Reading & Writing   

Explore advanced fiction writing techniques with a published novelist.

In our Blueprint Reading Basics course, you will start at the very beginning to learn about the drawing scale. In lessons that are thorough and detailed, you will learn how blueprint drawings are organized, and how information is referenced throughout a set of construction blueprint drawings. In this blueprint reading course, you will also review architectural and engineering blueprint drawings, as well as project specifications during this blueprint training.

By course completion, you will have developed the necessary skills and terminology to read and comprehend residential and commercial construction documents and gain experience in understanding how 3D model presentations within a set of construction documents work.

This course will teach you how to design five types of writing prompts (narrative, creative, expository, persuasive, and reading response) using a structured approach and grade-level-aligned examples.

This rewarding course will teach you how to support your students' reading and writing fluency through specific grouping strategies and station activities, focused on key areas of effective literacy instruction.

Write great marketing copy to improve your company's image and your chances of getting hired or promoted.

Write great marketing copy to improve your company's image and your chances of getting hired or promoted.

This course will teach you how to support your English Language Learners throughout the pre-writing, drafting, and post-writing process.

This course teaches you the process for explicit instruction in elementary reading, including choosing the skills to focus on, selecting a goal, choosing appropriate strategies, and planning for implementation.

Learn the entire expository writing process to teach and support your 4th- 8th-grade classroom successfully. The course offers a structure for teaching writing, strategies to support learning, and guidance on lesson planning.

Start at the very beginning in this blueprint reading and construction estimating course with drawing scale lessons that are thorough and detailed. During this online blueprint reading course, you will discover how blueprint drawings are organized and how information is referenced throughout a set of construction blueprint drawings. Your estimating training will also help you understand how to review architectural and engineering blueprint drawings and project specifications.

By course completion, you will understand the interrelationship between the construction drawings and a quantity-takeoff cost estimate, analyze the components of a cost estimate, and learn how a quantity-takeoff cost estimate is created. Furthermore, you will master an understanding of quantity surveying, estimating takeoffs, and pricing estimated quantities and recognize the need for thoroughness and attention to detail when preparing cost estimates.

Learn the skills you need to succeed in the well-paying field of technical writing.

Learn the skills you need to succeed in the well-paying field of technical writing.

This course teaches correct grammar usage for health professionals. Learn how to utilize grammar rules and common medical terminology to prepare professional reports or documentation.

Get the professional development training you need to improve student literacy.

Get the professional development training you need to improve student literacy.

This course will teach you how to deliver a guided reading lesson by helping you understand various reading levels, implement strategies to support students at their appropriate level, and assess progress using a variety of tools.

Learn creative ways to bring differentiated instruction and guided reading to life in your classroom.

Learn creative ways to bring differentiated instruction and guided reading to life in your classroom.

You really can make money with your writing. Whether you want to create your own business, add to your income, supplement your retirement, or boost what you're earning as a writer, you'll find the how-to's here.

You really can make money with your writing. Whether you want to create your own business, add to your income, supplement your retirement, or boost what you're earning as a writer, you'll find the how-to's here.

Learn everything you need to know to write a great script, from structure, character creation, and dialogue to marketing and selling your screenplay.

Learn everything you need to know to write a great script, from structure, character creation, and dialogue to marketing and selling your screenplay.

This course will teach you about typical writing expectations for your K-3students, introduce common writing tasks, and teach you how to design holistic and analytic rubrics to track student progress over time.

This course will teach you how to save time by reading faster and with better comprehension.

Acclaimed speed reading expert teaches you how to save yourself time by reading faster with better comprehension.

Learn response to intervention (RTI) strategies that ensure the struggling readers in your classroom get the help and education they need.

Learn response to intervention (RTI) strategies that ensure the struggling readers in your classroom get the help and education they need.

This course will introduce you to practical tools and strategies for supporting reading instruction for your middle school students. You will learn about reading behaviors, how to build mini-lessons, and various classroom activities to support your students.

This course will introduce you to practical tools and strategies for supporting reading instruction for your elementary learners. You will learn about reading behaviors, how to build mini-lessons, and various classroom activities to help your students.

Master the essentials of writing so you can excel at business communications, express yourself clearly online, and take your creative literary talents to a new level.

Published children's author shows you how to touch the hearts of children by creating books for them.

Learn how to write in English more effectively to succeed in college and at work.

Learn how to write in English more effectively to succeed in college and at work.

You will learn about the importance of writing practice for your English Language Learners (ELL) and analyze six effective strategies you can integrate into any lesson, regardless of content area.

This is the perfect course for anyone who's ever thought about becoming a fantasy fiction writer.

This is the perfect course for anyone who's ever thought about becoming a fantasy fiction writer.

Develop your own young adult novel and learn how to break into one of today's hottest publishing markets.