What do a cheetah, Audi commercial, and air have in common? They're all topics of an engaging inquiry-based, hands-on workshop for educators about background knowledge, reading strategies, the CER model, and argumentative writing. The...

Is a college education necessary for success in today's world? The class investigates the question, along with others at the end of the sixth workshop in a 15-part series. The lesson has four parts with multiple activities and...

This research-based site provides step-by-step directions needed to complete an extended writing piece.

Work through the writing process by following these ten easy steps. The site also provides tips on brainstorming to generate ideas and using Venn diagrams to organize thoughts.

This site focuses on the 6+1 TraitTM Writing framework.

This site focuses on the 6+1 TraitTM Writing framework.

How can we use questioning to create lead sentences and details in order to create a purposeful paragraph? This PDF lesson offers an organization technique that asks students to pre-plan paragraphs by brainstorming interesting questions...