Letter for Great Mail Race Students practice writing and word processing a letter to be used in The Great Mail Race.		Research Paper: Use Footnotes and Endnotes How to use footnotes and endnotes in a research paper.
Animal Defenses An article with photos of some of the innovative means animals have developed for attack and...		Research Paper: How to Write a Bibliography How to write a bibliography for a research paper.
Ten Tips for Writing An Essay Find tips for writing an essay, from scheduling and time-management to outlining to revision.		Sample Essay Outlines These sample outlines will help students organize their ideas before writing an essay, a good...
Tongue Twisters As a fun way to practice reading and pronouncing words, try these tongue twisters with your...		Transition Words and Phrases A list of transitional words and phrases and suggested uses.
An Immigrant's Story Students will create a character who immigrates to the United States. They will base a large...		Tips for Revising Suggestions for revising the first draft of an essay.
Country of Origin Comparison Students will compare data on immigrants and be able to draw some conclusions.		How to Write an Essay Encourage students to follow the step-by-step directions for writing an essay.
Population of the United States by Sex and Race, 1970 - 2004 A chart listing the population of the United States from 1970 - 2004, with estimates by sex,...		Essay Keywords Definitions of words that help students write different types of essays.
Star Magnitude Graphing Students use information on star magnitude to create spreadsheets and graphs.		Olympic Leaders Students will write a one page report from the point of view of an Olympic athlete and present...
Where Students Can Publish If you are interested in having your students' writing published, send their work to the...		Apostrophes How to use apostrophes.
Literary Glossary The definitions of literary terms such as memoir, tragicomedy, comedy, and more can be found in...		Punctuation: Periods How to use periods properly.