Teaching students to write is no easy feat, and it’s a topic that has often been discussed on this blog. Penny Kittle teaches first-year writers at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. She was ...

Using picture books as writing models -- Recognizing memorable language and other introductory lessons -- Planning and writing memoir -- Exploring mood, voice, and point of view -- Planning and ...

A new state law requires teaching cursive writing in elementary schools starting in September. Some educators aren't happy ...

Teaching grade-level content to students who have just arrived in the United States and whose English skills are limited is a difficult task. High school-level content specialists especially have ...

Practical strategies for modelling writing in secondary English – live modelling, co-construction, metacognitive ...

For years, those are the tools Carmen Nolasco used to study English on her own after immigrating to the United States from Mexico. Occasionally, she said, she offered to teach Spanish in exchange for ...