Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Writing a Roundabout Story
In this lesson plan, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, by Laura Numeroff, is used as a mentor text to highlight the trait of organization. The content focus of the lesson is to highlight that authors' story structures can be imitated. Story...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Some Animals Don't Do That!
In this lesson plan, Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers by Laura Numeroff, is used as a mentor text for to highlight the trait of idea development. The content focus of the lesson is to highlight what topics cannot do. Students generate a list of...
Other
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant: Occasions for Thesis/support Essays
The basic thesis/support pattern promotes clear, systematic thinking on a single subject and can, therefore, be helpful whenever you want to set forth ideas and facts in an efficient, orderly way.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Paper Writing: Introduction, Body, Conclusion
This site shows students how to write an introduction, body, and conclusion to create a complete paper. Students see examples of two different types of introductions, get ideas for attention grabbers, gain understanding of the type of...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Where Do I Begin?
This article provides an overview of writing a research paper by first understanding the specific assignment and then offering links to how to begin research; outlining; drafting; and revising, editing, and proofreading.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Writing Process: Drafting
This lesson focuses on drafting including making an outline and writing a draft from it, the crappy first draft, writing, revising, rewriting, and time management. W.9-10.5 Writing Process
Indiana University
Indiana University: Plagiarism
Uses examples to explain the right and wrong way to use reference material. Shows how a rewrite can still be plagiarism. Briefly discusses common knowledge and paraphrasing.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Communication: The Writing Process
The learner will identify the three steps: prewriting, drafting, revising/editing, in the writing process and the elements in each step. W.9-10.5 Writing Process, W.11-12.5 Writing Process
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: A Turner Drawing Guide
This Khan Academy resource is an article that familiarizes the student with the Turner drawing technique.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Develop Work: Compose
Review expectations and then draft a final product for the application unit.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Draft Your Product
Review expectations and then draft your product for the application unit.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Draft Your Product
Review expectations and then draft our product for the application unit.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Create a Draft
Ninth graders create a draft of their culminating task product. As needed, they conduct additional research.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Draft an Essay
Draft the culminating task essay including the thesis statement. Review the prompt to check your work.
Joe Landsberger
Study Guides & Strategies: Writing Persuasive Essays
This site focuses on the student learning how to write strong persuasive essays. Strategies are provided to help the student complete a persuasive writing assignment.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: The Science of Sports Cycling
A detailed look at the aerodynamic principles associated with cycling. Good science and even better web page design. Includes an online calculator that allows the user to calculate the aerodynamic drag and propulsive power of a bicyclist...
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont Colleges: Writing an Argument
Brief handout describing different forms of argument for writing.
Other
Young Author's Workshop: Writing/drafting
Once you have an idea for your story, is there anywhere you can go online for writing advice? Definitely--the links on this page take you to writing tips, examples of good writing, places to sharpen your writing skills, and places to...
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online: Top Down Introduction Model
This site which is provided for by the St. Cloud State University explains the top-down, or inverted pyramid, model of an introduction and lists facts about introductions.
TES Global
Blendspace: The Writing Process: Drafting
An eight-part learning module with websites, videos, and texts about the drafting phase of the writing process.
Literacy Head
Literacyhead: Images to Give Writers Ideas: Drafting
This resource presents images that encourage students to generate their own writing ideas as they work on drafting.
Other
Unbc: Research Papers: The Steps [Pdf]
This document provides information on various aspects of writing a research paper. This specific document outlines the steps in writing a research paper. This document is a PDF and requires Adobe Reader.
Other
English 100: Persuasive Essay
This tutorial provides writing instructions and ideas to help the student in preparing a persuasive essay.