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7th and 8th Grade Writing: What to Expect
With luck, you’ve got a kid that just loves to write. With no nagging, your kid will get right down to work producing...
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Journalism Student Performance in Language Arts
School reform movements during the past 20 years have stimulated programs and tests that link newspaper reading,...
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The Olympic Athlete: A Gold-Medal Writing Project
The Olympics isn't just a portrayal of athleticism at its best, it's also a well-played drama where personalities clash,...
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Teens Do Not Consider A Lot Of Their Electronic Texts as Writing
They see considerable benefits to using technology in their school and non-school writing and say they would welcome...
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The Joy of Writing
What exactly are the benefits of teens putting pen to paper? Expert Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Ph.D. says writing can lead...
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Raising Young Writers
They have a story to tell. In the car, in the grocery store, while you are trying to cook dinner. Your child is...
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Teen Writing Skills in a Tech World
According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NEAP), there's some pretty good news. Despite opinions to...
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Celebrate Martin Luther King Day!
Take today to celebrate nonviolence, equality, service and justice with your child—ideas that Martin Luther King, Jr....
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Celebrate National Poetry Month!
While most small children love the rhyme and rhythm of childhood poems, as students get older and begin to read...
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Raising Readers and Writers
After three years as an eighth and ninth grade English teacher, I need two days of classroom discussion and a single...
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