50 Essays (High School)
Author : Samuel Cohen
Publisher : Bedford/st Martins
Page : pages
File Size : 24,75 MB
Release : 2005-09-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780312454029
Don't Forget to Write for the Secondary Grades
Author : 826 National
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 37,67 MB
Release : 2011-10-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 111802432X
Book Description
Fantastic strategies for getting high school students excited about writing This book offers 50 creative writing lesson plans from the imaginative and highly acclaimed 826 National writing labs. Created as a resource to reach all students (even those most resistant to creative writing), the off-beat and attention-grabbing lessons include such gems as "Literary Facebooks," where students create a mock Facebook profile based on their favorite literary character, as well as highly practical lessons like the "College Application Essay Boot Camp." These writing lessons are written by experts—and favorite novelists, actors, and other entertainers pitched in too. Road-tested lessons from a stellar national writing lab Inventive and unique lessons that will appeal to even the most difficult-to-reach students Includes a chart linking lessons to the Common Core State Standards 826 National is an organization committed to supporting teachers, publishing student work, and offering services for English language learners.
Christian Reading Companion for 50 Classics
Author : James P. Stobaugh
Publisher : New Leaf Publishing Group
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 45,36 MB
Release : 2013-01-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 0890517142
Book Description
Reading and understanding the classics is important for college preparation, as well as for personal enjoyment. With the Christian Reading Companion for 50 Classics you can gain a deeper understanding of them from a Christian perspective. Selections include books and plays for both middle school and high school levels.
College Essay Essentials
Author : Ethan Sawyer
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,39 MB
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 1492635138
Book Description
Let the College Essay Guy take the stress out of writing your college admission essay. Packed with brainstorming activities, college personal statement samples and more, this book provides a clear, stress-free roadmap to writing your best admission essay. Writing a college admission essay doesn't have to be stressful. College counselor Ethan Sawyer (aka The College Essay Guy) will show you that there are only four (really, four!) types of college admission essays. And all you have to do to figure out which type is best for you is answer two simple questions: 1. Have you experienced significant challenges in your life? 2. Do you know what you want to be or do in the future? With these questions providing the building blocks for your essay, Sawyer guides you through the rest of the process, from choosing a structure to revising your essay, and answers the big questions that have probably been keeping you up at night: How do I brag in a way that doesn't sound like bragging? and How do I make my essay, like, deep? College Essay Essentials will help you with: The best brainstorming exercises Choosing an essay structure The all-important editing and revisions Exercises and tools to help you get started or get unstuck College admission essay examples Packed with tips, tricks, exercises, and sample essays from real students who got into their dream schools, College Essay Essentials is the only college essay guide to make this complicated process logical, simple, and (dare we say it?) a little bit fun. The perfect companion to The Fiske Guide To Colleges 2020/2021. For high school counselors and college admission coaches, this is an essential book to help walk your students through writing a stellar, authentic college essay.
How to Write Any High School Essay
Author : Jesse Liebman
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 39,84 MB
Release : 2017-04-04
Category :
ISBN : 9781539029816
Book Description
What do high school teachers expect from your writing? Here's the inside information on how your teachers think. If writing essays is challenging for you -- or if you want to turn a B essay into an A essay -- you'll want to read this book. How To Write Any High School Essay is the essential, easy-to-use, and comprehensive guide for any high school essay you could ever want to write -- no matter the teacher, no matter the subject. Grounded in more than a decade of tutoring in New York City's most demanding schools, How To Write Any High School Essay offers clear and creative guidance for both high school writers at all levels and middle schoolers looking to get ahead. Follow sample outlines and essays to help you develop your ideas and support them convincingly. Pick up quick tips as you read to help you focus and save time. How To Write Any High School Essay centralizes what English and History teachers have been inadequately teaching for years into one, short guide.
Graduate Admissions Essays, Fifth Edition
Author : Donald Asher
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 13,86 MB
Release : 2024-07-16
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 198486355X
Book Description
The fully updated fifth edition of the go-to guide for crafting winning essays for any type of graduate program or scholarship, including PhD, master's, MD, JD, Rhodes, and postdocs, with brand-new essays and the latest hot tips and secret techniques. Based on thousands of interviews with successful grad students and admissions officers, Graduate Admissions Essays deconstructs and demystifies the ever-challenging application process for getting into graduate and scholarship programs. The book presents: Sample essays in a comprehensive range of subjects, including some available from no other source: medical residencies, postdocs, elite fellowships, academic autobiographies, and more! The latest on AI, the GRE, and diversity and adversity essays. Detailed strategies that have proven successful for some of the most competitive graduate programs in the country (learn how to beat 1% admissions rates!). How to get strong letters of recommendation, how to get funding when they say they have no funding, and how to appeal for more financial aid. Brand-new sample supplemental application letters, letters to faculty mentors, and letters of continuing interest. Full of Dr. Donald Asher's expert advice, this is the perfect graduate application resource whether you're fresh out of college and eager to get directly into graduate school or decades into your career and looking for a change.
Write that Essay
Author : Ian Hunter
Publisher : Hunter Publishing (NJ)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,1 MB
Release : 2011
Category : English language
ISBN : 9780987655806
Book Description
This book is a fun, clear and engaging guide to writing better essays and achieving higher grades. Written to address common difficulties raise by students in high school education, "Write That Essay! High School Edition" is the essential guide for improving writing skills and achieving better grades. Written by a former university professor, the book gives an inside look at what those who grade the exams are looking for in an essay. Topics covered include; how to interpret an essay question; how to plan an essay; how to write an introduction quickly; how to compose different types of sentences; how to use evidence convincingly; how to create drafts and then polish your essay; and how to produce top class examination essays.
50 Successful Swarthmore Application Essays
Author : William Han
Publisher :
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 42,91 MB
Release : 2020
Category : College applications
ISBN : 9781735686707
Book Description
"We include all the information you'd receive from an on campus tour so that you have access to exclusive insights for your essays. Learn by example! Read the essays of students that got into Swarthmore (~9% acceptance rate as of 2019) to learn best essay practices and get into the liberal arts college of your choice. These diverse essays were selected out of hundreds of essays that we gathered from fellow Swarthmore students. All of these essays were written by current students or recent graduates."--
Heavenly Essays
Author : Janine Robinson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,36 MB
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : College applications
ISBN : 9781499318920
Book Description
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501 Writing Prompts
Author : LearningExpress (Organization)
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,80 MB
Release : 2018
Category : English language
ISBN :
Book Description
"This eBook features 501 sample writing prompts that are designed to help you improve your writing and gain the necessary writing skills needed to ace essay exams. Build your essay-writing confidence fast with 501 Writing Prompts!" --
