TES Global
Tes: Prose: Short Stories
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this downloadable learning module, students will write a short story. Students will refer to the grading rubric to help them self-assess their writings. Students will revise and edit
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Revising a Conclusion
This lesson discusses improve a conclusion through revision.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: A Student's Perspective on Writing
Eli tells us what it is like to have dysgraphia. Regina Richards, a well-known expert on dysgraphia (and Eli's mom), explains how to help children who struggle with the challenges Eli describes. Practical techniques discussed include...
Other
Jefferson County School District: Fourth Grade Editing [Pdf]
This site, which is provided for by the Jefferson County School District, gives a printable editing worksheet designed for 4th grade.
W. W. Norton
W.w. Norton&company:the Writing Process: Conventions That Can Cause Problems
Click through lessons on conventions that can cause problems in an essay including tenses, titles, and names. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.1
Other
Science Fiction Writer: Robert J. Sawyer: "On Writing": Word Processing Tricks
Science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer shares his word processing tricks and tools for proofreading and editing a manuscript. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.6 Use technology to produce and publish writing
Caro Clarke
Rewriting
This is the 17th article in a series that helps the new fiction author with the final step--revision.
University of Sydney (Australia)
University of Sydney: Module 3 Unit 1: Planning Your Essay
This unit index contains links with to guide students through the process of planning a multi-paragraph argumentative essay. Students will learn how to interpret the essay question, develop a writing plan, thesis, writing the argument,...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Real Survival Skills
Learn about process analysis, writing procedurals texts, the steps of the writing process, and cause and effect in this unit. Also, examine patterns of organization in writing. A handy chart shows common organizational patterns which...
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: Glenco: Writer's Choice: Grade 7:grammar, Usage, and Mechanics
Two interactive exercises where students retype three short paragraphs while making corrections in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and usage. When finished, answers can be displayed so students can check the accuracy of...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Develop Final Work
Develop work that is clear and coherent and appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: Glenco: Writer's Choice: Grade 8: Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics
Two interactive exercises where students retype three short paragraphs while making corrections in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and usage. When finished, answers can be displayed so students can check the accuracy of...
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Appearance
This page focuses on the appearance of the paper after the writing is complete. It offers links to a pre-printing checklist and a post-printing checklist.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Wordiness
This page focuses on reducing wordiness in writing by using more concise language, and avoiding extra-long words and sentences.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Basic Mechanics
This page focuses on the basic mechanics of writing including links to Genre, Thinking, Methods of Reasoning, Evidence, and Citation.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Genre
This page focuses on genre which cautions students to be sure there are writing the type of writing that was assigned. They need to know the different genres and what is expected of them.