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Handout
Other

Snn Newsroom: Reporter's Toolbox: Writing Editorials and Columns

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Advice and examples of editorial and feature column writing, along with an explanation of the role that editorial writers and columnists fill. Explains how to structure this type of writing in order to present clear arguments.
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Graphic
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: 10 Graphic Organizers for Download

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
These graphic organizers will engage students in planning strategies for writing assignments. Students will participate in planning stories and critiques via story maps and critique planning sheets.
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Handout
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Formatting Your Paper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site gives general formatting guidelines applicable to most papers.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: The Writing Process: Pre Writing

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A six-part learning module with images, videos, and web links to teach different pre-writing strategies.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: The Writing Process: Proofreading / Editing

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A nineteen-part learning module with links to videos, images, and websites to use while learning about the proofreading and editing steps of the writing process.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: The Writing Process: Drafting

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
An eight-part learning module with websites, videos, and texts about the drafting phase of the writing process.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: The Powers of Writing

For Teachers 1st - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource outlines and defines the POWERS model for good writing.
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Handout
University of Richmond

University of Richmond/getting Started

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Scroll to the heading "Getting Started" to find several prewriting links. Topics include "Where to Start a Paper," "Keeping a Pre-writing journal," and "Exploring Ideas Through Cubing."
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Website
Other

The Internet Writing Journal

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Net magazine specializing in writing includes journaling ideas, interviews, book excerpts, reviews, and feature articles. Also lists writing job network.
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Article
Other

Science Fiction Writer: Robert J. Sawyer: "On Writing": Word Processing Tricks

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer shares his word processing tricks and tools for proofreading and editing a manuscript. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.6 Use technology to produce and publish writing
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Website
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Free Graphic Organizers for Planning and Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides free graphic organizers to use while planning and writing including webs, flow charts, essay maps, concept wheels, and more.
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Website
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Free Graphic Organizers for Planning and Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides free graphic organizers to use while planning and writing including webs, flow charts, essay maps, concept wheels, and more.
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Website
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: More Free Graphic Organizers for Teaching Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides free graphic organizers to use while planning and writing persuasive, expository, and fiction texts.
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Website
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: More Free Graphic Organizers for Teaching Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides free graphic organizers to use while planning and writing persuasive, expository, and fiction texts.
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Website
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Graphic Organizers for Teaching Writing: Project Fiction

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides free graphic organizers to use while planning and writing fiction texts.
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Handout
W. W. Norton

W.w. Norton & Company: The Writing Process: Planning

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Tips on planning for the essay once the thesis has been formulated. Use the links on the right for other parts of the writing process. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.5
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Handout
W. W. Norton

W.w. Norton & Company: The Writing Process: Drafting

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Information about the process of writing a rough draft including three steps to keep in mind: start with your thesis, stick to it, write the body and then the introduction and conclusion. Check the links on the right for more information...