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 ...

A high school teacher went viral this week with a video showing his students’ horrified reaction to his instructions to write a paragraph. When he clarifies that a paragraph means five complete ...

Writing about celebrities can be both fun and educational for students who want to improve their composition skills. Because famous figures are always in the news, there is never a shortage of fresh ...

After several years of teaching data analytics, I have come to an agreement that at the end of each academic semester, I will suffer through grading between 20 and 40 group reports. Each report is ...

Class 10 Analytical Paragraph Format: CBSE Class 10 English Question Paper in Board Exam 2025 will have one question on analytical paragraph writing. This will be a 5 marks question in Section-B.

Every year we dedicate a day to remembering those that have fought and died in the line of duty to protect the freedoms we enjoy every day. Since 1931 we have called this day Remembrance Day in Canada ...

One of the key elements to the success of any fireground operation is the ability of the incident commander to keep several steps ahead of how the incident is unfolding. Proper planning and deployment ...

Business documents -- such as letters, emails, memorandums and reports -- use paragraphs to separate different types of information, arguments and ideas. Paragraphs written in business format are ...

English, media and film studies teacher, AQA examiner and journal editor Discursive writing is a type of writing that explores a topic from various perspectives. It allows the writer to discuss ...

If you kept a diary as a kid, it was probably full of secrets and thoughts you didn’t want anyone else to see. Maybe you had color-coded gel pens to represent your mood and aesthetic, or doodled your ...

Editor’s note: Poynter announced that the newly renamed 2024 Poynter Journalism Prizes will feature a category honoring longtime writing coach Roy Peter Clark and recognizing compelling short writing ...

In her 1989 book The Writing Life, Annie Dillard describes a fellow writer who was asked by a student if she thought he might become a writer. “Well, do you like sentences?” the fellow writer said.