Inspire essay organization with this handout and exercise about outlining. Writers read through a brief outline model and then practice writing their own outline by completing a second model. Scholars not only complete the outline, they...

Novice writers often struggle to determine what style of essay to write when given a prompt. This learning exercise helps to identify an appropriate form based on the language of the question. For example, key words like prove or justify...

Organization is key in essay writing. The two organizational charts included in this resource model the block approach and the point-by-point approach to organizing a compare and contrast style essay. After examining the...

Next time you assign your young historians to write a persuasive essay, use this document as a starting point and support them with a rubric, tips for writing a successful persuasive piece, and a general essay outline.

Strengthen your high schoolers' writing with a series of steps for writing successfully. With sections on organizing an essay, choosing a topic, crafting a thesis statement, and revising a draft, the lesson encourages your class to...

Here is a handout that outlines six great steps to structuring an argumentative essay, which can be continually referenced as you teach your class about persuasive writing.

What is parallelism? Novice writers learn about parallelism and practice balancing 10 sentences for better syntax and parallel structure. A clear, straightforward worksheet with answers included.

Lists the proper way to develop an outline before writing a paper or an essay.

Discusses finding a logical order for the ideas you wish to present in your essay. Uses samples to show how changing the position of the topic sentence changes the emphasis. Briefly touches on transitions. Then discusses the outline as...

A very helpful essay on the history of the conflict containing an outline of the history of the Irish conflict, brief descriptions of the main contemporary parties and interests in the conflict, and an overview of approaches to managing...

The Indiana University of Pennsylvania Writing Center provides a tutorial lesson for "outlining" as a way of prewriting for an essay.

If you are a teacher OR a student looking for a well-informed website on elements of the writing process, you are in luck! This site from the Capital Community College is very comprehensive and easy-to-navigate. From grammar basics to...

This several page chapter from the site From Revolution to Reconstruction outlines the growth of the union in the railroad industry in the late 19th century. Read about the strikes, working conditions, the beginning of the American...

This site provides a collection of samples of outlines. Examples are provided for the following types of outlines: alphanumeric, full sentence, and decimal.

This writing lab tutorial offers sound principles for writing papers, beginning with knowing your audience and objective. It covers patterns of organization, outlining, illustrations, writing, abstract, citations, and style.

Writing a Paper? Here at the Capital Community College is everything you could ever ask for while preparing your essay. This site includes the writing process, structure, thesis statement, transitions, the computer as a writing...

This Indiana University of Pennsylvania Writing Center site provides resources to help students organize the content of their essays. Resources to help students with outlining content and incorporating transition words are provided.

This Indiana University of Pennsylvania Writing Center article provides tips to help students with essay organizational problems. The article suggests that students look at the essay's introduction, thesis, transitions, body paragraphs,...

An excellent tip sheet on how to write and create the bulk of a research paper: the body includes in-depth information, examples, as well as links to earlier steps in the process such as thesis statements, notecards, outline,...

This site outlines the necessary elements of a scientific report. The site is broken down into the follow segments: title, abstract, introduction, methods, results, and discussion. Within each section is a contents section as well as a...

This research-based site provides step-by-step directions needed to complete an extended writing piece.

The subtitle of this essay is "How Presidents Have Come to 'Run the Country' by Usurping Legislative Power." It discusses how the Constitution defines executive powers in a general way, with few limitations on the power of the President...

This helpful resource details the process of writing, including how to plan, write, and revise. Content also includes the different types or genres of writing, and exercises in grammar and mechanics.

This site outlines Pickett's Charge, the bloodiest moment of the Battle of Gettysburg. From an essay printed in 1901, "General Meade" by Isaac R. Pennypacker.