Starfall
Dinosaurs
In this writing worksheet, students will tell a story about the meeting of Three-horn and T-Rex. Next, students will write about whether it is better to give or get presents. Students will use a word bank for both writings.
Starfall
My Pumpkin Patch
In this literacy activity, students practice writing about the subject of harvest and pumpkins. They also color in the picture.
Starfall
The Four Friends
In this literacy worksheet, students color in the picture and then respond to the short writing prompt about working together and friendship.
Chateau Meddybemps
Chateau Meddybemps: Young Writers Workshop
A wonderful collection of downloadable PDF story starters ("workshop pages") for young children. Each worksheet includes a colorful image, fun prompt and writing lines. Students can also submit their stories for publication on the site.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Notorious Confusables
Great site! Offers student tons of confusables! Also offers quizzes and a pull-down menu for one "confusable" at a time. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2, L.11-12.2b Spelling, L.11-12.4 Word Meanings
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of Composition
If you are a teacher OR a student looking for a well-informed website on elements of the writing process, you are in luck! This site from the Capital Community College is very comprehensive and easy-to-navigate. From grammar basics to...
Cyberbee
Cyber Bee: Meet Henry David Thoreau
Here you can find a series of movie clips with children's author Richard Smith portraying Henry David Thoreau. These clips portray Thoreau on a personal level as he answers numerous questions about his life and work.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sea Creatures
This video segment from Nature features various sea creatures. [5:52]
SUNY Empire State College
Empire State College: Shaping Information: Ordering Information and Outlining
Discusses finding a logical order for the ideas you wish to present in your essay. Uses samples to show how changing the position of the topic sentence changes the emphasis. Briefly touches on transitions. Then discusses the outline as...
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina: Writing Transitions
This University of North Carolina writing tutorial gives examples and how to use transitions and stresses the importance of organization. W.9-10.1c cohesion/clarity/reason, W.9-10.2c cohesion/clarity/trans, W.11-12.1c...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Backyard Bugs
This video segment from Wild TV takes a closer look at backyard bugs, their habitat and characteristics. [2:48]
Northern Illinois University
Challenging Students, and How to Have More of Them [Pdf]
Phi Delta Kappa shares Alfie Kohn's research-based information about how to increase student engagement. Ideas are provided for increasing student engagement during all subject areas.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Book Proposals
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) explains to process for making book proposals.
ACT360 Media
Act Den (Digital Education Network) Software Tutorials
Free online tutorials for computer software, including FrontPage, Office, PowerPoint, and Outlook Express are generously offered at this website. Students will find it easy to follow Agent Max Millennium as he guides them through...
abcteach
Abcteach: Mystery Book Report Form [Pdf]
Great printable page that helps students write a mystery book report form. Calls attention to characterization and clues.
abcteach
Abcteach: Biography Research Form [Pdf]
Good printable worksheet that helps learners complete biographical research.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Writing Fix Homepage
Have you ever needed someone to help you out with your writing? This site offers help to students and teachers. The lessons and resources are organized based on the 6 Writing Traits model. An especially interesting feature of the site is...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: How Does Writer Organize Nonfiction Text?[pdf]
This poster contains writing craft questions for students to ask when reading nonfiction. This graphic organizer is a copyrighted material that may be used for educational purposes.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Constructed Response Organizer [Pdf]
This graphic organizer contains questions for students as they analyze a constructed response question. Students will read the question closely and use this planning tool to plan constructed responses. This graphic organizer is a...
Other
Univ. Of Kansas: The Wonderful World of Editing
This is a graphically pleasing site with an absolute ton of information about words, how we use them and how we abuse them. Reading this is nearly as much fun as writing it seems to have been for the author, William Allen White, School...
Other
Biography: Ralph Waldo Emerson
This website from a professor at Brandeis University provides a biography on Ralph Waldo Emerson in which his childhood, writing career, and his transcendentalist views are discussed. Included are links to related essays and a list of...
Other
Hemingway Editor
If you have ever struggled to write clearly and succinctly, the Hemingway Editor may be just what you need. Paste your writing onto the website and Hemingway will highlight parts that may need some clarity and score your text on its...
Eserver
E Server: The Thoreau Reader: Text/analysis of "The Maine Woods"
Includes the entire e-text of Thoreau's (1817-1862 CE) "Maine Woods," as well as maps of his movement, contemporary and modern reviews, and links to other sites on this work.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Nature Reflections: Interactive Language Practice for Ell
Detailed lesson plans and materials designed for ELL/ESL students that has them observing, discussion and writing about, and from the perspective of, plants and animals. Students create a book (may be bilingual) to be reviewed by peers....