Teaching students to read well in areas other than language arts requires teaching and reinforcing the kinds of reading strategies taught here. There are 27 strategies, ranging from brainstorming to word mapping. The site includes PDF...

An excellent reference list of phrasal verbs: separable, inseparable, and intransitive. It includes concise examples of how they are used, and it can be printed.

This article discusses the grammar usually learned in the 8th grade including more concise and clear writing, speaking, and thinking; how to clearly combine ideas; more comma rules, and parallel structure.

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn strategies for evaluating and revising the tone, style, and figurative language in an essay. It also includes practice exercises.

A short but concise entry about the life and works of Sinclair Lewis is provided at this site.

Noted as America's first celebrity author, Washington Irving is featured in this concise biography bringing light to his writings and the style in which he presented them. See "Washington Irving Activities" for related artifacts and...

What do you want your audience to remember the most about the topic of your speech? This is will be your central idea and it can be boiled down to one sentence! Follow these guidelines for writing a concise central idea and then practice...

Gives a short but concise summary of the Mayan civilization along with a timeline and pictures. Can serve as a good introduction to the Mayans. Map of the region is also available.

This concise survey of Anglo-Saxon poetry is part of a larger site in English for Chinese university students.

Printable set of directions to use in order to get an overview of Kidspiration for the novice user. Presents concise explanations of most often used components followed by an activity for the reader to complete.

A good resource that lists many ways to improve upon the clarity of a sentence. Includes examples and exercises for students.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn everything you need to know about writing a descriptive essay including: using language that appeals to the five senses; understanding the difference between...

A concise biography of the life and times of Louis Braille, the man responsible for the development of the 6-dot cell Braille system used today throughout the world.

Concise explanation of the term "confessional poetry." It's mainly a discussion of the poetic movement of the 1950s and 60s, and it also includes example passages by Sylvia Plath and John Berryman.

Concise explanation of the term "Romanticism," largely as it applies to poetry. It discusses the movement's origins and some of its major features.

This collection of trading cards was created by 5th and 6th graders at Shutesbury Elementary School in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, as part of a choice-based fictional reading project. Each student selected a fiction book that he or she...

Five concise guidelines for mastering spelling wordes, and six methods for practicing spelling.

This site has a clear and concise list of capitalization rules.

A short biography from ScienceWorld of Aristotle that includes a concise look at his writings and achievements, with related links interspersed throughout.

This unique book style would suit any visual art or writing project and be a fancy way to display your work. The directions with illustrations are concise and simple to follow.

A concise window into the world of Langston Hughes. He used his own life experiences to write poetry. Photographs help to engage the reader.

A concise window into the world of Langston Hughes. He used his own life experiences to write poetry. Photographs help to engage the reader.

Find a quick, concise explanation of how to write interval notation to express subsets of the real number line. Examples are given and clearly explained.

A short biography from ScienceWorld of Aristotle that includes a concise look at his writings and achievements, with related links interspersed throughout.