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WRITING WEBSITES FOR TEACHERS
There are many wonderful
websites to support teachers in their quest to teach writing. We have
gathered the best resources and created a set of links for your
convenience.
Ginny's Pages
Ginny Hoover maintains an
awesome website for everything you need to know about the 6 Traits of
Writing.
Six Traits
This is a nice 6 Traits
website that is maintained by the Madison Metropolitan School
District. You will find rubrics, writing strategies, and more.
Spel-Lang Tree
Grace Haskins has put
together a well thought out spelling and phonics program for primary
grades. Take a look - it's well worth it.
Six
Traits Posters
Download these posters on
your color printer, laminate them, and hang them in your room. The free
posters offered here are wonderful and better than any you will find in a
teacher's supply store.
Interactive 6
Traits Site
Check out this 6 Traits of
Writing Interactive Site. If you are looking for resources to support
writing across the curriculum this is the site to visit.
NWREL
Northwest Regional
Educational Laboratories is the place to go to learn about everything 6
Traits. This is where it all began.
Teachers and Writers Collaborative
This site puts authors in the classroom. It's a program that collaborates
between authors and teachers. This is where the heartbeat of school writing
programs began back with Lucy Calkins and Donald Graves. It's worth a look!
Ralph Fletcher
Ralph does it all - books
for children, books for grown-ups, books for writing teachers, and now he
has a writing curriculum. Check out Ralph's website for great writing
resources.
Writing Fix
Get your daily writing fix
here. This is a neat little site with lots of resources.
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National Writing Project
If you haven't heard of
the National Writing Project you've been missing out. We highly recommend
that you attend a summer session in your area. It is one of the best
professional development experiences on earth!
Writing Den
Check out this website. It
was designed to get kids writing!
Smart
Writers
An awesome site for
readers, writers and teachers of children's literature. It's a one stop
kid's lit shop.
SCBWI
Are you a closet writer?
Do you dream of publishing a children's book some day? The Society of
Children's Book Writers and Illustrators is the group to join in order to
learn everything you need to know. In addition, this site lists
member websites. If you are looking for local authors - this is a
fantastic resource.
The
Story Starter
This website
allows you to select different items and then generates a story starter
for writing.
How
a Book is Made
Harper
Collins Children's Books operates this site. It's a walk through showing
kids how a book is made.
Mad Libs
Try out Penguin-Putnam's Mad Libs
online. Use this activity to reinforce grammar skills.
The
Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
This is great resource for
secondary teachers of English / Language Arts.
Easybib
This website
allows you to create a bibliography in MLA style for free. Great resource
for secondary and college research papers.
Expository
Writing
If you are trying to get a
grip on expository writing then check out this site. The definitions and
examples here will help you understand the different expository text
structures.
Primarily Writing
The ladies who wrote the
book have put together some nice resources for you. Both of their books
are for primary classrooms and offer a fresh approach to teaching
writing.
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