Expository Writing

Teachers Ramp Up K-5 Writing Instruction With a New Resource from Ruth Culham and Scholastic (Scholastic Corporation)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Oct 2016

New York, NY-October 13, 2016 -Best-selling author and pioneering researcher in literacy instruction Ruth Culham has once again paired writing exercises and activities with selections of popular fiction and nonfiction children's books in the new teaching resource for grades K-5, Trait Crates Plus ® from Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company ... Ruth's best-selling professional book, The Writing Thief....

Unhappy with presidential choices? Here are some more

Edit The Spokesman-Review 13 Oct 2016

But that's a small number compared to people who harbor dreams of being president (or vice president) and have filed as write-in candidates for the office. On the plus side, filing to run as a write-in candidate for the nation's top or No ... Washington has a long tradition of letting voters express their feelings about their choices of candidates in the general election by writing in a name not on the ballot....

Xiaolu Guo: ‘One language is not enough – I write in both Chinese and English’

Edit The Guardian 13 Oct 2016

The Chinese-British novelist on the hidden language of dreams, living in London and Berlin, and writing in her third language. My writing day starts in the night, with midnight or early morning dreams ... I desperately want to capture it, and write in it. Since I left China 14 years ago, my everyday writing life seems to be a battle between the language I think in and the language I write in ... That’s the nature of my writing life....

Author Jodi Picoult explores America’s racial divide

Edit The Mercury News 13 Oct 2016

She tried to write about racism 20 years ago ... “I started to write the book — and I failed ... I wound up second-guessing myself — ‘Do I have the right to write a story about a person of color?’ There are many great people of color writing today who don’t need my input in this field,“ Picoult says. “But over the years, I would play devil’s advocate and say, ‘Well, yeah, but you write as people you’re not all the time. You write as men....

No DAPL Letter Writing Party (Minnesota State University – Moorhead)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Oct 2016

Do you disagree with the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)? Let the banks that are funding the DAPL know by writing them a letter urging them to stop funding the DAPL, or write letters to legislators letting them know how important this issue is and ask for their support ... There will be letter writing material available, fact ......

Google searches for 'write-in' are off the charts

Edit The Oklahoman 13 Oct 2016

Google Trends data indicates that the online searches for "write-in" surged over the last week by more than 2,800%, hitting a record high since 2004 ... As of Wednesday evening, three of the top market searches for "write-in" came in solidly Democratic states ... Related searches to "write-in," according to Google Trends, largely focus on two politicians, Vermont Sen....

Looking at Kuvempu in his own space

Edit The Hindu 13 Oct 2016

Some of the issues that were raised about his writings seem to be coming up again and again for discussion ... Yugadarshana attempts to put together some of the seminal philosophical / spiritual writings of Kuvempu to enable us to relook at his literary writings from a different perspective. The subject of these writings is neither art nor literature ... He had a vision (darshana) of life envisaged through his writings....

Writing Support Center Workshop on ‘Scaffolding Assignments’ (Minnesota State University – Moorhead)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Oct 2016

The Writing Support Center will be offering a workshop on 'Scaffolding Assignments' this Thursday at 2 p.m ... We will also discuss the process of developing writing assignments backwards, i.e., designing the most involved paper first and then developing activities that lead up to it ... types of writing....

Onion co-founder shares story, advice, humor with Northwest audience (Northwest Missouri State University)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Oct 2016

Onion co-founder Scott Dikkers signs copies of his books for students after he visited with a creative writing class Wednesday afternoon ... Onion co-founder Scott Dikkers spoke with students in creative writing, political science and communication courses during two afternoon class sessions ... He quickly began gathering a talented team of writers who helped set a new course for the publication and satirical writing....

Google Searches for ‘Write In’ Spike 2,800 Percent as Election Day Looms

Edit The Wrap 13 Oct 2016

“Write in” is quickly becoming a very popular term online. According to Google Trends, searches for “write in” have spiked 2,800 percent in the last week ... So who would voters like to see in the Oval Office instead? Well, among the top related searches for “write in” are. “write in Pence,” “Bernie Sanders write in on ballot” and “Mitt Romney write in.”. Also Read....

MEC Debbie Schäfer cautions learners against cheating in NSC examinations (South Africa Government)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Oct 2016

On Wednesday 19 October 2015, thousands of candidates will begin writing the 2016 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations. Cheating in these examinations can result in serious consequences such as being banned from writing the NSC for up to three years ... I should like to take this opportunity to caution all candidates writing against cheating in these examinations....

The decision by the Board of the subsidiary ZRUG Zabrze SA on making of reserves and impairment charges (SP - Stalprofil SA)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Oct 2016

made on 12 October 2016 the decision on establishment of reserves and creation of write-downs, totaling 14 414 thousand PLN (before the tax effect). Tied reserves and write-offs include. ... Write-downs on receivables ... The provisions and write-offs will affect the unit gross profit of ZRUG Zabrze S.A ... Group for the third quarter of 2016 by reducing the amount of gross financial results by the amount of provisions and write-offs created....

Write-In Voters Free To Go ‘All In’ For Bernie Sanders Now That A New Candidate ...

Edit Inquisitr 13 Oct 2016

When a September 22 Inquisitr article detailed how denying both Trump and Clinton even just one state’s electoral votes with an aggressive campaign to write in Bernie Sanders could throw a wrench in the entire election, it seemed almost unimaginable and highly implausible. Yet, it was not long before Berniecrats birthed multiple write-in campaign groups, armed with the understanding of the 12th Amendment to the U.S....

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