Could you tell us about your trajectory as a writer/illustrator/translator? This was a trajectory which I never really realised was happening. As a child, my ...

In one sense, the national conversation about what it will take to make sure all children become strong readers has been wildly successful: States are passing legislation supporting evidence-based ...

Linking words together in the right way makes your writing easy to understand and interesting to read. When you are writing, words are grouped together into sentences. There are a few simple rules you ...

Learning how to write well can make students better readers. Study after study has shown that when children are taught how to write complex sentences and compose different kinds of texts, their ...

Stressed words or syllables are said more forcefully – they can be louder, higher or longer and the vowel sound is clear. We can use stress to show what the most important words in the sentence are.

In a classroom in London, Ont., eight-year-old Omar Abdelaal concentrates as he writes sentences to describe sharks. “Shrake can swim,” he jots down on a sheet of paper, adding that they can bite, ...

Unlike the carefully scripted dialogue found in most books and movies, the language of everyday interaction tends to be messy and incomplete, full of false starts, interruptions, and people talking ...