No prior reading is necessary, though a selection of legal writing (memo, brief, or opinion) could be helpful to their understanding. Discuss the general structure of legal writing: This exercise will ...

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 ...

Students will demonstrate the ability to use details and information present in the artwork to create a list, and then write a clear descriptive expository text that clearly describes the artwork.

The Thousand Words Project was an exciting lesson in my classroom; students were engaged and were able to see a new way of approaching writing. Students who are visual learners got a chance to ...

Reading and writing are so intertwined that instruction in one is bound to benefit the other. Here, Dana Robertson, an associate professor of reading and literacy education at Virginia Tech, offers ...

President Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address, March 4, 1865, near the end of the Civil War. Lincoln invited Black Americans to participate in the 1865 inaugural parade for the ...