writing websites

Writing Websites


Author Writing Samples - Ezra Jack Keats
This site has samples of rough drafts of Keat's "Peter" books.

Author Writing Samples - Rick Walton: Read here about the making of "Once There Was a Bull...Frog"

Barry Lane's Discover Writing Site: Lots of ideas for writing teachers

FictionTeachers.com: Teachers - tips on teaching your students to write fiction.
Free Writing Journals: from Starfall.com

Giggle Poetry: has poems organized by category and allows kids to rate them and even write their own

Grammar Gorillas: play games to practice grammar skills
Kidworld
: sponsors a writing contest and publishes stories and jokes by kids
Kidwriting: Homepage of Kidwriting, a popular book targeting Kindergarten and early primary teachers of writing.
NASA articles: Articles on space topics written with very interesting "voice". Great examples of entertaining nonfiction writing.
Poem Pack: has animated poems that kids can play with. Great for 1st and 2nd graders!
Poet's Home Page: Kristine O'Connell George's home page has wonderful excerpts of her free verse poems as well as resources for teachers and students writing poetry.
Poetry Teachers: Resources for teachers has poetry theater, poetry contests and info. about author visits.
Poet's Corner: has examples of different types of poetry such as cinquains and limericks. Classes from around the world; can send in examples of each.
Puzzlemaker: allows you to make word searches, crossword puzzles and more
Rebecca Sitton's Spelling site: Give your spelling lessons a boost!
Rubrics and Handouts: Rubric templates for writing, reading and more.
Six Traits Site: This site has rubrics and sample student writing to help you with scoring.
Six Traits - Book lists: This site has lists of books for teaching each trait
Six Traits weblinks list: This site has lists of links for Six Traits teaching
Six Traits: This site has basic 6 Traits information for teachers, parents and students
Six Traits Literature Bibliography: Books are listed by trait they can be used to teach.
Six Traits posters: Check out these cool posters for each of the six traits. All are in pdf format.
Spelling Ticklers: List and descriptions of spelling games for the classroom
Teaching That Makes Sense: Loads of ideas for writing (and other teaching ideas that make sense!)
Write On: Powerpoint presentations on writing conventions such as indenting, autobiographies and complete sentences.
Writing Samples: Samples of student writing from grades K-12
Writing Scoring Guides: Scoring guides created by a 4th grade teacher for various writing genres: persuasive, narrative, poetry and more
Writing Samples - NWREL: Samples of student writing correlated and scored with the 6 Traits rubrics
Writing Samples - Ginny's Pages: Along with lots of 6+1 Traits rubrics and lesson ideas, this site has sample student writing to use as anchor papers.
Writing With Writers: Kids can get tips from famous writers such as Jane Yolen on how to write mysteries, folktales, poetry and myths.

Disclaimer: The links here have been scrutinized for their grade and age appropriateness; however, contents on links on the
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