Essay Writing Skills for High School Students
Homework is an integral part of the educational experience of high school students. It helps reinforce the concepts learned in school, find practical applications for these, and strengthen understanding and retention of new ideas. Homework in technical subjects often involves hands-on projects that hone presentation and research skills. For creative subjects and languages, homework is more experimental and subjective. In any case, homework has been associated with student achievement because it provides an opportunity to practice. In fact, American teens are spending twice as long on homework assignments as teens did back in the 1990s. Homework and Writing Skills Let’s consider the tasks given as a part of a language homework, like an English assignment asking you to write about your favorite protagonist in Jane Austen novels or asking you to comment on the use of imagery in Robert Frost’s poetry. To write a good essay on such topics, you need two things: Compelling ideas and op...