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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Easy to Create Graphic Organizers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Two PDF's that can be viewed online or downloaded and printed. The first is one page showing students several examples of abbreviations that can be used when taking notes. The second is a four pages and shows how different types of...
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Handout
Other

Shauna Kelly: How to Create a Table of Contents in Word

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article explores how to create a table of contents in Microsoft Word using the styles tool. Written with step-by-step instructions, the article includes information on how to create the table of contents, how to customize it, and...
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Unit Plan
Colorado State University

Colorado State Writing Center: Online vs. Print Publishing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A thorough and well-researched resource on the history and advantages/disadvantages of print and online publishing. W.9-10.6 Techno
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Activity
Colorado State University

Colorado State Writing Center: Writing for the Web

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A resource for writers who are interested in writing, planning, and coding their own websites. Includes step-by-step instructions and links to further information.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Writing for an Audience

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A seven-slide presentation discussing the importance of writing to an audience in order to establish tone, strengthen word choice, and determine what supporting details to include.
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Handout
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Standard Documentation Formats

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Documenting Internet resources is becoming standardized. You'll find some of the basics here, plus links to more detailed guidelines now included in respected academic style guides. L.9-10.3a Standard Format, W.11-12.6 Technology,...
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Activity
Other

Designing a Readable User Manual

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An article with information and strategies for technical document writing. More article under "Resources".
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Success Skills: Computer Based Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This instructional activity focuses on using word processing programs to complete writing assignments. It uses Microsoft Word 2013 as a model for videos that show basic, intermediate, and advanced word processing skills. It also lists...
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Handout
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of a Composition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Writing a Paper? Here at the Capital Community College is everything you could ever ask for while preparing your essay. This site includes the writing process, structure, thesis statement, transitions, the computer as a writing...
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc Skillswise: Typing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Resource provides factsheets, a video, and worksheets on how to improve typing.
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Unit Plan
CBS

Tech Republic: Project Manager: Graphics 101

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Detailed beginner's tutorial in creating online graphics. Requires access to a bitmap editor. Choose among topics, or work the entire 15 page tutorial in order.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Using Google Docs to Write for Audience

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students write and digitally publish a weekly newsletter using Google Docs. The content will be a synthesis of interesting issues from their class as well as some outside news and issues which directly impact students. The target...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Do You Know How?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will write in a technical genre. "Technical writing conveys specific information about a technical subject to a specific audience for a specific purpose. The words and graphics of technical writing are meant to be practical:...
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Professional Doc
FNO Press

From Now On: Graphical Organizers as Thinking Technology

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
From Now On explains the purpose and advantages of graphic organizers such as converting complex information into meaningful displays, helping students plan their research, and sometimes acting as mind maps. There are several examples...
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Website
Other

Newswriting for Radio

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students and writers can get pointers on improving writing skills for newscasts. Click through all the tabs to get the most out of this tutorial. This site also links to other radio journalism websites.
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Interactive
Other

Write Words: Word Frequency Counter

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A simple writing tool where one can paste in a piece of text, and count how many times each word appears in the text. A good tool to use to avoid over-using words.
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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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Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: In the Newspaper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An interactive and printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is In the Newspaper. Other links are included.
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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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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Thinking Maps the Bubble Map

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Teach your students to visualize the writing process using this graphic organizer as a tool.
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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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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Creating a Newletter

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students enrolled in computer applications, computer literacy, or desktop publishing classes learn the basics of creating a newsletter.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Revision Techniques: Eliminating Excess

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses how to revise a paper to remove extraneous information.
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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.