Tips How to Edit Your Own Work Megan Holec Does this sentence sound weird? Should I put a comma here? Will my reader understand this section? These questions can be difficult to answer after a writer has spent… Read More
Tips Writer’s Block? Adjusting to University Writing Shereen Wyatt Whether it’s a literary analysis essay or a lab report, there’s no doubt that getting your first written assignment at university can be daunting. So, it’s no wonder… Read More
Options News Write your Way to a Stronger Vocabulary Megan Holec If you’re a student in grades 8-10 and your vocabulary this summer is slowly diminishing…decreasing…getting worse…becoming bad…then join us for our Ready, Set, Write 8-10, a writing intensive… Read More
Writing A Writing Coach Reflects Megan Holec Since I started last August as a Writing Coach here at Options, I have certainly learned a lot—how to better teach students to write, how to create instructional materials, and, of course, how to adapt quickly to big changes! As I reflect… Read More
Writing Adventures with Punctuation: the Colon Marisa Grizenko If there’s any punctuation mark I tend to evangelize about, it’s the colon. Colons are versatile tools, but I’ve noticed that few students use them. Most people know… Read More