If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Laura Joffe Numeroff's humorous book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie tells the story of a...		Essay Keywords Definitions of words that help students write different types of essays.
Stellaluna Stellaluna is a baby bat who is separated from her mother at a young age. This lesson includes...		Olympic Leaders Students will write a one page report from the point of view of an Olympic athlete and present...
James and the Giant Peach Students love James and the Giant Peach, an action-filled fantasy that will amuse and encourage...		Memorizing Important Facts Suggestions for helping students memorize important facts.
Research Paper: Take Notes How to identify important information and take useful notes for a research paper.		Reading Textbooks Tips for reading and retaining information from textbooks.
Research Paper: Use Footnotes and Endnotes How to use footnotes and endnotes in a research paper.		Apostrophes How to use apostrophes.
Research Paper: How to Write a Bibliography How to write a bibliography for a research paper.		Commas The proper ways to uses commas are explained.
Sample Essay Outlines These sample outlines will help students organize their ideas before writing an essay, a good...		Punctuation: Periods How to use periods properly.
Transition Words and Phrases A list of transitional words and phrases and suggested uses.		Capitals How to use capitals properly.
Tips for Revising Suggestions for revising the first draft of an essay.		Italics Encourage students to use italics properly.
How to Write an Essay Encourage students to follow the step-by-step directions for writing an essay.		Common Abbreviations Find common abbreviations used in the English language in this chart.