic Writing Skills
For adult or returning students, the thought of organizing and writing a paper can be overwhelming. Use these simple tools to help you get started & stay focused!
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Adult Education: Writing Skills
Writing a thesis can be intimidating for adult students: Continuing Education writing skills can be more easily developed by following the same process every time.
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Create Foreign Language Stories
Novice level language learners will blossom into prolific writers with this fun, creative project.
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Developing Creativity through Writing and Music
I have begun to see that, just because a child sits in a fine arts class, does not mean that child is going to become creative. What I can hope for though is that some manner of freeing the mind, new ideas, brainstorming techniques, and self-fulfillment will be realized, IF the right lessons are presented with developmental sequencing that makes "sense" to the student.
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Easy Games to Teach Writing Skills
5 fun ideas to teach children to think like writers, but without pencils! Students may say they hate writing when penmanship, grammar, and spelling are the real problems.
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Enhancing Reading & Writing Skills with Daily Newspapers
In most schools, it is difficult for middle school and high school students andtheir teachers to keep up with current events by only referring to their content area textbooks. Luckily, if you have Internet access within your classroom, with the click of a few buttons, you can access up-to-the-minute news articles at a variety of different reading levels, as well as many types of interactive activities designed just to motivate students to read and respond to topics in the news. The following sites will certainly help you in your endeavors to bring the world's current events into your classroom in a variety of multimedia and online text formats.
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Essay Writing Skills
Writing skills are vital for adult students. Continuing Education allows you the opportunity to improve and polish your writing for academic and professional applications
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Fostering Kids' Writing Skills
Learn how to minimize the struggle and help your child be a better, more enthusiastic writer with these classroom and parent-tested techniques.
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Improving Writing Skills
Using a journal with all age children can become an excellent learning tool for improving writing skills.
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Journal Topics for Teens
Learn why journaling is important for middle schoolers and discover some journal topics that will stop the cries of "But what do I write about?" for good.
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Love Letters
Make Valentine's Day fun and brush up on letter writing at the same time.
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Sure Ways to Turn Off your Readers
Many writers do silly things to frustrate their readers, and you certainly don't want to be left out! Check out this how-to guide for being a master nuisance author.
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The Dreaded Report
To survive in school and later in the adult world, our children need to write well. One of the most common forms of writing is the written report: book reports ring a bell? Helping your child develop good report-writing abilities is a fabulous skill that will serve him well thorugh all his education and beyond. How? Read on...
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Using Non-Fiction to Facilitate Students' Writing Skills
Most children tend to think of informational writing as dry, boring and difficult. However, most of these students have not yet developed the necessary skills to properly comprehend written information.
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Writing Activities for Children
Improving student writing skills is an important part preparing students for their future education. Use these writing exercises to develop writing skills.
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Writing Skills for the Ages
This is an article about teaching early readers, and essay writing using Internet and other resources.
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Writing-World.com
Gives an overview of how this website could be used in the classroom to stimulate WRITING interest.
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Teach Writing Without Handwriting
Many kids say they hate writing when it's really other tedious skills that stop them from thinking creatively. Here are tips on getting non-writers thinking like writers.
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Finding a Writing Group
A writers group can focus on critiques, marketing and networking, or simply be a social support group. What kind of a group are you looking for, and how do you find one?
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Get Online Freelance Writing Jobs
Thanks to the internet, freelance writing is becoming a profitable industry.
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Handwriting versus Technology
The article discusses how handwriting skills are disappearing fast because of the increasing use of computers, in the way of presenting text. It points out a number of experiments performed to show how children are lacking in handwriting skills, but also how computers can improve children's spelling and literacy skills.
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How to Write a College Term Paper
Need help learning how to write a great college term paper? Here are a few tips to keep in mind when you're writing an essay for a college class.
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Overcoming Writer’s Block
Writers sometimes experience the phenomenon known as Writer's Block, involving temporary loss of inspiration and creative writing ideas to allow for continued writing.
