This writing lab explains the terms "cause" and "effect" and how to write cause-effect essays.

This resource provides information about the process of desktop publishing, including the principles of layout and design.

This article gives helpful information on how to write effectively for the web. Gives information on short texts, scannability, and hypertext structure.

This site presents writers with information about appropriate resources to use when writing research papers and useful tips on how to find these resources. Students can read through a vocabulary section to learn the definitions of common...

Lesson that teaches middle schoolers how to find important and significant information while reading text. After locating information through strategies, students learn how to summarize content-area text. A downloadable fishbone template...

This how-to page provides tools to help students be engaged in their classes. Strategies for listening, notetaking, and planning for classes are shared.

A 7-lesson unit where students critically analyze how a film adaptation portrays a novel to see what impact it had on the retell of the story. They then design a movie DVD cover and write a DVD insert based on what they have learned. The...

Although this site is primarily designed for instructors at the post-secondary level, the information and suggestions given can also be used, with only minor changes, at the high school or middle school levels as well. Learn ways for...

Teaching students to pay attention to headings and titles as they read? Here you'll find a practical application for using an expository text to apply the concept of using headings. Geared toward older elementary students, but lesson...