Writing Resources for Teachers
BIBLIOGRAPHY WORKSHEET
http://www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDocs/biblioworksheeet.pdf
CORNELL NOTES
This printable template helps students to develop, refine, and
manage their note-taking skills for any subject or any assignment. A
sample is provided in the left-hand column for making connections, including
questions, categories, vocabulary, reviews, and reminders.
http://www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDocs/cornellintro.pdf
DISCUSSION NOTES
http://www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDocs/discussionnotes.pdf
HIERARCHICAL NOTES
Find a printable template here for students to use when planning their essays,
reports, and research papers, where the main idea is notes at the top of the
pyramid, and supporting ideas build the base.
http://www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDocs/pyramidnotes.pdf
MAIN IDEA ORGANIZER
http://www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDocs/maindeapyramid.pdf
SIX TRAITS
Here is a website for great instructional resources to support the six traits
of writing:
http://www.wiredinstructor.net/TraitsLinks.html
This is the 6 -Traits website of the Northwest Regional Educational
Laboratory:
http://www.nwrel.org/comm/topics/writing.html
Ruth Culham's 6 + 1 Writing Traits:
http://www.writingtraits.com
This site explains the Six Traits and has a scoring rubric etc.:
http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/scoring.asp?odelay=3&d=1
A full explanation of The SIX TRAITS can be found at: http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/about.asp?odelay=1&d=1
WRITING SCORING
TOOLS
Check out these "kid friendly" writing scoring tools from Washington County.
http://www.wcboe.k12.md.us/mainfold/curric/msela/ela.htm
WRITING
WORKSHOPS/EXPERIENCES
WRITER'S CENTER IN BETHESDA
One wonderful resource for children and teens who enjoy writing (stories,
poems, anything) is the Writer's Center in Bethesda. The Center runs workshops
during the summer and may be just the thing for teachers to recommend for kids
who enjoy writing. And, of course, the Center has workshops for adults, too.
http://www.writer.org
100words
For writers, the challenge is to write every day. See some examples from
participants who wrote 100 words (exactly) every day for a month. Some are
poems; some are stories.
http://www.100words.net/
CyberSleuth Kids
Good website for teachers who want to help students to write effectively.
Topics
* Avoiding plagiarism
* Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
* Basic Guide to Essay Writing
* Basic Prose Style and Mechanics
* Biographies of Famous Poets
* Biography Maker
* Punctuation
* Common Errors in English
* How to write argumentative essays
* Course Materials for the Study of Science Fiction
* Creative Writing for Kids
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/Language_Arts/Writing_Resources/index1.htm
