National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Writing Poetry Like Pros
By looking to examples of popular poetry in a variety of forms, students learn to analyze, appreciate, and synthesize poetry in the classroom. "Writing Poetry Like Pros" provides several links to poetry texts and suggestions for creating...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Writing Riddle Rhymes With Jean Marzollo
Children's author Jean Marzollo will teach you how to write "I Spy Riddle Rhymes"! There is a teacher's guide included.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Steps Toward Writing Poetry
This site is actually meant for teachers but students will find much of it useful, too. The writer, a teacher, describes her lesson plan for teaching children to write poetry. While her lessons are meant for elementary students, as she...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Poetry Writing With Jack Prelutsky
Here you will find awesome poetry guidelines from Jack Prelutsky! You will also find a teacher's guide.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words: Image to Narrative
This lesson, which can be adapted to fit with any picture you choose, works for students of all levels.
Other
The New Guide to Writing
This site contains several helpful suggestions for writing a research paper including a schedule which breaks down the process into several smaller parts. Students can set reasonable deadlines for themselves. Also, this site outlines one...
Other
Building Characters With Adversity
Extensive and very interesting article advising the reader on how to develop characters through adversity.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Email Etiquette
This is a guide for those interested in writing emails in the proper format. Provides information on format, attachments, and length.
A to Z Teacher Stuff
Ato Zteacherstuff: Report Writing in Primary Grades
This is a fun, hands-on lesson from AtoZteacherstuff! Students go through a study of frogs while learning how to interpret and restate factual information.
Joe Landsberger
Study Guides & Strategies: Writing Basics
A fairly detailed list of steps to take, with descriptions of those steps, in order to write a good essay.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Definitions of Basic Sentence Parts
This site from Capital Community College Foundation provides all the different parts of speech and their definitions. It also shows word functions and their use.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Rules for Comma Usage
Here's a site from the Capital Community College to show the correct and incorrect way to use or not use commas.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Paragraph Development
This site from the Capital Community College helps with paragraph development and topic sentences.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto Mississauga: Papers: Expectations, Advice
This site, which provides the expectations and grading criteria for students at the University of Puget Sound, also contains a great deal of helpful advice for student writers in general. The site walks students through the process of...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Writing Poetry With Karla Kuskin
Karla Kuskin will take you through the writing process and will share many of her helpful hints! There is a teacher's guide included.
Other
Lcc: Comparison and Contrast: Culture Capsules
This resource provides links to eight comparison and contrast essays written by English as a Second Language (ESL) students. Each essay involves comparing and contrasting two different cultures or specific aspects in those cultures.
Other
Nottingham Trent University: Kids on the Net
Visit this site for children's writing made by kids. Kids on the Net aims to help children develop a useful and informed approach to the Internet and how to use it for writing.
Other
A Practical Guide for Developing Marketing Brochures
This site provides a guide to creating a marketing brochure. Includes information on developing the theme, objectives, copy, design, layout, audience, objectives, and design mechanics of your brochure.
Other
Tooter4 Kids: Journal Writing
This site gives you a teacher's perspective on journal writing. It looks at how effective journal writing can be for your students and more.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Guidelines for Writing Hydrologic Reports [Pdf]
A very informative site, which is provided for by the U.S. Geological Survey, on how to write hydrologicic reports.
Other
Grays Harbor College: Writing Essays: Four Tips
This resource explores four tips for writers: "Center Your Thinking," "Organize Your Thinking," "Specify Your Thoughts," and "Present Your Thoughts Clearly." The information is presented in an easy-to-follow outline with examples given...
Joe Landsberger
Study Guides and Strategies: Expository Essays
This page has eight basic steps for writing expository essays: select topic, write the thesis, choose a method of development, organize, write topic sentences for body paragraph, write the body paragraphs, write an introduction, and...
Other
Write4 kids.com
This site provides a great deal of information on writing children's stories. Contains "Advice, instruction, insider tips, insight and inspiration."
Other
Ten Tips for Company Newsletters
The author of this article presents ten tips for those composing a company newsletter. Tips can also be used for other types of newsletters.