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APRIL 29, 2024

From the three-paragraph essay to one that lives up to the purpose of essays is a big leap both scholastically and skills-wise. Here, we delve into practical tips and strategies to transform your writing from good to great, ensuring your essays are clear, compelling, and academically rigorous.

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Essay Writing Skills Plagiarism 159

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JUNE 28, 2024

Essay writing is a crucial skill for academic and professional success because it teaches clear, logical, and persuasive communication. In this blog post, we’ll unlock the secrets to successful essay writing and share 10 proven tips to help you level up your writing game. What is Effective Essay Writing?

Essay 157

Essay Writing Plagiarism Communication 157

eSchool News

JULY 11, 2025

“As more and more kids use AI for everything from math homework to essays, they’re often doing so without clear expectations, safeguards, or support from educators,” said Yvette Renteria, Chief Program Officer of Common Sense Media.

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Essay Schools Math Teachers 187

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AUGUST 24, 2023

Teaching Critical Thinking Through Essay Examples: Unlocking Minds We’re exploring a fun classroom adventure where teachers teach us to think carefully and write good essays using examples. We’ll see how these great teachers turn simple essays into smart thinking tools. Why Essays? It’s a way of life.

Critical Thinking 148

Critical Thinking Essay Teaching Exams 148

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

You can allow them to write an argumentative essay, 2) prepare and engage in a live debate with a classmate, or 3) record an argumentative speech. argumentative essay, live debate, or recorded speech). Suppose you align the criteria with the learning objectives you crafted from your target standards.

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Blended Learning Essay Feedback Writing 521

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APRIL 30, 2024

Explore the benefits and drawbacks of AI in essay writing, including its impact on student learning. AI and Writing Essays: Pros and Cons, How Will Students Learn to Write if an AI Writes It for Them? AI’s influence in essay writing is growing, highlighting both advantages and significant issues.

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Writing Essay Ethics Plagiarism 187

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

Writing an essay paper like a pro needs specific critical skills. Keep reading to enhance your ability to curate a unique essay paper. We are talking about essay writing, which you find a daunting task. Writing an essay is mostly difficult for students as they need to rely on their research and writing abilities.

Essay 154

Essay Writing Skills Discussions 154

Catlin Tucker

MAY 10, 2016

As they work, I have conferenced with each individual student to discuss their most recent argumentative essays. Instead, I completed a simple rubric for each essay. For the last 3 class periods, my students have been engaged in either a Station Rotation lesson or independent work on their digital portfolios.

Grades 420

Grades Essay Feedback Writing 420

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2025

For instance, some wondered why they were allowed to have a classmate review their paper, but couldn’t use Grammarly, an AI tool that reviews essays for grammatical errors. A green use may indicate working with AI to brainstorm or develop ideas for an essay.

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Essay Ethics Fairness Assignments 167

eSchool News

MAY 12, 2025

Rather than writing traditional essays or book reports, my students were invited to create short video book reviews of their favorite titles–books they genuinely loved, connected with, and wanted others to discover.

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Culture Reading Students Language 261

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 25, 2017

I remember saying to my co-teacher, “We should email the parents of students who’ve fallen behind on their essays.” I had one teacher ask me what I do when a student arrives at my teacher-led station and has not done the work required. ” Her response was, “Why not make them do it?”

Essay 420

Essay Students Assignments Feedback 420

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Individual essays, science fair partner projects, group programming assignments, digital and physical art pieces–every single assignment from now on has a silent partner. ChatGPT assisted in refining the essay topic or thesis statement, but the initial idea was student-generated. There is no perfect solution.

Essay 337

Essay Plagiarism Assignments Learning 337

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2017

Instead of spending hours grading assignments designed to help students develop these skills, I limit my energy to providing feedback in class as they work and grading the actual assessments–exam, essay, performance task. For example, a student may return to a formal essay or lab report to improve it after I’ve formally assessed it.

Grades 419

Grades Essay Exams English 419

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 28, 2017

If students are working 0n an essay, I dedicate one station each day to providing real-time feedback as they write. Then on the second argumentative essay, I may focus on 1) quality of their evidence and 2) analysis. Teachers want to know what the other students are doing while I am engaged in my real-time editing station.

Grades 420

Grades Blended Learning Essay Feedback 420

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Right now my students are writing their first argumentative essay in response to a Lord of the Flies prompt. So, I periodically offer optional “skills stations.” ” Skills stations are focused on developing specific skills.

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Skills Essay English Writing 395

k12 Digest

JUNE 13, 2025

If WE can use AI to write our letters, plan our lessons, and assess our students, then why can’t our students use it to help them write an essay or two? I’ll return to the ‘doing, not thinking’ angle though. Again, this would just be AI taking over and not joining in.

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Writing Essay Art Knowledge 229

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 28, 2021

Ability to maintain one calendar for teachers who share the same students, which helps to avoid assigning “big assignments” like assessments and essays at the same time. It can be easily shared with other teachers or administrators. It can be shared with others by making photocopies but does not allow for easy collaboration among teachers.

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Essay Assignments Writing Middle School 545

eSchool News

JULY 22, 2020

Providing substantive comments on stacks of student essays, however, is highly time-consuming for busy teachers. As a result, teachers can be reluctant to assign many essays that require students to produce multiple drafts or provide extensive comments on early drafts of students’ writing.

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Evaluation Writing Essay Teachers 274

eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2024

It’s generally easy to determine if students have used an AI tool to generate a response to a writing assignment or to generate an entire essay. We have to rethink the full-length essay as the end-all, be-all for assessing student writing skills,” Miller said. It’s intimidating.

