Resources for Writing 

Online Writing Activities for Students

  The Writing Site

  Paragraph Punch helps students write actual paragraphs online.  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/wac/index.html 

   Essay Punch takes students through the steps of writing an essay online. http://www.essaypunch.com/  

   Business Letter Punch is an online exercise in writing business letters. http://www.businessletterpunch.com/  

  PIZZAZ!  People Interested in Zippy and Zany Zribbling! Simple creative writing ideas that include handouts and some online activities:  http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html 

  Paradigm Online Writing Assistant  http://www.powa.org/ 

  Create Your Own Newspaper:  http://www.crayon.net/  

  Behind Every Writer: An Online Editing Exercise  http://pd.l2l.org/success/lessons/lesson8/ilab3_l.htm  

  Fern's Poetry Club from the PBS Arthur site:  http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/  

Resources for Writing Across the Curriculum

Writing Lessons and Ideas for Teachers

  Read Write Now  http://www.udel.edu/ETL/RWN/Activities.html 

  Lesson Plans from the Academy Curricular Exchange for Grades K-5  http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/lang/elem.html

  Lesson Plans from the Academy Curricular Exchange for Grades 6-8  http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/lang/inter.html

  Lesson Plans from the Academy Curricular Exchange for Grades 9-12 http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/lang/high.html

  Paragraph a Week http://www.teachersdesk.org/topics/par_week_program.html

  Writing Plans from TeachNet.com http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/writing/index.html

  ReadWriteThink http://www.readwritethink.org/

  Can I Have a Word?

Web Publishing Sites for Student Work