Paraphrasing, summarizing, and precis’ing are three different types of writing. All three are important skills for your student to learn. When you paraphrase, you retell the story in your own words in a passage that is about the same length … Continue reading
Category Archives: Analysis
The Use of the Pronoun ‘One’
Today’s blog will deal with the nuances of grammar. 🙂 Take a look at the following sentences. 1. I should always think of others before I think of myself. 2. You should always think of others before you think of … Continue reading
Essay Writing Part I
I want to spend a couple of blogs on essay writing, to just lay a foundation for how we get our students to become good writers. (I still owe the final blog on the True, the Good, and the Beautiful, … Continue reading