Writing Prompts

 

 

• www.creativewritingprompts.com

  helpful list of writing prompts (31 Jan 2008)

• http://www.yeondoojung.com/project.html

An amazing collection from South Korean artist Yeondoo Jung. He creates surreal photography 

based on ''the drawings of kindergarteners. (7 Feb 2008)

• www.foundmagazine.com- from laura (and genevieve), with great pics for writing prompts

 

 

 

The Writing Process

 

 

• http://cfbstaff.cfbisd.edu/baarg/picture_books_for_teaching_six_t.htm

resource for picture books organized by the six traits of writing (31 Jan 2008)

• http://www.sheboyganfalls.k12.wi.us/cyberenglish9/multi_genre/multigenre.htm#Types%20of%20Genres:

Sheboygan Falls School District, Wisconsin: This site explores the purposes

and practices of writing multigenre literature(s).  It illustrates how to construct,

or package, the final product; provides examples of a wide variety of genres to explore;

models pre-writing activities; and refers students to Purdue's OWL website to avoid plagiarism.(7 Feb 2008)

Grammar & Language

• http://writingfix.com/writingfix_for_kids.htm

This link gives students a fun way to explore the way different parts of speech act in the composition process. Nice. (7 Feb 2008)

•  NCTE Position Statement on Teaching Grammar

Resolution prompted by evidence that teaching grammar in isolation doesn't work. (14 Feb 2008)

• My Favorite Word

Contributors submit words that they like and the definition in their own words. (14 Feb 2008)

Research 

• PBS Website

Succinct historical context for reading and writing. (14 Feb 2008)

• http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4472410

As an introduction to how Japanese popular culture influences our own culture, listen to this discussion on Manga, Anime, and Japanese Culture in America. (28 Feb 2008)

Multimedia

• http://www.archive.org/index.php

It's an online media library. Its a digitized collection of cultural
artifacts, like a regular library only online. They have music, movies,
audio recordings (like radio), and texts. Its a great resource to pull
together background material, historical context, or parallel texts. (28 Feb 2008)

• http://blogs.enotes.com/english-teacher-blog/ 

This teacher blog helps keep you up on interesting teaching topics, and find a place to blow off some steam.  (28 Feb 2008)

Publishing

• http://www.fzine.com/index.shtml

an art and writing forum for youth (31 Jan 2008)

Teaching

• ADL Curriculum Connections

Anti-Bias Lesson Plans and Resources for Educators (14 Feb 2008)

 
ReadWriteThink
 
 If you aren't already familiar with this website, get familiar. (21 Feb 2008)''
 

Teaching Writing

 

• National Writing Project

 Lots of informative articles about writing in the classroom. (21 Feb 2008)

 

 

Assessing Writing

 

• LDOnline

 Simple Ways to Assess the Writing Skills of Students with Learning Disabilities. (21 Feb 2008)

• http://www.ldonline.org/article/6208

This is an article that discusses assessment for special education. (28 Feb 2008)

 

 

 

Just for Fun

 

 

• http://www.qwertyed.com/q_pages/q6_fun_pages/analogies.html

hilarious student metaphors and analogies (31 Jan 2008)

• http://www.sciencegeek.net/lingo.html 

This hilarious website will take the edge off after a day of article reading, district development, and professor lecturing. (28 Feb 2008)