Language Arts Tips

""Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests.""

- -Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Reading Practice
Usually in school, teachers give us a book and we get assignments based off of it. If you found it confusing, it usually helps to ask the teacher about it or re-read the part you found confusing.

Finding words:
Sometimes teachers may ask you to find words within a book. You know, finding an online book and clicking ctrl + f isn't always going to work. To practice this, play memory games! By doing this, the next time you read you'll remember where the word is so you can quickly find it without reading the chapter(s) a million times.

Answering questions:
While reading a book, you may get questions to answer along the way. Here are some tips. DON'T answer the questions while reading. If you do that it will ruin the fun in reading because you're more focused on finding the answer than reading. A good tip is to read slowly. Pretend you are the people in the story and live in the book. When you do this you will easily know what happened and the answer will be easy peasy lemon squeezy!

Writing Practice
Essays, narratives, argumentative essays, persuasive essays, fiction writing...etc.

Writing:
Writing may not be so fun but once you like it, you'll love it! A great way to get better at writing is to read more books. It gives great information and inspiration.

Writing Essays:
To write essays, you will most likely need information, so it's best to get it from websites. When you need people's opinion then make a form and send it to people. You can make it anonymous and get many people's votes.

Writing Fiction stories:
Reading fiction books, watching movies/TV shows really help with writing. It can give inspiration for stories. While writing fiction you can get as creative as you want! It's the best part!

Writing Narratives:
Reading books can help you with grammar, spelling and more. You can use more vivid and better words to make your narrative sound better. It helps the reader imagine the story!

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