If I were a high school English teacher, one assignment of mine would be to select a poem, from a mini-anthology I would assemble representing a range of diverse forms and traditions, and ...

If you’re looking for hints and answers for Strands for Friday, September 20, 2024, read on—I’ll share some clues and tips, ...

Moorhead author Kim Larson's debut children's picture book releases Oct. 1 from The Little Press, and the story focuses on an unlikely friendship between a fainting goal and a turkey in "Goat's Boat ...

Now, a new study published in PLOS ONE – by researchers from the University of California San Diego and other institutions – reveals that dogs trained with soundboard buttons can indeed comprehend ...

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“And even some of the DJs were like, ‘I don’t really like poetry but I guess I’ll sit down with you.’ And I said, ‘You need ...

Welcome to another episode of Poetry on the Page. In this month's discussion, WNIJ’s Yvonne Boose and Northern Illinois University English Professor Amy Newman ... in an abandoned house and writes his ...

When Swift told us, on The Tortured Poets Department, that she was no Patti Smith, she meant that she wasn’t a groundbreaking ...

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Check out the words for the day and a small quiz to push yourself to improve your word power and language skills.(HT file) Here's a way to improve your vocabulary and communication skills.

Consider supporting our stories and becoming a member today. In many middle and high schools, students spend hundreds of hours a year on English language arts (ELA) assignments that don’t ask enough ...