I had parent teacher conferences this evening at my youngest daughter's school - she is a 7th grader. Her English teacher was telling me about a software program he uses to help the students learn how to write good essays. I can't remember the name of it but he gives them a prompt one day so they can create an outline and figure out how they want to write it. The next day they go to the computer lab and type their essay on the computer using this software program. As they are typing it the program assists them in recognizing run-on sentences, fragments, incorrect verb tense, etc. When they have completed the essay the program even grades the essay. The teacher only uses this grading as a guideline and continues to grade it himself. This seems like a great tool to assist students in learning how to write effective, grammatically correct essays. Of course, again, there is the problem of limited availabilty.
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