While teaching argumentative writing to her college English class, Lauren John learns a thing or two herself. With the fall college semester in full swing online, students in my Zoom-based writing ...

A written argument is not the same as a verbal argument with a friend – which is often full of passion and you say strongly what you think. When you write to argue, your audience are strangers not ...

When you persuade someone in your writing, your aim is to get them to agree with your point of view. Watch this video where teacher Mr Smith explores persuasive writing and gives you some examples of ...

If writing long, argumentative essays has never been your thing, and you have one to write and impress your tutor, you will absolutely love our 15 easiest argumentative issues to write about! Some ...

Throughout my development as a secondary English teacher, I’ve found fiction and poetry effective in teaching students that reading literature can impact their lives. Over the past few years, though, ...

The new “question-of-the-week” is: How do we teach ELLs formal language and how to write argument essays for the CCSS? The number of English Language Learners in our schools is growing and, at the ...