Welcome to the Writing Workshop 
The purpose of this workshop is to assist students to develop effective writing skills.
Writely
Writely allows you to edit documents online with whomever you choose, and then publish and blog them online.
Biography Project: Research and Class Presentation
This lesson sets the stage for high-interest reading with a purpose.
Read*Write*Think
These interactive tools can be used to supplement a variety of lessons and provide an opportunity for students to use technology while developing their literacy skills.
The biography maker:
http://www.bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomaker.htm
Ten tips for mastering the essay: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/downloads/pdf/mastering_the_essayPDF.pdf
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/downloads/pdf/sample_essays.pdf
Writing handouts:
http://www.uis.edu/ctl/writinghandouts.htm
Steps to writing a research paper:
http://www.riosalado.edu/distance_learning/tutorials/study/research.shtml
Create-a-Paper Template
This template is designed to guide you through the first stages of creating the rough draft of a standard five-paragraph paper.
Proofreading Checklist:
http://teachers.net/gazette/JUL03/images/proofreading.pdf
The six traits writing process:
http://www.psesd.org/technology/writeprocess/default.html
Citations Styles:
http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/apa.html
http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/mla.html
APA or MLA style.
A large collection of graphic organizers (over 40):
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/livinginourworld/PDF/Resource%20center%20documents/Graphic%20Organizers.pdf
Twenty common errors in grammer:
http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/writinglab/errors.htm
Writing prompts
http://www.everydayspelling.com/workout/prompts/promptsndx.html
List of writing prompt idea.jl
SAMPLE WRITING FORMS AND CHECKLISTS:
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/mla/writing.pdf
PEER EDITING CHECKLIST:
http://206.218.128.2/laintech/peer.htm
WRITING ASSESSMENT TOOLS:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/teachstrat/tools.htm
Here's some hands-on help for
getting started.
K3 WRITING ACTIVITIES:
http://www.discoverlearning.com/daybook/search_for_daybook.cfm
A teacher created 
searchable database of online lesson plans.
http://www.keypals.com
- Find
Penpals for your Class.jl
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/ljancola/6Trait/lessons.htm#Ideas%20and%20Content
Lesson plans
and activities that are focused around the 6-Traits.
http://6traits.cyberspaces.net/mini-ideas.html
- Mini lessons to help students generate IDEAS
http://6traits.cyberspaces.net/mini-org.html - Mini lessons to help students with ORGANIZATION
http://6traits.cyberspaces.net/mini-sf.html
- Mini lessons to help with FLUENCY
http://6traits.cyberspaces.net/mini-voice.html
- Mini lessons to help with VOICE
http://6traits.cyberspaces.net/mini-wc.html
- Mini lessons to help with WORD CHOICE
http://206.218.128.2/laintech/peer.htm
- peer editing checklist
http://www.hock.k12.wa.us/mid/midstaff/Coutsoubos/sixtraitswriting.html
- Six Trait Writing: helpful questions to ask students as they are working
through the writing process.
THE POWERS OF WRITING -- A STUDENT'S GUIDE TO THE
WRITING PROCESS -- WEBQUEST:
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/edis771/98webquests/student/scarlyoung/WQ2Powers1.html
A step-by-step process for any middle school writing exercise.
WRITE QUEST:
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~dlf3m/writequest/index.html
THE POWER OF WORDS:
http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/lessons/01_8_PowerWords.pdf
Use this unit to focus student awareness on the power
of both the written and spoken word.
WRITING PROMPTS AND JOURNAL TOPICS:
http://www.track0.com/canteach/elementary/prompts.html
HOUSE OF THE MUSE WRITING CENTER:
http://members.austarmetro.com.au/~oracle/front.html
Creative writing program..
THE WRITE SITE:
http://www.writesite.org/
Find
projects and info on journalism, news writing, etc.
WRITING TOOLS AND LESSONS:
http://cttl.rice.edu/witslink/Summer97/lessons.html
Guides to
writing and first line story starters.
A COLLAGE OF IDEAS FROM A NEWSPAPER UNIT:
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0010.html
PIZAZZ:
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html
Creative writing
activities.
PRINTABLE WRITING FORMS AND LESSONS:
http://www.abcteach.com/Writing/writingTOC.htm
Printables, lesson
plans.
1ST GRADE JOURNAL WRITING:
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/467.html
WORD BY WORD -- A STORY WRITING GAME:
http://www.track0.com/canteach/elementary/beginning3.html
POEMS FOR LEARNING WRITING AND GRAMMAR RULES:
http://www.track0.com/canteach/elementary/songspoems31.html
READING AND WRITING WORKSHOP:
http://home.att.net/~rebeccatonn/workshop.html
MAKING STUDENT BOOKS:
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/YLP/97-98/97-98_units/97-98mini-unit/LCaravia_BookMaking/BookMking10.html
Topics for writing jl.
WRITING PROMPTS AND JOURNAL TOPICS:
http://www.track0.com/canteach/elementary/prompts.html
Ideas on what to write about.jl
STORY TELLERS:
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/writing/creative/tellers.htm
IMPROVING WRITING SKILLS:
http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/1/snap3.html
Suggestions for improving student writing progress.
SHARPEN YOUR CHILD'S WRITING SKILLS:
http://www.kde.state.ky.us/oapd/curric/portfolios/writguide.html
Involve your parents in the writing process.jl
HOW TO START A WRITER'S WORKSHOP:
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/681.html
Start
your own writer's workshop.jl
THE YOUNG WRITER'S CLUB:
http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~david/derya/ywc.html
Help in publishing online .jl
SENTENCE STRIPS LESSON:
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/7.html
Help with effective paragraph writing.jl
WRITING A COOPERATIVE CLASS STORY:
http://www.track0.com/canteach/elementary/createwrite2.html
Round Robin story creation.jl
BACK TO SCHOOL NOTEBOOKS:
http://www.alternativeparenting.com/lesson_plans/3_through_6/language_reading/writing/notebooks.htm
A
creative writing exercise.jl
CAN YOU SELL YOUR CEREAL:
http://www.innovativeclassroom.com/Lesson_Plans/lessonplans.asp?id=34
A lesson in persuasive writing. jl
WRITING A FRACTURED FAIRY TALE:
http://www.qesn.meq.gouv.qc.ca/folklore/activity/actTfrac.html
Students will have to become familiar with the common
elements of the traditional fairy tale.
CREATIVE WRITING ACTIVITIES:
http://www.daedalus.com/teach/tens/01_22_99.html
Ten fun writing activities.
WRITING LESSON PLANS:
http://nutmeg.ctstateu.edu/depts/edu/lessons/writing.html
These collections of writing lesson plans explore
many different forms of writing.
USING DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE:
http://www.canadianlessonplans.com/aclp/english/level_4/lesson_plans/8-3.html
Your class will develop a story together.
EXPLORING A NEWSPAPER LESSON PLAN:
http://www.teflfarm.com/teachers/qualifications/lesson_plans/exploring.htm
Activities, work-sheets, and games for students to explore newspapers.jl
IT'S NEWS TO ME:
http://l2l.org/pd/success/lessons/lesson5/plad2%5Fl.htm
The procedures of creating your own online newspaper.jl
JOURNALISM LESSON PLANS:
http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Language_Arts/Journalism
Exercises relating to newspapers.
CREATING A CLASSROOM NEWSPAPER -- A TEACHER'S GUIDE:
http://www.calgaryherald.com/education/cacnintro.html
Here is a guide to create newspapers with your class. jl