Writing argument resonates with every empowering ideal that brings teachers to the profession in the first place—to teach students that learning matters and that their voices matter.

While teaching argumentative writing to her college English class, Lauren John learns a thing or two herself. With the fall college semester in full swing online, students in my Zoom-based writing ...

1. Read the Roman-Raphaelson book on writing. [Writing That Works, Harper & Row, 1981] Read it three times. 2. Write the way you talk. Naturally. 3. Use short words, short sentences and short ...