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Connect to Increase Comprehension
Making connections to self, the text, and resources or events outside of the text can improve reading comprehension.
Summarize to Increase Comprehension
Teaching readers to summarize sections as they read will significantly increase reading comprehension and retention.
The Parts of an Essay
We confuse students about the parts of an essay by the labels we use. The problem is compounded by the fact that students are exposed to…
How to Write a Good Thesis Statement
The Common Core argumentative and informational/explanatory essays each require a different form of thesis statement. Learn what makes a good and bad thesis statement.
Making Sense of Community College and Trade School Instruction
Making Sense of Community College and Trade School Instruction will help professors teach to the instructional needs of individual students by sharing a successful learning delivery…
Correlative Conjunctions
Today we are studying Correlative Conjunctions.
Coordinating Conjunctions
Today we are studying Coordinating Conjunctions.
How to Teach Writing Transitions
Well-intentioned teachers sometimes create more problems than they solve. Teachers often fail to teach developing writers how to use effective writing transitions within or between paragraphs…