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Thanksgiving Writing Prompts
Thanksgiving gives opportunities to reflect on what we are thankful for. It is also packed full of history. Use writing prompts to make learning about this holiday fun.
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The Proactive English Teacher
Being an English or language arts teacher requires lots of skills, patience, and time to commit to perfecting the practice.
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Writing a Selection Criteria
Addressing a job’s selection criteria can be a daunting task. The best way to tackle this task is to have a clear method, which will articulate your skills and experienc
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Writing For The Internet
Writing for the internet is much different than other writing endeavors. Some simple and basic web writing tips can make it easier for your readers, and for you!
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Writing Prompts, Games, Journals
Making writing fun for elementary aged kids can help them gain confidence and skill in verbal expression. Encouraging a reluctant writer is easier than you might think.
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Writing with Your Children
Have your children submit written requests for what they want to encourage them to fine tune their persuasive writing skills.
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Applying Research to Writing
Bright, advanced or gifted and talented students learn to move from a thesis statement to develop an outline using various learning styles.
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Becoming a Writer
Writing is not just accomplished through inspiration. Writers create at their peak when they follow regular practices that strengthen their connection to their art form.
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Edit for Facts and Reading Level
How to edit your book for children, focusing on fact checking and reading level.
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Editing for Themes and Structure
A good edit can make a huge difference to your story for kids. This article, the first of three, looks at editing for themes and structure.
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Editing your Novel for Children
The third of three articles on editing your book for kids. This one shows you how to cut and shape your children's book for maximum reader and publisher appeal.
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Expository Thesis Statements
Advanced students learn to understand that their ideas, beliefs, insights and hunches can be stated in a non-threatening way by writing a thoughtful thesis statement.
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From Thesis Statement to Outline
Gifted, advanced and talented students learn to apply a thesis statement to create a detailed outline in this final article in the Process-Writing series.
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Getting an Edge in Your Writing
The work that goes into a book even before the writing begins can bring benefits giving the writer an edge in today's competitive marketplace.
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Hands-On Process-Writing
Bright, advanced or gifted and talented students learn to actively process their compositions in both their visual and kinesthetic realms as groundwork for writing.
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Interdisciplinary Opportunities
Teachers discover how to apply the Hands-On Process-Writing technique across all disciplines.
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Penmanship Curriculum Review
From handwriting readiness to cursive, Jan Olsen's Handwriting Without Tears Curriculum teaches developmentally appropriate writing skills using multiple learning styles.
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Rosetta Stone Language Software
Rosetta Stone 3.0 language-learning software provides a simple and effective methodology for people to learn foreign languages skills in the comfort of their homes.
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Sudan and Teacher Gillian Gibbons
Gillian Gibbons has this week been imprisoned in Sudan for naming a teddy bear after the Prophet Muhammad. Yet her mistake has been treated too harshly.
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The Writing Process
These writing process tips and activities will help your child hone those all-important writing skills.
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Using Learning Styles
Bright, advanced or gifted and talented students learn to make mental interconnections as a metacognitive skill as they discover contextual relationships in prewriting.
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Write Books that Help Children
That raging, fuming, temper tantrum can be a useful tool for igniting your writing, and it can help the children who read it to manage their anger too.
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Write Poetry in a Foreign Language
Be inspired with the language of poetry. Play with words in English, French, Spanish, German, or Italian.
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Creating a Writer's Resume
A writer's resume is an integral part of a writer's portfolio. If your CV is professional and well-written, it should help you get a writing job.
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Keep a Summer Journal
Encouraging writing skills when school is out can be a challenge, but kids will love making a scrapbook style journal of their favorite summertime memories.
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Teaching the Persuasive Essay
Motivate middle and high school students to write a strong five paragraph persuasive essay using lesson initiating activity, graphic organizer and writing rubric.
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