Category: Writing

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Daily Writing Tips for Busy Teachers

Get daily writing instruction delivered to your blog reader every day by subscribing to Daily Writing Tips, a blog designed to help busy people improve their writing skills. As their “About” page explains, Whether...

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Amazingly Beautiful Writing Prompts for Your Classroom

A picture can inspire a thousand words, and the following pictures are some of the most evocative and beautiful I’ve ever seen. Turn them into color overheads, or project them on a screen while...

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Be Brief and Be Seated: Exercises in Economy

Franklin Roosevelt once gave his son this advice on public speaking: “Be sincere, be brief and be seated.” Here are some ideas from around the web to help you teach brevity to your students:...

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Think-aloud Screencasts Improve Student Essays

Clay Burell gives the think-aloud strategy a Web2.0 twist in a fascinating post at Beyond School. His AP students were struggling with answering a timed essay question, so Clay decided to write an essay...