Designed to improve spelling and reading skills and serving as a complement to the ACTION READING Fast Track Fundamentals learn-to-read program, "Spell Power" presents a thorough program for success in spelling, reading, and writing. Written for learners from ages 6 to 99, it strengthens the connection between reading and spelling as learners…

The collection of 580 provocative writing prompts in this book is designed to release students from standardized writing assessments and encourage student research, reflection, and exploration. Seeing creative and expository writing for English and other subjects as multidisciplinary opportunities for self-expression, the author of the book…

Taking the mystery out of how skilled writers think, this book shares some practical tips on how to make prose more readable. It also examines some common questions about punctuation, quoting, usage issues, and stylistic taboos. The book is geared to those writers who have already been through the "textbook mill and who now hunger for helpful…

This self-paced text/workbook is designed for the adult learner who needs a review of grammar and writing skills in order to write clearly and concisely on the job. It offers career-minded students 14 individualized instructional modules on grammar, paragraph writing, report writing, letter writing, and spelling. It is designed for both self-paced…

This practicum was designed to increase concept mastery of 11th grade chemistry students by improving instruction, motivation, and writing skills. The problem addressed was that many chemistry students, perform well in group learning situations, such as labs, but perform poorly on content-mastery tests. As a result of reviewing the literature, the…

This article introduces Making and Writing Words Using Letter Patterns (MWW-LP), a variation of the popular Making Words word study and spelling instructional activity. Research indicates that proficient readers use knowledge of letter patterns such as onsets, rimes, and affixes to decode unknown words. The MWW-LP activity uses such letter…

The article proposes an instruction method for teaching business letter writing. The method is designed to motivate students as well as to teach them analytical, planning, and writing skills. (AG)

Provides a mini-course on news writing, listing and discussing each of the steps to good news writing. (TO)

Presents a sample of short writing assignments flowing from carefully prepared lessons that isolate specific learnings, guide processes closely, and appeal to student interests. (RB)

Urges teachers to hold individual conferences with students in order to meet students' individual writing needs. (RB)

This study analysed the writing of elementary children, grades 2 through 6, to determine the presence, frequency of use, and development by grade level of specified literary devices. Conclusions indicate that elementary school children are capable of using all specified literary skills. (JA)

A writer's errors are the result of inappropriate, habitual linguistic responses to certain stimuli. These incorrect responses can be decreased if correct forms are substituted for the incorrect in the same stimulus environment. The English Writing Laboratory is a center where both student and instructor can turn for this kind of help. (Author/PG)

Discusses the problems of teaching a creative writing course. (RK)

Suggests several ways to encourage students' awareness and use in writing of the variant meanings of words. (TO)