"Diagramming sentences ... teaches nothing beyond the ability to diagram," declared the 1960 Encyclopedia of Educational Research. In 1985, the National Council of Teachers of English declared that ...

The students at Vaughan Elementary in Woodbridge are preparing for their daily writing lesson, but before they start a sentence, they sketch out their ideas -- literally.

The last individual had the opposite problem -- trouble with speaking but unaffected writing. The researchers showed the individuals pictures and asked them to describe the action.

Simple sentences are important for making clear points. Be careful though - if you only ever use simple sentences in your writing you don’t add much detail, so your reader could lose interest ...

Judith C. Hochman has long seen holes in writing instruction. “We’re very good at assigning writing,” she explains. “We’re not very good at teaching kids how to write.” In 2012, the ...

How To Write a (Good) Sentence Adam Haslett on Stanley Fish. By Adam Haslett. Jan 23, 2011 1:36 AM. Tweet Share Share Comment Tweet Share Share Comment ...

FIRST YOU WRITE A SENTENCE The Elements of Reading, Writing … and Life By Joe Moran. A well-formed sentence, Joe Moran writes in his humane and witty guide to meaning-making, “is a cure ...