Learners will plan a paragraph that states their opinion and cites evidence to justify their opinion about an informational text. This lesson uses biographies since students can easily be able to write down factual information from the...

This site from the University of Richmond provides step-by-step guidelines through the prewriting brainstorming process. Recommended as a solution to writer's block. Though brief in its content, the site is factual and informative.

This site discusses the need to avoid ambiguous pronoun references. Includes a helpful rewriting examples. Brief, but informative and factual.

Katherine Paterson writes historical fiction for middle school aged young scholars. This book on the Bread and Roses strike includes good factual information about the strike woven into a personal story. This teacher's guide is a handy...