Award winning, easy to use online guide includes help with sentences, paragraphs, essays, and research papers. There are also quizzes, PowerPoint presentations and FAQs on grammar usage.
Teacher Resources Style Guides Keyboarding
EdHELPER
Free graphic organizers in pdf format.
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
This collection of organizers will help you with the task of organizing your ideas.
GRAPHIC.ORG
Many examples; links to many other pages.
EDUPLACE GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
pdf format
STORY MAPPING
From Read Write Think.
Teacher pages, tutorials, etc.
NORTHWEST REGIONAL LABS: 6 TRAITS OF WRITING
Useful teaching tips, scoring guides, rubrics, products list etc.
OUTLINE OF A FIVE PARAGRAPH ESSAY
Simple presentation and explanation of a simple essay suitable for grades 3 to 12.
OWL: ONLINE WRITING LAB
This web site is part of Purdue University's Online Writing Lab and offers help with common problems encountered before, during, and after the writing process.
PERSUASIVE WRITING: A CLASSROOM MODEL
A plan for modeling persuasive writing with middle school students, using homework as the topic. Web site is from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Education.
SIX TRAITS + 1
From Madison, Wisconsin this site offers a brief overview of the 6 traits and downloadable materials in pdf format.
TARGETING TEXT: GUIDED WRITING PROJECT
Targeting Text was a collaborative project undertaken by teachers from a cluster of three schools in Australia. The purpose of the project was to focus on the place of guided writing in a balanced writing program.
TIPS FOR TEACHING WRITING
Brief page from the Harvard Education Letter.
WRITING OUTCOMES
Outstanding web page that is nicely organized and presents essential skills, outcomes, and annotated student work. Created at Greece Public Schools in New York. See also "Tools for Reading, Writing and Thinking" from the same web site.
WRITING PROCESS TUTORIAL
Online tutorial guides teachers and students alike through the Writing Process with the analogy of creating a "Magnifique" pizza.
Style Guides
COMMON ERRORS IN ENGLISH
Based on a book by the author of the web site. Click the link to the alphabetical reference list of common errors.
ELEMENTS OF STYLE
Check up on the rules of usage, principles of competition, elements of form, and commonly misused and misspelled words.
GRAMMAR AND STYLE GUIDE
Standard English grammar and style.
GUIDE TO GRAMMAR AND WRITING
Award winning, easy to use online guide includes help with sentences, paragraphs, essays, and research papers. There are also quizzes, PowerPoint presentations and FAQs on grammar usage.
NimbleFingers
Free online typing tutorials to develop basic keyboarding skills.
eMints: Keyboarding Skills
Great list of keyboarding activities for students.
Keyboarding
Fun site that offers links to many kid-friendly sites for practice, useful tips, free downloads, and tutorials.
GOALIE: TYPING GAME
Demo version of the game Goalie. Type as many words as possible to prohibit goals from being scored.
revised 2/23/08