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Tag: Mark Pennington
Don’t Generalize: Get Specific
Writers need to avoid generalizations and use specific evidence and details. Get a FREE lesson and download a FREE set of writing style posters.
Essay Rules | Word Choice
Teach the essay rules about proper word choices with this FREE lesson. Plus, download a FREE set of writing posters.
Essay Rules | Intentional Fragments
Learn how to teach the essay rules regarding intentional fragments with this FREE lesson. Plus, download a FREE set of writing posters.
How to Develop Thesis Statements from the Writing Prompt
Students often struggle with writing effective thesis statements. Often, their difficulties result from failing to know how to dissect the essay writing prompt and formulate their…
How to Use Essay Evidence
Whether writing an informational/explanatory or argumentative essay, knowing which evidence appropriately supports the topic sentence of each body paragraph is essential. Teach your students to follow…
Simple Sentence Diagramming
Simple sentence diagrams help students focus on one grammatical element without all the time-consuming drawing.
Level Books with Word Recognition
Much better to affirm parental judgment in terms of which books are challenging for their own children. Even much better to equip students with self-selection of…
Diagnostic Reading and Spelling Assessments
Elementary, secondary, and adult English language-arts and reading intervention teachers need comprehensive literacy assessments to pinpoint strengths and weaknesses for individual students and their classes. Following…