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ABC's of the Writing Process
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Tips for each of the five stages of the writing process.
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Anthony’s Workshop
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Offers a tutorial, definitions, and exercises to teach punctuation and the parts of speech.
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Assorted Ham
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Features online story writing activity where young writers can writer their own stories or contribute to existing stories.
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Diana Hacker: A Writer's Reference, Fifth Edition
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Provides exercises in writing, grammar, and research. Includes language debates, model papers, and research and documentation online.
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English Online - Writers' Window
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Provides guides to writing stories, poems, reviews, and research papers. Also publishes the writings of children and teenagers.
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Exploring English
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Provides tips, tools, and resources to help improve writing skills. Includes why it's important to write well, the parts of speech, types of sentences, punctuation, spelling, and a downloadable file.
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H.W. Fowler: The King's English
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Authoritative text on grammar, syntax, punctuation, writing techniques, and style.
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Judy Reeves - Writer
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Includes hints, tips and ideas.
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Kiddie Thoughts
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Offers kids and teens a chance to share their thoughts in the form of stories and poetry.
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License 2 Write
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Teaches students how to structure a paper and improve their proofreading skills.
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Message in a Bottle
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Read what kids from a 6th grade class wrote to go in a bottle which was thrown into the Mediterranean Sea.
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Myths, Folktales and Fairy Tales
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Resource for learning about and writing in these genres.
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N2Arts
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Online community and magazine for those who are involved in writing.
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Official Flat Stanley Project
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A journaling project in which schools create a paper doll, write a journal for a few days, and send it on to another school. Includes a list of partner schools and how to get involved.
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Oswego High School Online Writing Guide
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Need help in getting started on that book report or term paper? Learn how to create outlines, to organize writing, and construct well-organized paragraphs.
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Paragraph Builder
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Step-by-step directions for organizing and writing a good paragraph.
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Paragraph Organizer
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Offers paragraph writing help, composition of a paragraph and instructions for writing.
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paragraphpunch.com
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An online writing tutorial; takes students through the actual steps of writing a paragraph online.
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Potluck Children's Literary Magazine
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Children's magazine that publishes poetry, short stories, book reviews and artwork by young writers/artists ages 8-16. Includes educational articles to enrich writing skills.
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Science Fiction Writing Activity
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Use nonfiction science to create a science fiction story.
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Sen10ce Maker
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Provides sentence making tips, techniques of how to structure a sentence and clarification on confusing words and verbs.
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The American Heritage Book of English Usage. 1996
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Practical and authoritative guide to contemporary English. Provides a detailed look at grammar, style, diction, word formation, gender, social groups, and scientific forms.
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The Claremont Review Literary Magazine
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Solicits and publishes teen writings; also offers writing tips and a manuscript/mentor service.
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The Five Paragraph Essay
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Basic information, writing prompts, and examples.
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The Writing Pot
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Offers help to young writers in publicizing their writing in a small community.
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Topics for Informative or Persuasive Speeches
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Topics submitted by students. Can be used for ideas for essays as well. Users may submit suggestions to add to the list.
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Writing Den
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Offers resources for students and teachers to improve their English reading, comprehension, and writing skills.
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Young Scottish Poetry Library
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Poetry writing activities and workshops for children and young people.
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Young Writers' Clubhouse
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Encouragement for young writers by Deborah Morris, author of the Real Kids, Real Adventures series. Includes answers to frequently asked questions and tips for getting started.
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11 Rules of Writing
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A concise guide to some of the most frequently violated rules of writing, punctuation, and grammar.
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Center for Writing: Quick Tips
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A series of suggestions for effective and correct composition. Covers punctuation, style, grammar, plagiarism and specific writing tasks. Each topic can be downloaded as PDF.
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For Kids: Secrets and Surprises about Writing
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Children's book author Pamela Jane tells how she gets ideas for writing.
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Haiku for People
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Tells what Haiku is, explains how to write it, and gives numerous examples in English.
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Kid Quote Greeting Cards
NEW!
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Greeting card publisher that holds a semi-annual kid quote contest. Student writers submit quotes that might be used in future greeting cards. Prizes are awarded.
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Kids' Place: English
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An interactive way of improving written work, with ideas for practice sessions and an explanation of the drafting and revision process.
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Scatty Thoughts
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Resource for teenagers to post, read, and review their thoughts in form of articles, stories, lyrics etc.
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Swords of Writing
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Pictures, stories, poetry, and a chatroom intended to provide motivation for writing.
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The Magic Key
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Characters from the Oxford Reading Tree offer games and worksheets about writing, grammar and punctuation.
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What Makes a Good Story?
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Interactive exhibit takes visitors on a literary journey through the classic short story and examines the elements that come together to create a good story.
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Write Away - a site for teen writers
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Provides a writing workshop where characters, plot, and setting can be developed.
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Writing Skills
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A comprehensive guide to researching information and producing well structured written work. Includes sections on paragraphs, punctuation, essay writing, and using references.
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