Scholastic
Scholastic: Folktale Writer's Workshop
What exactly is the definition of a folktale? This resource offers insight into this topic. Students will participate in a Folktale writer's workshop where they will learn about folktales and will eventually write their own and publish it.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Writing With Writers: Descriptive Writing With Virginia Hamilton
This workshop helps students increase their skills in descriptive writing by following tips and suggestions from writer Virginia Hamilton. After reading about Hamilton, students write their descriptive pieces and publish them online. A...
Other
Young Author's Workshop: Resource Pages
This site provides middle school students with links to online resources that will take them step by step through the writing process. The steps in this process are those used in Writer's Workshop.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Workshop 6: Responding to Writing: Teacher to Student
"Responding to Writing: Teacher to Student" [58:21] demonstrates how five teachers Jenny Beasley, Vivian Johnson, Mary Cathryn Ricker, Laurie Swistak, and Jack Wildea use student-teacher conferences to help their students improve as...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: A Writers' Notebook
Virtually participate in a workshop of four high school teachers led by a renowned author. There are eight topics including "Hiding and Revealing with Language," "Using Sensory Description," and "Writing a Picture of Me".
Scholastic
Scholastic: Fractured Fairy Tales and Fables With Jon Scieszka
In this resource students will have an opportunity to learn about fractured fairy tales and fables with the help of Jon Scieszka. This site also features a writer's workshop where students can write their own fractured tale and publish...
Other
Storyarts: The on Line Writing Workshop
Storyarts is a free online writing workshop that includes not only assignments, but also publication of writings to other e-mail subscribers through its Storyarts Listserv. Samples of published works are included.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Workshop 1: Creating a Community of Writers
Workshop 1 explores the components of a community of writers and what teachers can do to create and foster such a community. After a brief introduction to the goals of all eight workshop sessions, middle school teacher and writing expert...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Writing Workshop: Helping Writers Choose and Focus on a Topic
Learners engage in writing workshop, using a timeline to focus in on and write about a specific event.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Question and Answer Books
Beginning writers work through a Writing Workshop format to create Question and Answer books. A series of mini-lessons, graphic organizers, possible texts, and samples of student work are all provided.
Other
If I Were a Carpenter: The Tools of the Writer
Twenty tips for writers, slanted toward fiction, from the director of the National Writers' Workshop. Tips are divided into four areas: sentences and paragraphs, language, effects, and structure.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Myth Writing Workshop With Jane Yolen
Well-known author Jane Yolen takes you step by step through the process of writing a myth. The site includes a Myth Brainstorming Machine to help get ideas flowing.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Writing Fix Homepage
Have you ever needed someone to help you out with your writing? This site offers help to students and teachers. The lessons and resources are organized based on the 6 Writing Traits model. An especially interesting feature of the site is...
Other
Young Author's Workshop: Editing
Now that you written enough drafts to be satisfied with the content and ideas of your story, you are ready to check spelling. You might also like to make sure you have any historical information correct, check other facts, or consult a...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Mechanical Monsters
In this lesson, students read the description of the mechanical dog from Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 and then work in groups to create and write descriptions of their own futuristic pet.
Curated OER
Writing Fix: Beginning a Kindergarten Writers Workshop: Drawing a Picture
Color photograph of a child sitting on the floor drawing a picture.
Curated OER
Front Cover of Book What You Know by Heart, by Katie Wood Ray
Front cover of the book What You Know by Heart: How to Develop Curriculum for Your Writing Workshop by Katie Wood Ray.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Unit: Informational Text: Writing
This unit is designed to teach young scholars about research writing. The lessons follow the format of Writer's Workshop. Many of the lessons provide a formula for students to follow while constructing their essays to ensure struggling...
Other
Write Source: Writing Topics
The best way to write is to write! Here are a variety of writing prompts for grades 1-12. A valuable resource.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Connecting With the Arts: What Roles Do Students Take On?
In this video workshop, middle school teachers learn the roles of students in the creative process. These roles include researcher, writer, designer, director, performer, and critic. Teachers also learn methods of responding to artwork...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Center for Writing Studies: Grammar Handbook
Use this handbook to review specific grammar or usage areas, including parts of speech, phrases, clauses, sentence structure, and common usage problems. L.9-10.1 Grammar/Usage, L.11-12.1 Gram/Usage Conventions
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: The Grammar Handbook: Interjections
A resourceful and professional look at interjections. Provides definitions, examples, and additional information. A great site from the Writing Center at the University of Illinois.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: The Grammar Handbook: Adverbs
A resourceful and professional look at adverbs. Provides definitions, examples, and additional information concerning the three classes of adverbs: simple, interrogative, and conjunctive. A great resource from the Writing Center at the...
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