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How to Study Characters

Understanding the different aspects of a character’s personality, motivation, and transformation can help students better understand all the other elements of a story, as well as the author’s overall message.

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Active and Passive Voice Activities

Understanding active and passive voice can help students write clearer and more effective sentences. It can also help them better comprehend the meaning of what they are reading.

By analyzing the differences between active and passive voice, students can develop critical thinking skills and learn to think more deeply about the language they use.

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Prefix and Suffix Activities

Why worry about prefix and suffix activities when there are so many other things to teach? Studying common prefixes and suffixes can have a huge impact on your students’ learning! They become better readers, spellers, and writers. Here are a few simple ideas and activities to supercharge your lessons, keep your students engaged, and make the practice meaningful.

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Complex Sentence Strategies

Teaching complex sentence writing to students can be a challenging task. Here are a few simple, but effective strategies you can use to help your students understand and use these sentences effectively.

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Apostrophes in Possessive Nouns

Teaching Apostrophes in Possessive Nouns Using apostrophes in possessive nouns is one of the most challenging punctuation skills young students need to learn. Once they’ve

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