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Tag: Teaching Essay Strategies
22 Quotation Mark Rules
22 Quotation Marks Rules provide concise rules and clear examples to improve your mastery of mechanics.
22 Punctuation Rules
22 Punctuation Rules provide concise rules and clear examples to improve your mastery of mechanics.
22 Capitalization Rules
22 Capitalization Rules provide concise rules and clear examples to improve your mastery of mechanics.
22 Comma Rules
22 Comma Rules provide concise rules and clear examples to improve your mastery of mechanics.
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.
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…
How Much and What to Mark on Essays
For those who still assign writing process essays and/or essay exams and believe that students can and do benefit from comments, the question of How Much…
How Many Essay Comments and What Kind
So, to summarize how many essay comments and what kind, writing research would suggest the following: Comment on rough drafts, not final drafts. Limit the amount…