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 plan has four parts with multiple activities and...

Tutorial outline weaves together resource links which instruct the learner in drawing Lewis dot structures. A pre- and post-quiz are provided, as well as visuals, questions with immediate feedback, and a reading list to help students...

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] The most effective expository and procedural texts contain rhetorical devices, transitional words and phrases, and a variety of sentence structures. Students will learn some...

This lesson will give students tools and tips to edit sentence structure so that fragments and run-on sentences will not hamper their writing.

Short slide show provides basic information about drawing Lewis dot structures for covalent compounds. Starts with anatomy of the atom, and then shows the relationship between atomic particles and the Periodic Table of Elements. Offers...

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Parallelism in writing requires aligning words, phrases, clauses, and sentences in similar grammatical structures. This lesson will provide you with strategies to help you...

This GrammarCheck infographic provides tips for fixing common writing mistakes. Information on errors related to homophones, apostrophes, commas, participles, and sentence structure are included.

An explanation of atomic structure and the element groups in the periodic table using plain language. Supported by diagrams and charts.

Contains plans for four lessons that teach students how to write letters to the editor, including what one is, a review of persuasive writing and letter format, and the importance of writing many drafts. In addition to objectives and...

This website provides a series of links to detailed information about each segment of how to write an academic essay from how to read the assignment to the final edits. Use the links to the right. W.9-10.1a claims/intro/org, W.9-10.2a...

An infographic is provided to help students with writing essays. Explicit information about essay writing steps are included. Essay mistakes relative to the content and style are articulated, along with features specific to essays.

This page explains the need to revise sentences with unclear or mixed constructions and provides examples.

This lesson engages students in learning about text structures. Graphic organizers are provided to assist students in planning writings that have the following text structures: problem and solution; sequence; cause and effect; and...

This module provides an 18-day unit about Mesopotamia. Teachers of the unit will explicitly teach students about text structures, summary writing, reading informational texts, and writing a book about Mesopotamia.

In this interactive learning module, students read informational text about dinosaurs and examine paragraph structure. They will learn about different types of text structure for informational paragraphs, identify the most effective...

Contains plans for four lessons that teach students about narrative plot structures by using "The Three Little Pigs" fairy tale or a similar story. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites...

This is an open textbook created to assist students in their writing efforts. Topics covered include critical reading, rhetorical analysis, writing arguments, steps in the writing process, rhetorical modes, using credible sources, citing...

This is an introduction to a unit on grammar and writing. It focuses on reviewing parts of speech, subject-verb agreement, parallel structure, and properly formating writing assignments using MLA guidelines. The essential questions focus...

This unusual site actually is a set of articles that first appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, not exactly the place one would expect to find a discourse on parallel structure. Not only is there an interesting discussion of why we...

Use this handbook to review specific grammar or usage areas, including parts of speech, phrases, clauses, sentence structure, and common usage problems. L.9-10.1 Grammar/Usage, L.11-12.1 Gram/Usage Conventions

Why write five paragraphs when you can say what you want to say in two? Learn how to make the most of your words and sentences to get your point across without being too wordy.

This University of North Carolina writing tutorial gives examples and how to use transitions and stresses the importance of organization. W.9-10.1c cohesion/clarity/reason, W.9-10.2c cohesion/clarity/trans, W.11-12.1c...

Provides a wealth of interactive exercises dealing mainly with the structuring of sentences in different kinds of academic writing.