Letter for Great Mail Race Students practice writing and word processing a letter to be used in The Great Mail Race.		Transition Words and Phrases A list of transitional words and phrases and suggested uses.
Animal Defenses An article with photos of some of the innovative means animals have developed for attack and...		Tips for Revising Suggestions for revising the first draft of an essay.
Ten Tips for Writing An Essay Find tips for writing an essay, from scheduling and time-management to outlining to revision.		How to Write an Essay Encourage students to follow the step-by-step directions for writing an essay.
Tongue Twisters As a fun way to practice reading and pronouncing words, try these tongue twisters with your...		Essay Keywords Definitions of words that help students write different types of essays.
An Immigrant's Story Students will create a character who immigrates to the United States. They will base a large...		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...		Commas The proper ways to uses commas are explained.
Literary Glossary The definitions of literary terms such as memoir, tragicomedy, comedy, and more can be found in...		Apostrophes How to use apostrophes.
Research Paper: Use Footnotes and Endnotes How to use footnotes and endnotes in a research paper.		Punctuation: Periods How to use periods properly.
Research Paper: How to Write a Bibliography How to write a bibliography for a research paper.		Italics Encourage students to use italics properly.
Sample Essay Outlines These sample outlines will help students organize their ideas before writing an essay, a good...		Capitals How to use capitals properly.