Throughout my development as a secondary English teacher, I’ve found fiction and poetry effective in teaching students that reading literature can impact their lives. Over the past few years, though, ...

While teaching argumentative writing to her college English class, Lauren John learns a thing or two herself. With the fall college semester in full swing online, students in my Zoom-based writing ...

If writing long, argumentative essays has never been your thing, and you have one to write and impress your tutor, you will absolutely love our 15 easiest argumentative issues to write about! Some ...

Argument and opinion writing are essential skills that build critical thinking, communication, and civic engagement. Educators are using evidence-based strategies to help students craft well-supported ...

Drafting an argumentative thesis can be challenging, even for the most skilled historians. A strong thesis statement introduces your readers to the main points of an essay, lends your writing a ...

The new “question-of-the-week” is: How do we teach ELLs formal language and how to write argument essays for the CCSS? Part One’s responses came from Tan Huynh, Vicky Giouroukakis, Maureen Connolly, ...

Dry. Proscriptive. Wordy. Jargony. Boring. Many words have been used to describe scientific writing, very few of which would excite a reader to take a closer look into the contents of a paper. With ...

Persuasive writing isn’t just about stating your opinion—it’s about making it impossible for your reader to ignore it. From crafting a sharp, debatable thesis to anticipating counterarguments, every ...

1. What is deforestation? How does it happen? Can it be stopped? The last one in our list of 15 easiest argumentative issues to write about is a simple question and a burning one, too. Destruction of ...