The Heritage Foundation

Reading and Writing Lessons and Resources

This online resources helps middle school students improve their literacy. The site provides games and 120 hours of supplemental resources. Teachers can access free digital lesson library online to ...
New Hampshire Union Leader

NIE Lessons to improve writing skills

Here are several newspaper writing activities, along with the learning standard that each addresses. Encourage students to write regularly in journals. Students often need help in thinking about ...
Brandeis University

Lesson Plan: Concise Writing Skills

To help students improve their writing style by teaching them how to say more using less words in a fun writing exercise Students will have completed and received back a graded "Interview and Analysis ...
The Hechinger Report

Three lessons from the science of how to teach writing

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. What’s the best ...
Salon

Cow-milking lessons from mom: Life (and writing) skills from my mother

Anyone who writes a book called “ Mothers, Tell Your Daughters” has to expect to be asked about her own mother, so let me get that conversation started here. In my novel “Once Upon a River,” the ...
The Conversation

To empower students with effective writing skills, handwriting matters

Anabela Malpique is affiliated with the School of Education, Murdoch University, Australia & the CICPSI, Faculty of Psychology of the University of Lisbon, Portugal. Writing is virtually part of ...
Pew Research Center

Part IV: Teachers Assess Students on Specific Writing Skills

Asked to assess their students’ current writing skills, these AP and NWP teachers give students modest ratings. Despite seeing many positive effects of today’s digital tools on student writing, ...