by Susan Osborn | Apr 18, 2019 | Classroom Skills
In order to succeed in school, it’s important that children develop strong language and literacy-related skills early in life. But knowing how to read and write fluently doesn’t just help your child in school. Strong communication skills also build personal...
by Susan Osborn | Mar 29, 2018 | AP, Classroom Skills
A rhetorical analysis essay requires you to write about an author’s writing. In other words, in a rhetorical analysis essay, you write about the way an author uses words to influence or persuade an audience to do or think something. A rhetorical analysis essay...
by Susan Osborn | Mar 9, 2018 | Classroom Skills
Those of you who already know me, know that I glow when I talk about commas. My favorite comma of all is the serial comma, also known as the series comma, Oxford comma, and Harvard comma. A serial comma is the comma that is used after the penultimate item in a list of...
by Susan Osborn | Mar 7, 2018 | Classroom Skills
A summary is a recapitulation or a retelling of an essay, story, or scene without original thoughts or interpretations. Summaries tell the reader what was written. Summaries are usually easier than analyses because they require a more basic level of thinking than...
by Susan Osborn | Mar 7, 2018 | Classroom Skills, SAT/ACT Test Prep
“Read more carefully!” Students frequently see these words written in the margins of their essays. But what does it mean to read more carefully or even carefully for that matter? How do you do it? To read carefully or critically, you need to learn how to engage with...
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