CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: 8.1: Business Documents
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn to write for business by understanding style and learning about formatting different documents such as business letters, statements of purpose, resumes, cover...
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin: College of Fine Arts: Fine Arts Career Services
University of Texas at Austin Fine Arts students can search for jobs, schedule career advising, or view courses. Resources for aiding in writing a cover letter or resume are available without a student ID.
Harold D. Underdown
The Purple Crayon: Getting It Out of the "Slush Pile"
The "slush pile" is a publisher's sizeable reading stash, and this site is a great resource for attempting to get a publisher to get your manuscript OUT of the pile. Includes several pieces of advice concerning the story itself, your...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Letters Concerning Employment: Resume Follow Up
A guide and model for following up on an a cover letter and resume that have already been sent to a potential employer.
Letter Writing Guide
Sample Letter of Interest
This informational site provides a well-written letter of interest exemplar.
BBC
Bbc Bitesize: Writing
The BBC offers quick (bitesize) activities, revision options, and quizzes on a variety of writing skills, covering writing arguments, writing factual documents, and writing stories.
Ibis Communications
Eyewitness to History: Writing the Declaration of Independence
An article about the Declaration of Independence which covers the selection of the Committee of Five, Jefferson's writing, the presentation to Congress for approval, the problems in drafting, and the final changes which were made....
University of Virginia
University of Virginia Career Services: Helpful Handouts
The University of Virginia Career Services Center offers numerous helpful handouts and career guides for the student preparing for a career. Handouts range from how to analyze your work preferences to how to write a resume. All handouts...
Library of Congress
Loc: West Side Story: Birth of a Classic
View the online exhibit featuring photographs, documents--opening night telegraphs, letters, notes by Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein, set designs--and other items such as posters, DVD covers, and a pair of slippers worn in the...
Curated OER
Writing Fix: A Letter to Me: Brad Paisley's 5th Gear
Front cover of Brad Paisley's album 5th Gear.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Self Teaching Unit: The Verb Expansion Rule
This lesson focuses on the verb expansion rule which provides a formula that covers every predicate verb possibility in the English language. The formula is T + (M) + (have + en) + (be + ing) + (be + en) + MV. The lesson explains all of...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: English (Esl) Label Me! Printouts
Over 100 handouts with answer sheets you can print and use to help build English vocabulary. Numerous topics and themes are covered: everyday words, math terms, seasonal and holiday words, geographical terms, animals, opposites, parts of...
Curated OER
Writing Fix: A Letter to Me: Farmer George Plants a Nation
Front cover of the book Farmer George Plants a Nation by Peggy Thomas.