Writing 328

Writing Essay Plagiarism Assignments 328

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 25, 2019

argumentative essay, formal lab report, research project) that requires several steps and multiple days to complete, I encourage you to dedicate time at your teacher-led station to give students real-time feedback as they work. If they are writing a formal essay, they might bring their introduction paragraphs. 4 Real-Time Feedback.

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Teachers Essay Feedback Quizzes 420

eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2020

Sometimes, teaching is more like bombardment: Grading hundreds of essays, placating disgruntled parents, accommodating learning needs, sweating out the principals’ nerve-wracking classroom observation. And then there are the stressors of life beyond the classroom. Being a teacher can be tough.

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Teachers Essay Grades Teaching 336

Catlin Tucker

MAY 9, 2019

Sometimes I didn’t even know what the format of the final exam would be…essay, multiple choice, or short answer. I spent hours reviewing notes that spanned an entire semester because it was all “fair game.” ” I never had a clear sense of what content would appear on the final.

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Exams Essay Fairness Coaching 419

eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2024

His essay, Money Cant Buy Happiness, included valuable reflections on emotional fulfillment and references to The Great Gatsby, yet his ideas were scattered and the language needed refinement. For example, students can prompt ChatGPT with Help me outline a persuasive essay on solar energy, and it will provide a structured outline.

English 300

English Writing Teaching Essay 300

eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Essay Rubrics: Early in the semester, provide students with the rubric for the essay sections of the test. As a result, they’re better able to identify what those questions are really asking. When students have the rubrics in hand, they can work on the writing skills that are specific to the test they’ll be taking.

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Exams Essay Testing History 317

eSchool News

MARCH 22, 2021

The College Board recently announced that it is getting rid of the SAT Subject Tests and Essay, and the list of universities that are test-optional is growing daily. Ivy League schools take pride in their low acceptance rates, and the admissions process demoralizes those students who don’t get selected to their top schools.

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Essay Attention Testing Accessibility 351

eSchool News

MAY 7, 2019

When they read a new book or prepare to write an essay, their process must begin with finding data. It is essential to begin with quotes and examples from the text, which help students construct more compelling essays and arguments. However, the data in this case is not numbers and computer code, but examples present in a given work.

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Skills Essay Critical Thinking Learning Styles 279

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 17, 2017

During that window of time, I was able to give every student written feedback on the section of his/her essay they were currently working on. Groups of 8 students rotated through my teacher-led station in 20-minute intervals. One day I edited thesis statements and another day I was editing topic sentences.

Grades 420

Grades Feedback Essay Blended Learning 420

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

While AI tools can indeed generate answers or essays, this highlights the need to rethink assessment strategies. For instance, students could compare human-written essays with AI-generated ones to discuss tone, bias, and effectiveness. Misconceptions about AI in education 1.

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Ethics Critical Thinking Essay Students 332

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

percent), and writing papers or essays (44.1 These platforms help with tasks such as breaking down complex math problems, summarizing difficult readings, generating essay ideas, and even providing personalized study plans. The most common stressors include homework (55.1 percent), studying for tests (48.8 Alarmingly, 72.6

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Essay Schools Ethics Students 286

eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Because the tool can assist with assignments like generating essays from prompts, students quickly integrated these technologies into the classroom. These are just a few examples of the biases present in current AI use in education, but they already raise alarms.

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Motivation Essay Learning Beliefs 332

eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2024

For instance, instead of banning tools like ChatGPT for essay writing, teachers can encourage students to use AI in their work but clearly document how their essays evolved through multiple drafts. Students then engage in “intelligence augmentation,” or the enhancement of human intelligence through AI tools.

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Teaching Essay Teaching Methods Intelligence 325

eSchool News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Every month, my Advanced English teacher, Mr. Johnson, assigned our class one of the classics of English literature and expected us to demonstrate what we had learned with an accompanying essay. Consequently, I found myself in a pressure cooker each month, drafting essays in the final days and hours before they were due.

Writing 300

Writing Failure Essay English 300

eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

It’s especially true when it comes to writing assignments: With poor writing skills, students can’t deal with essays and other homework the way they need to get a good grade. Think of SAT requiring essay writing or IELTS and TOEFL measuring writing abilities. Above-average writing skills are a must here to succeed.

Writing 286

Writing Skills Essay Language 286

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

Each group receives targeted support in writing argumentative essays, with the instruction tailored to their specific needs. Writing Support: The teacher provides scaffolding as students begin drafting their essays, offering sentence frames and transitional phrases to help them build coherent paragraphs.

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Teaching Writing Essay Discussions 395

eSchool News

MAY 5, 2023

Granted, ChatGPT might make writing that 11th-grade essay on symbolism in “The Great Gatsby” a whole lot easier (which, to be fair, does make grading a whole lot harder). Everybody’s talking about ChatGPT and how it’s going to impact K-12–and generally not in positive terms!

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Teachers Fairness Essay Writing 300

eSchool News

MAY 23, 2025

Similar to writing essays in schools, Falana said professionals should use their original writing in their work but AI could serve as a launching pad. Im human, so I would understand how people are feeling, like the emotion that AI doesnt see in peoples faces, I would see it and understand it, Akinyele added.

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Students Learning High School High School 296

eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2023

The cheating-related concerns are warranted, but many appear to overlook a key point: students opting to cheat on homework, essays, or exams is not a new phenomenon. However, cheating with ChatGPT is just a symptom of a larger problem in education: a focus on rote memorization and regurgitation of information.

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Exams Essay Education Academic Integrity 294