An extensive discourse on strategies to teach writing skills to learning disabled children. Authors have developed an approach known as self-regulated strategy development (SRSD). In this paper they elaborate on the research they...

This site by Plain Language Online states that plain language "begins with the needs of the reader," which will determine why and how the writer writes. It goes on to elaborate on audience and purpose, idea organization, use of...

Students will read the story and describe the picture details of the illustrations in relation to the text and write about one of the story events. "Go, Dog, Go!" contains illustrations that are very elaborate and crazy while the text is...

Environmental factors helped agriculture, architecture and eventually a social order emerge for the first time in ancient Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia's name comes from the ancient Greek word for "the land between the rivers." That's a...

The definition of "articles" is followed by examples of definite, indefinite, omitted, and special-use articles. Further elaboration on article usage follows concerning countable and uncountable nouns, first vs. subsequent mention, and...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart covers the three important areas of writing an essay: Unity, Coherence, and Elaboration. Graphic organizers are given as well as example prompts to practice each organizer with the students.