This is a series of 5 books which includes carefully designed topics to enhance comprehension, communication and writing skills for 6 to 16 year olds.

This is a series of 5 books which includes carefully designed topics to enhance comprehension, communication and writing skills for 6 to 16 year olds.

An important challenge to what currently masquerades as conventional wisdom regarding the teaching of writing. There seems to be widespread agreement that—when it comes to the writing skills of college students—we are in the midst of a crisis. In Why They Can't Write, John Warner, who taught writing at the college level for two decades, argues that the problem isn't caused by a lack of rigor, or smartphones, or some generational character defect. Instead, he asserts, we're teaching writing wrong. Warner blames this on decades of educational reform rooted in standardization, assessments, and accountability. We have done no more, Warner argues, than conditioned students to perform "writing-related simulations," which pass temporary muster but do little to help students develop their writing abilities. This style of teaching has made students passive and disengaged. Worse yet, it hasn't prepared them for writing in the college classroom. Rather than making choices and thinking critically, as writers must, undergraduates simply follow the rules—such as the five-paragraph essay—designed to help them pass these high-stakes assessments. In Why They Can't Write, Warner has crafted both a diagnosis for what ails us and a blueprint for fixing a broken system. Combining current knowledge of what works in teaching and learning with the most enduring philosophies of classical education, this book challenges readers to develop the skills, attitudes, knowledge, and habits of mind of strong writers.

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Essay Writing and Letter Writing has always been a part of English curriculum in almost every school for all students studying English irrespective of the fact whether they are studying in Class 3 or Class 10. The Descriptive English section covers essay and letter writing to evaluate the effective writing skills of the students. The present book contains ample number of school essays and letters (formal & informal). The present book on School Essays & Letters has been divided into eight sections covering the wide range of essays namely Current Affairs, Society & Social Issues, Economy & Infrastructure, Science & Technology, Environment & Ecology, Great Personalities, Proverbs & Sayings and Miscellaneous. The Current Affairs section covers Asian Games 2014, Kailash Satyarthi, 2014 FIFA World Cup, India’s Odyssey to Mars, The Dread of Ebola, Telangana: Emergence of a New State, etc whereas the Society & Social Issues section covers Brain Drain, Nuclear Family vs Joint Family, Gender Discrimination, Has Politics in India Lost its Way?, etc. The Economy & Infrastructure has been divided into Mineral Wealth in India, Indian Economy, Urbanisation, Green Revolution, etc whereas the Science & Technology section covers Social Networking: Pros & Cons, Charms & Challenges of Cyber World, Robotics: The Future is Here, Super Computers, etc. The Environment and Ecology section has been divided into Ozone Layer Depletion, Disaster Management, Non-Conventional Sources of Energy, River Linking Projects, Poaching in India, Earthquakes, etc whereas the following section covers Great Personalities like Satyendra Nath Bose, Bhagat Singh, Nelson Mandela, Mary Kom, Rabindranath Tagore, Swami Vivekananda, Mother Teresa, etc. The Proverbs & Sayings covers Health is Wealth, When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Gets Going, Look Before You Leap, etc whereas the Miscellaneous section covers My Dream School, Our Metro, A House on Fire, Career Selection, Vocational Education, Importance of Moral Values, Our Universe, etc. After the collection of essays, a number of sample letters are also covered in the book. Also quotes for General Use and Increased Word Power through Phrases and Proverbs have been covered at the end. As the book contains ample number of sample essays and letters of varied types, it for sure will prove to be an inspiring and useful book for all school students.