Curated OER
Writing Humorous Fiction
For this writing strategies worksheet, learners plan a setting as they respond to 4 short answer questions, write a humorous fiction draft by following 7 steps, and conduct a writing conference with a classmate using the 4 provided...
Curated OER
Kumara From the Farmer's Field
Students discuss the essay, Kumara From the Farmer's Field and examine strategies for organizing facts for future reference. In this reading comprehension lesson, students pretend they are advertising executives who must create a grocery...
Pennsylvania Department of Education
6 Traits: Voice
Young scholars explore the trait of voice. In this language arts lesson, students focus on the writing trait of voice. Young scholars view a video and practice writing.
Curated OER
Persuade Me
Students develop their writing skills. In this writing strategies lesson plan, students examine persuasive writing techniques on order to write persuasive mailers.
Curated OER
Writing Strategies: A Writer's Notebook
In this writing worksheet, students read 12 strategies for keeping a writer's notebook. Worksheet is designed to be signed by student and parent when completed.
Curated OER
"All About Me" Paragraph
Fifth graders write a paragraph titled "All About Me" in the computer lab after they have drawn graphic organizers to fill in background information about themselves and used a "10-Point Writing Checklist" to do peer editing.
Curated OER
What's A Word?
Students listen to the story "Wilfred Gordon Mcdonald Partridge" and brainstorm about memories. They write a story describing what they would put in a memory basket when they are 80 years old.
Other
Sharpening Your Writing Skills
This handbook provides step-by-step modules to help you develop an appropriate business writing style. It also gives you rules for punctuation and "plain English." Answers are provided for exercises. PDF document.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Writing for a North American Business Audience
This lesson gives guidelines for business writing in Western (North American) culture. From Purdue University.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Looking at Writing: First Grade
First graders write many times a day to express their interests - they are writing with a purpose through stories, letters, and lists. In this section, you'll find writing assessment resources, writing strategies, and additional tip...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Consejos Para Padres De Adolescentes Con Dificultades Para Escribir
Al graduarse de la escuela preparatoria, se espera que los estudiantes estadounidenses hayan aprendido a escribir de manera eficaz para una variedad de propositos, desde la redaccion de cartas y cuentos hasta ensayos e informes de...
Rick Beach
Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Teaching Reading Strategies
The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 8 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 8. Focus of the...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Books: Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg
This comprehensive teacher's guide for the book "Zathura" by Chris Van Allsburg provides us with an opportunity to examine how writers blend scientific information with a fictional story.
Other
Canadaone.com: Sailing the Seven Cs of Effective Writing
Interesting article from Canadaone.com that outlines the author's seven C's of effective writing. Each of the concepts (all beginning with the letter "C") includes an explanation that demonstrates why the concept is important to the...
Other
Use the Correct Business Letter Format
This site gives information on the format, layout, and content of a business letter. Also includes examples of business letters.
University at Buffalo
Writing Strategies
Provides some help with the difficult job of teaching writing by providing some strategies for students to follow. Easy to navigate from the top of the page, strategies are categorized into grade 3-6 and 6-12, in addition to lesson plan...
Other
Ncte: National Day on Writing
The National Day on Writing, promoted by the National Council of Teachers of English, falls on October 20 every year. This website offers many ways to celebrate the day and recognize the importance of writing. The "Tips for Writers" is a...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Parallel Structure in Professional Writing
A good reference to consider when writing professionally (as in business/technical writing). Includes brief structural examples.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Workplace Writers
Purdue University offers this great resource for students and teachers looking for sample cover letters.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Raft Writing
RAFT is a writing strategy that helps students understand their role as a writer, the audience they will address, the varied formats for writing, and the topic they'll be writing about. By using this strategy, teachers encourage students...
Other
Grammar book.com: Effective Writing
Brief list from The Blue Book with examples of how to take ineffective writing and transforming it into effective writing.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Anticipating a Reader's Questions: Lesson 2
This lesson discusses how to anticipate and address a reader's questions.