composition (language arts)

Provides writing advice, ideas, and activities to inspire teenage and younger writers that covers stories, letters, poetry, book reviews, news articles, and more; and features step-by-step instructions for writing prompts and exercises, poetry forms, and more.

Offers teachers practical advice on how they can incorporate carefully structured writing activities into classroom lessons in order to increase student understanding and achievement.

Contains lesson plans, reproducibles, and display and publishing ideas to implement meaningful, fun-filled student writing experiences.

Presents fifty reproducible story prompts for students in grades two through four, each with an illustration and lines for writing.

Reviews reading and writing techniques and the types of reading selections on the test, and provides test taking-strategies, practice questions, and two full-length practice exams.

An annual written by and for teachers of kindergarten through eighth grade presenting new approaches to the teaching of writing and reading.

Provides practical tips for writing narrative paragraphs and offers examples centered around real and imaginary folk heroes.

Provides practical tips for writing expository paragraphs and offers examples centered around American Indian art and culture.

Offers tips for writing descriptive paragraphs and presents examples of well-written paragraphs that describe American sites and symbols.