Adjective Chains Students learn to use a thesaurus by making paper chains of synonyms. This is a great arts &...		Literary Glossary The definitions of literary terms such as memoir, tragicomedy, comedy, and more can be found in...
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.
Collect a Sentence Students name everyday objects and then construct imaginative sentences with those words.		Sample Essay Outlines These sample outlines will help students organize their ideas before writing an essay, a good...
Comic-Strip Challenge Use comic strips to teach students that there is a beginning, middle, and end to stories.		Transition Words and Phrases A list of transitional words and phrases and suggested uses.
Ten Tips for Writing An Essay Find tips for writing an essay, from scheduling and time-management to outlining to revision.		Tips for Revising Suggestions for revising the first draft of an essay.
Tongue Twisters As a fun way to practice reading and pronouncing words, try these tongue twisters with your...		How to Write an Essay Encourage students to follow the step-by-step directions for writing an essay.
An Immigrant's Story Students will create a character who immigrates to the United States. They will base a large...		Essay Keywords Definitions of words that help students write different types of essays.
Thankful List Teaching students to free-associate and generate a list of things they are thankful for is a...		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.