English Club
English Club: Punctuation Styles
This EnglishClub tutorial expounds upon the differences in punctuations styles that exist among individual writers, British and American authors, and publishers.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Guide to Grammar and Style: Paragraphs
At this site, Jack Lynch sets forth many guidelines for writing good paragraphs, from length, to specific word choice, to proofreading, to voice, to punctuation. Links are provided to help the student seeking additional clarification.
Other
Tidewater Community Colleg Writing Center: Essay Planning and Writing Guidelines
Presents guidelines for how to plan and write an essay.
Curated OER
Macmillan/mc Graw Hill: Writing: Consistent Style and Tone
Learn about maintaining a consistent style and tone in writing.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Style and Technique
Use context to figure out how to use language appropriately--formality, irony, understatement, and overstatement.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: In the Mirror of Genre
A teacher's research project page that explores his students' journal responses to various literary works. Basic and limited entries.
Other
Webfoot.com: A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email Page Layout
This website focuses on page layout and more specifically the length of paragraphs and lines as found in emails.
Other
If I Were a Carpenter: The Tools of the Writer
Twenty tips for writers, slanted toward fiction, from the director of the National Writers' Workshop. Tips are divided into four areas: sentences and paragraphs, language, effects, and structure.
Other
New Poets Press: Writing Tips
Provides some good, practical advice on writing poems. Written in a simple, down-to-earth style that is easily accessible. An outline at the top of the page will lead you to different sections of the page. Part of a larger poetry...
Other
Write Content Solutions: Correlative Conjunctions
Learn about correlative conjunctions and how to use them while considering agreement and parallel structure.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Lesson Plan: Audience, Purpose, Language in Electronic Messages
Lesson plan considers changes in writing style since the inception of e-mail and text messaging.
Letter Writing Guide
How to Write a Business Letter
This student-friendly site contains the purpose of business letter writing. In addition, the article discusses the elements of good business letter writing.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Grammar and Formality
This lesson goes over ways in which the correct use of grammar may be perceived as formality. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.1 and CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.6, L.11-12.1a Gram/Usage changes
TES Global
Blendspace: Poetry Writing
A fifteen-part learning module with links to texts and videos about writing different types of poetry.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Spelling and Writing
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students proofread and correct mistakes in a writing piece, and then apply the writing process to create a tall tale story. Additionally, this lesson helps students understand the purposes and elements...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Writing Prompts
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students will learn and practice strategies for strengthening their writing by using strong verbs and literary devices.
BBC
Bbc Bitesize Revision: Formal Tone in a Discursive Essay
This page provides several tips for using formal tone in an essay. The tips are arranged into 'Do' and 'Do not use' categories.
Shared Visions Unlimited
Shared Visions Unlimited: Exploring English
This is the portal to a website that provides a graphically colorful tutorial to the English language including the parts of speech, sentences, style guidelines, usage, punctuation, spelling, and so on.
BBC
Bbc Bitesize Revision: Describing People
As part of a revision and writing section of BBC Bitesize focusing on specific forms of writing, this site discusses describing people as a type of descriptive writing.