Nearly every sunny windowsill at New River Middle School is occupied by a reused jar filled with a handful of pebbles, an inch or two of water and a few slender, brown, pen-like tubes.

Using picture books as mentor texts is the perfect way to teach verbal, dramatic, and situational irony to middle school students.

You have a great idea—a product tweak that will save your company money, a process change to increase your team’s productivity, or a plan for heading off a looming crisis. There’s just one snag: ...

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