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Teaching Tip Category: Language Arts

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Improving Writing Journals Knowing a Word Left-Handed Writers Misplaced Prepositional Phrases New Vocabulary for 2011 Persausive Essay Personal Narrative Poetry in the Classroom Politically Correct Gender Language Questions Answered by Adjectives Reading Formats

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Improving Writing

Here are some things you can do to improve your students' writing skills.

• Encourage your students to use a dictionary and thesaurus when writing. Have these available for students to use.
• Point out students' errors in written work. Have your students make the corrections themselves, providing any guidance needed.
• Correct errors in students' spoken language. Students tend to write the way they talk.
• Have students be watchful for errors in your written work. Make the corrections with the students.
• Provide as many opportunities as possible for students to write.Practice does make perfect.

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