Early in their educational careers, students are taught to write introductory paragraphs that start by them introducing themselves and then merely spelling out what they mean to suggest quite ...

Extended "discourse," such as class presentations or essays written as school assignments, has a particular structure arising from particular expectations and standards. Such structure, expectations, ...

In this lesson, Joe explains how to write an introduction and conclusion for an opinion essay. Hi I'm Joe and today we're looking at how to write an introduction and conclusion in an essay. For this ...

My daughter is in ninth grade and is really struggling with essay writing. English, history, the subject doesn’t matter—she has a meltdown every time. She just stares at the screen and doesn’t know ...

In this episode we will give you some tips and strategies for answering Task 1 IELTS Academic questions. We will look at what is involved in planning an essay, and we will plan answers to some ...

An essay is a piece of non-fiction writing with a clear structure: an introduction, paragraphs with evidence and a conclusion. Writing an essay is an important skill in English and allows you to show ...

For two years I taught in a special program in which the same cohort of students took two consecutive courses with me: freshman composition in the fall and introduction to literature in the spring. In ...

How many times have you been burdened by a pile of papers in desperate need of your feedback or grading? Of those times, how many have you found ways to cut corners on because there are just too many?

Will AI kill the five-paragraph essay? To find out, I asked my ninth grade English teacher. The five-paragraph essay is a mainstay of high school writing instruction, designed to teach students how to ...