Teachers can structure supports to guide English learners to speak and write using grade-level, discipline-specific language.

Writers can create tension in both of these ways using something as simple as varying their sentence lengths. Fiction writers can grab and hold their reader’s attention by creating tension. This can ...

Speaker 1: It’s important to use sentences that give your writing the effect that you want. Speaker 2: There are three types of sentences: simple, compound, and complex. Speaker 1: Simple sentences ...

How can you create a balance between short and long sentences, and how does that change the flow of ideas in your writing? This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences ...

The “as … as” structure is one of the most natural and flexible ways to make comparisons in English — but many learners either avoid it or use it incorrectly. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to build ...