Education Development Center
Education Development Center: Tv411: Parts of a Newspaper
Young scholars click through a lesson about the parts of a newspaper and answer questions about the types of articles found in each section, headlines, and captions that would go with photographs. Links to related videos are also provided.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Supporting Details Explained
This slideshow focuses on supporting details; it discusses their purpose, the audience, and the point to be made. It lists the five most common types of supporting details: facts, statistics, opinions, examples, and personal observations...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Supporting Details: Statistics
This lesson focuses on using statistics as supporting details. It explains why statistics make powerful supporting details, however, these can be skewed to show different outcomes. It suggests looking carefully when using statistics to...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Analysis of Relative Values of Specific Data, Facts, and Ideas
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson we will talk about reviewing the facts and data you use to support your arguments and assessing the reliability of the sources you use.
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Madison: Writing Center: Using Literary Quotations
Explains the style rules regarding using literary quotations in your essay. Covers punctuation, documentation, and the purpose of quoting. The information can be downloaded in PDF format.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: English Mentor: How to Write a Career Research Paper
This structural design will guide students in writing a career research paper from start to finish. They will gather information; cite sources MLA style; develop a thesis statement, outline, and paragraphs; and create a research paper...
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Paraphrase Craze: A Lesson in Expository Writing
This tutorial focuses on how to paraphrase using an excerpt from Poe's short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart." It defines paraphrase and plagiarism, presents examples, and explains what is incorrect about them. It is interactive asking for...
English Club
English Club: Type
EnglishClub provides information about different forms of "type" on this resource. Functions of "bold" and "italics" are discussed.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Examples as Supporting Details
This lesson discusses how examples can be used as supporting details. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.1.b
W. W. Norton
W.w. Norton & Company: Paraphrase, Summary, Description: Paraphrase
Information and examples for how to paraphrase a statement.