Teaching Writing Fast and Effectively!

Mass Idea Generation: Another Important Trait from the Six Traits of Writing   Along with organization, ideas are the other trait that Paul B. Diederich felt deserved greater weight.   Good prewriting skills lead to good ideas. If students think the first idea that pops into their head is a good idea, it’s unlikely they [...]

Are Patterns What You Think They Are? It’s likely that you know a lot more AND a lot less about patterns than you think you do! In the movie A Beautiful Mind, there is a scene where Russell Crowe’s character looks up at the night sky and illustrates all the beautiful patterns he can see. [...]