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3 Powerful Tools for Writing Persuasively
If your writer is reluctant, writing opinions is a good place to start. Everyone has opinions, and most students like to express theirs.
Opinions are all about the writer: “I love . . . ,” “I think people should . . . ,” “I hate it when . . . .”
Writing to persuade someone else, on the other hand, is all about the reader. Your students make a shift in their thinking: What ideas and points do readers need before they will change their minds? A persuasion essay needs a few important tools. (more…)
The Problem with Storage Units
Self-storage units are springing up in the United States like mushrooms in a warm, shady, moist lawn. You see those units around town with the garage doors lined up in row after row and perhaps wonder what could be behind all those doors.
When people have too much furniture or too many belongings in their houses or they move to a new location, they need a space to store that stuff.
Or maybe an entrepreneur sells items on eBay and needs the storage space for them. That’s where storage units come in very handy.
And it’s all a lot of fun until someone can’t pay the monthly rent anymore.
What happens to these storage units full of belongings when the rent is not paid? (more…)
Create a Warning
Did you know that you should not spray Windex in your eyes? You did?
But did you also know that you should not use hair coloring as ice cream topping? Hmmm? Did you? Or that your TV’s remote isn’t dishwasher safe?
These and other crazy warnings (more…)
Help Your Students Avoid These Three Mistakes in Persuasive Writing
It’s easy for our students to make these common mistakes in persuasive writing. I’ve seen them in any number of newspapers and magazines in letters to the editor, and they abound in student essays. I’m guessing you have seen them as well.
I won’t keep you in suspense. Here’s the list: (more…)
