You may remember those kids in grade school who struggled to "get it." The concept of paragraphing seemed to elude them, so their words spilled out on paper in a haphazard frenzy. Their work became ...

Reading and writing were always my favorite subjects when I was in school, and I can still remember when I was taught that a proper paragraph had five sentences in it. It was probably around fourth ...

When your best friend's birthday rolls around, you should make it your goal to tell them how much they mean to you with a "happy birthday!" paragraph on Instagram. It's so important for you to make ...

There’s a lot one could write about Galileo, the Italian astronomer and physicist. But on a snowy Friday morning in December, during a lesson helping students draft essays about outer space, teacher ...

You know the feeling. You open a blank document, reread the assignment for the fifth time, and somehow an hour disappears ...

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