Web Sites for The Write Way

Writer’s Notebook Techniques

1.         A Journey to Publication Using Writer’s Notebooks

            http://www.lesley.edu/academic_centers/hood/currents/v2n1/michel.html

            Article about writer’s notebooks

2.         Tips for Young Writers

            http://www.ralphfletcher.com/seminars.htm

            Ideas for stories and how to use a writer’s notebook

3.         Puzzlemaker

            http://www.puzzlemaker.com/

            Create original word puzzles or let students make them

4.         Writing Prompts

            http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/prompts.html

            Site from Canada with many, many good ideas to get students started

5.         Write Source Writing Topics

            http://www.thewritesource.com/topics.htm

            Organized by grade level with a lot of ideas

6.         Story Starters

            http://wwwbir.bham.wednet.edu/wws/GTSTART.HTM

            Great site with characters, problems, settings, and titles to choose from

7.         Vocabulary.com

            http://www.vocabulary.com/

            Games to play to encourage acquiring word knowledge

Poetry 

1.         Kristine O’Connell George—For Teachers page 

http://www.kristinegeorge.com/for_teachers.htm

Poetry to read and tips for writing poetry with students

2.         Poems for Kids

            http://www.gigglepotz.com/poementer.htm

            Prompts for different types of poems

3.         Listen and Write from the BBC

            http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/listenandwrite/home.htm

            Great site with poems to write online or print out

4.         Online Poetry Classroom

            http://www.onlinepoetryclassroom.org/index.cfm

            Links to how to teach and what to teach

5.         Word Dance Fun--Haiku

            http://www.worddance.com/magazine/worksheet.html

            Great explanation of how to write a haiku

6.         KidzPage! Poetry and Verse

            http://www.veeceet.com/

            Site with great poems for kids to read

7.         PIZZAZ! Creative Writing

            http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html

            Although this is an ESL site, it has good information on how to write many types of poetry.

Graphic Organizers

1.         Example of a Graphic Organizer on Similes

            http://www.graphic.org/similie.html

            Uses the Inspiration program

2.         Graphic Organizer Generators

            http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/

            Lets you create your own graphic organizer

3.         Graphic Organizer General Information

            http://www.graphic.org/

            Lots of information about graphic organizers

4.         Graphic Organizer Index

            http://www.graphic.org/goindex.html

            Compares the different types of graphic organizers

5.         Spider Map Graphic Organizer

            http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1grorg.htm

            Easy to use graphic organizer

6.         Graphic Organizer Examples from S.C.O.R.E

            http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm

            Links to 17 types of graphic organizers

Paragraphs 

1.         Information and Activities for Modes of Writing

            http://www.angelfire.com/ks/teachme/modesactivities.html

            Great site with links to expository, descriptive, narrative and more

2.         Successful Paragraphs

            http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/lang/ceclang/ceclang001.html

            Lesson plan for 4-6 graders with good idea for improving paragraphs

3.         Paragraph A Week Program

             http://www.teachersdesk.org/writing_plans.html

            Used with 5th and 6th grades, but could be adjusted for lower grades

4.         Word Choice Hodge Podge

            http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Workshop/8405/wchodgepodge.html

Ideas to get students thinking descriptively about music and food plus information on showing vs. telling

5.         An Apple for Your Thoughts

            http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Writing/WCP0002.html

            Lesson plan for 4-6 graders on descriptive paragraph

6.         Descriptive Paragraph Lesson

            http://etc.sccoe.org/i2001/i2001proj/la/LinkLit/text/Lesson1.html

            Lesson plan for 2nd and 9th graders—could be adapted for upper elementary

7.         The Art of Storytelling

             http://www.eldrbarry.net/roos/art.htm

            Great site for teachers to find information on narratives

8.         Annotated Bibliography for Narrative Picture Books

http://www.geocities.com/oberry1790/narrativebibliography.htm

How to use picture books to help students develop their own narratives

General Writing Links

1.         Teacher’s Corner Writing Sites

http://www.theteacherscorner.net/writing/skills/

List of good writing links

2.         Literacy and Technology

http://campus.fortunecity.com/newton/40/home.html

List of good links to writing and other literacy skills

3.         Lesson Ideas Using Writing and Technology

http://www.kent.wednet.edu/staff/ljancola/6Trait/lessons.htm

Good ideas and examples for encouraging writing using technology

4.         Writing Lesson Plans from Teach-nology

            http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/language_arts/writing/

            Lots of links to various writing ideas

5.         Writing WebTopic
            http://www.dimensional.com/~janf/wtwriting.html

            Links to young authors’ sites and more

6.         Writer’s Workshop Tips

http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/resources/languagearts/readingwriting/writerworkshop.htm

            Good ideas on storying and mini lessons for writing

 

For Rubrics and more writing links, click here.

 

Page created by Laurie Fowler on January 3, 2002. Last updated on October 14, 2002

mailto:laurie.fowler@ua.edu

 

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