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“Miss L,” a student began, looking up at me from her desk to where I, as a novice teacher stood at the front of the room and asked me one of those crucial questions that throws a lesson plan out the window; she asked: “Why do we study English, anyway?” Whether you teach English literature…
It’s very easy for teachers and professors to complain about “kids these days” who seemingly can’t write or look up from their phones. It’s easy to shake our proverbial canes at the younger generation and bemoan their lack of skills. But there’s more to it than that. Research suggests that students aren’t learning how to…
A good place to start thinking about essays is to better understand the types of essays that most of your assignments in high-school, and college or university will fit into. The following are the four main categories of essays that are generally the norm in academia (thank you, Purdue Online Writing Lab) and most essays…
EssayJack is an educational company where lifelong learning is part of everything we do. We are big nerds at heart, and we want to help students become better at what they do. And, do you know what? It seems like you think that we’re delivering on that promise to be “helpful.” How do we know? You…
It is a truth universally acknowledged that writing is stressful. It doesn’t matter if you are a novelist, a blogger, or a student who has to write essays for school. Writing causes all kinds of anxiety. This writing tension is even worse when it is added to the pressure students feel to perform well, be…
Q: What do students want when they are faced with a writing assignment? A: To get the best grade possible and not feel stressed and/or stupid along the way. Unfortunately, often the process of writing for school is laden with stress and anxiety, because students worry about their grades, worry that they’re not delivering what…
Have you just been asked to write an expository essay? Are you a bit stressed about it? Don’t worry, you don’t need to be! The name comes from the same root as “exposure,” and it’s just a fancy label that means you’ve been asked to explain something. In fact, whether you’ve been asked to…
Some jurisdictions refer to paragraphing in schools as having the P-E-E or P-E-A structure. These refer to Point-Evidence-Explanation or Point-Evidence-Analysis. In my teaching, I used to call this structure the Point-Proof-Explanation style. Regardless of what you want to call it – a rose by another name would smell as sweet – this structure is extremely helpful if you…
Almost every student writing in English will, at some point, be asked to write what is called a “compare and contrast essay.” This style of essay is designed to bring out the similarities or differences of each individual thing by comparing them to each other. What does it need to include? Here’s our quick two-step…
Ever watched a movie trailer and thought: “I can’t wait to see that movie!”? More importantly, have you ever watched a movie trailer and know that you’ll never watch that movie? Movie trailers have a short window to grab your attention and make you want to watch more. The introduction to any essays that…