But there will come a time—at a party, waiting for a meeting to begin, mingling at a networking event, on a date or at a family reunion—when you will need some good conversation starters.

When combining two complete sentences with a conjunction ("and," "but," "or," "for," or "yet"), precede the conjunction with a comma. Example: Still, the sun is slowly getting brighter and hotter, and ...

Gary turned to the internet for help because he "didn't want to be 'that parent' that tries to know more than the teacher but is actually wrong." ...

it might be helpful to prepare a bank of topic sentence stems or starters. For example, the first two topic sentences in a basic critical essay on the theme of Shakespeare’s ‘Sonnet 18 ...

Are you easily distracted? If so, you’re in luck! This lesson will help you practice your ability to pay attention. By Jeremy Engle “Put yourself first” is often good advice when it comes ...

Helping your child out with their homework is always a humbling experience, as one dad recently learned firsthand. Gary, an ...

Yan Carlos Mejia won a fellowship for a Latin American trip to find books and other materials to bring back to his class of ...

A complex sentence communicates more than one idea. One part (the main clause) is like a simple sentence: it can stand on its own. The other part (the minor clause) gives more detail about the ...

Suggestions for adaptation include: supply students with sentence starters on the “Debate Planner” reproducible; highlight important information in LBJ’s Message to Congress; provide grade ...

Good teams do lose games, sometimes several in a row. But so do bad ones. A handful of teams with Stanley Cup Playoff ...

Kodai Senga will start for the Mets on Sunday against the Dodgers in the NLCS opener and throw around three innings, manager ...