To help students understand the form and function of a summary and to prepare them to write their own summary paragraphs. Students have read a sample summary (i.e., an abstract of an journal article) ...

To prepare students to write a critical summary for their upcoming essay assignment; to apply note-taking skills previously assigned for homework; to give students practice offering peer feedback; to ...

Paragraph transition is the movement between paragraphs, specifically how effectively logical order and transitions/transitional devices are used. Arranging ...

Most students when asked to write a paragraph or two on any stipulated topic begin producing lengthy essays overflowing with details. The practice is like an epidemic in government schools, especially ...

In her 1989 book The Writing Life, Annie Dillard describes a fellow writer who was asked by a student if she thought he might become a writer. “Well, do you like sentences?” the fellow writer said.