The Write Place
Literacy Education Online: Avoiding Gender Bias in Pronouns
Essay that focuses on how to shift writing from biased language to non-gender specific writing. Five examples are given from various publications to show how to become unbiased in writing.
TESL Journal
Activities for Esl Students: Esl Quiz: What's the Correct Word Order?
In this ESL quiz, students click on words and end punctuation in the order needed to make correct sentences. There are 39 different sentences in this quiz. Java is required.
The English Teacher
The English Teacher: Teaching Basic Poetry
This lesson plan-tutorial uses "Beware do not read this poem" by Ismael Reed to teach students how to read and appreciate poetry.
The English Teacher
The English Teacher: Beowulf Lesson Plans
These teaching notes for Beowulf provide a model for your own lesson plan and as a basic resource to study Beowulf. These notes can help you remember the pertinent points of Anglo-Saxon epic poem and help to deepen your understanding.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Can You Convince Me?: Developing Persuasive Writing
This effective tool for teaching persuasive writing contains thorough lesson plans which encourage students to take a stance and create arguments to support their position. Contains printable worksheets, rubrics, a PowerPoint...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "I Would Invent"
Excellent resource for empowering young scholars to become better learners. This activity includes encouraging students to develop an interest in science, to promote critical thinking skills, and to enhance reading and writing skills.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Ed "I Have a Story to Tell"
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes acquainting students with the narrative writing process, emphasizing the importance of writing, encouraging students to use imagination,...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "If I Wasn't Me"
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes encouraging students to use their knowledge and metacognition, as well as helping students implement reading, writing, and thinking connections...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Have You Made Your New Year's Resolution?
By using the children's book, Squirrel's New Year's Resolution, as an example, learners learn to write responses to the story and explain their own resolutions for the year. Site requires registration, but it is free.
Mind Tools
Mind Tools: Improve Your Communications Skills
While the original audience for this site is the business community, the advice regarding communication skills is relevant for anyone, especially students who are preparing for the job market. Sections include tips on improving public...
PBS
Pbs Teachers:what I Want My Words to Do to You: Using Writing to Resolve Conflic
Use writing as a conflict resolution strategy and re-writing as a way to improve writing skills. Learn to respectfully critique another's writing and consider situations from a variety of perspectives.
Other
The Quotations Page: Lord Alfred Tennyson
Students and teachers will benefit from these examples of quotes from Lord Alfred Tennyson. This site offers only a handful of examples. Don't miss out.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Passive and Active Voice
This website provides two presentations on active and passive voice. The first presentation explains the difference between active and passive voice as well as how to build sentences in each voice. The second presentation explains when...
Other
Job Bank Usa: Written Communication Skills Interview Questions
Learn the kinds of written communication issues that concern prospective employers. As you read these potential interview questions, you have the opportunity to examine your own writing skills and decide how you can best address areas...
Other
Boggle's World: Creative Writing Worksheets
A large collection of downloadable writing prompt worksheets to encourage students to develop their writing skills. Includes a variety of themes and some on special celebrations, such as Christmas and Halloween.
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Wheeling Jesuit University: How to Write a Cause Effect Essay [Pdf]
This writing lab explains the terms "cause" and "effect" and how to write cause-effect essays.
abcteach
Abcteach: Writing
[Free Registration/Login Required] These worksheets give beginning writers the opportunity to practice their skills. In downloadable and printable PDF format (requires Adobe Reader).
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Poems of Tennyson and Noyes: Pictures in Words
This is a great and informative site. This lesson uses Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade" and Noyes's "The Highwayman" to teach vivid imagery and figurative language. Don't miss out.
Other
Friends University: Patterns of Organization and Their Clue Words [Pdf]
Chart lists patterns of organization with their corresponding clue words.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Water Cycle Animation
This technology-rich lesson involves students using handheld computers, such as Palm Pilots. Students will use the program "Sketchy" to create animation of the water cycle. Students will also use "Word to Go" to write a paragraph on the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Land Surveying Project
This project resulted from of the collaboration of a computer aided drafting teacher, Chris Bond, and a math teacher, Lee Cable, (Hewitt-Trussville High School) to provide higher math expectations in CT and real life application in...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Is It?
Technology is incorporated into this "riddle" lesson as students select an image to capture using a digital camera. This is a fun lesson designed to introduce students to the use of digital cameras. After editing the picture, they...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Fun Loving Frogs
During this lesson students will use their imaginations and writing skills to write a story from a wordless picture book, Tuesday, by David Wiesner. They will work in pairs and write text to go along with the pictures. They will also...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activity: Evaluating Writing
Students can learn how to grade an essay with a rubric in this activity. The essay is a sample from Big History essay called "Early Earth". The goal of this activity is for students to understand the rubric so they can write their own...