Start the school year off right with these tutorials and free printables! Your students have to come up with a paragraph or an essay, but they do not know where to begin. They do not know where to get ideas, … Read More
April 2016 is the 20th anniversary of National Poetry Month! Poetry comes in many different styles. No matter what your taste is, there is a poem for you. Poetry can be serious and thoughtful, or humorous and fun. Poems often … Read More
Do your kids know the rules regarding the use of it’s and its? This site clarifies the rule very simply: http://its-not-its.info
April is National Poetry Month! Poetry is an art form, just like painting or singing. Poetry comes in many different styles. No matter what your taste is, there is a poem for you. Poetry can be serious and thoughtful, or … Read More
Avoid these words like the plague! A page of helpful suggestions when writing papers, especially for English classes: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/plague.htm
Dictionary.com has made a great slideshow of literary terms. http://dictionary.reference.com/slideshows/literary-terms
Last week I found two of the best places for learning English grammar rules…and they’re both ESL sites! I really like their easy-to-understand explanations with examples. Common Mistakes in English http://esl.about.com/od/common_mistakes English Teacher Melanie http://www.englishteachermelanie.com/grammar
BookRags.com was founded in 1999 by James Yagmin and David Lieberman, two recent college graduates. Launched with just 40 book notes, BookRags has expanded into one of the largest student education websites, with over 4 million unique pages of content used … Read More
Do you ever struggle to find just the right word? Maybe it’s on the tip of your tongue, but you can’t quite think of it. I’ve been using the same old trusty paperback thesaurus for years. It was brand new … Read More
National Handwriting Day is January 23, in conjunction with John Hancock’s birthday. The following article contains tips for teaching handwriting and ideas on how to improve penmanship. Practicing better handwriting would be a good New Year’s resolution! http://www.knowledgehouse.info/handwriting.html
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