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Essay writing skills
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ergo/essay_writing_skills
Essay writing skills
Writing an essay can be challenging, especially when you have multiple assignments due at the same time. But there a few tricks that can make the whole process that much easier.
This section will help you figure out what your essay question is really asking, and then break the question down into easy tasks.

Writing ... with a Diary (online website)
http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/blog/index.html
Writing ... with a Diary (online website) .. screencast tutorial for "Open Diary"

How We Became Writers
http://howwebecamewriters.com/
How We Became Writers
How We Became Writers answers the question that most writers get all the time.

Why We Write
http://whywewriteseries.wordpress.com/
Why We Write
... a series of essays by prominent - and not so prominent - TV and Film writers… and by people like you: writers and those who hope someday to call themselves writers. Conceived by Charlie Craig and Thania St. John, the campaign hopes to inspire and inform all writers.

How to Teach Handwriting
http://www.nea.org/teachexperience/ifc071106.html
How to Teach Handwriting
Make handwriting instruction part of every school day. Included: Resources for handwriting programs, lessons, worksheets, and more.

Inkwell (Apple)
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/inkwell/
Use your favorite input device instead of the keyboard. If your tool of the trade is the graphics tablet, let Inkwell save you time when you need to add text to an illustration or layout. Just write, and Mac OS X turns your handwritten scribbles into typed text in any application.
Inkwell lets you write wherever you want to on the screen, and the recognized text just flows to the current insertion point, as if you’d typed it on a keyboard.

abcteach : handwriting
http://abcteach.com/directory/basics/handwriting/
abcteach : handwriting
D'Nealian | Zaner Bloser | Left-Handed Friendly Handwriting Practice |

10 Things Teenage Writers Should Know ....
http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/004175.html
10 Things Teenage Writers Should Know About Writing

Writers Workshop
http://www.teachersfirst.com/unitlist.cfm
Writer's Workshop is a technique for making daily writing a part of the primary curriculum.
The unit offers numerous strategies for incorporating writing into daily classroom routine in various subjects, and includes many examples showing what to emphasize in building a love of writing and communication in even the youngest students.
Additional materials show how to extend Writer's Workshop throughout the elementary years.

Writing Sample Analyzer
http://resources.aellalei.com/tools/writer/sample.php
Writing Sample Analyzer
This writing sample analyzer takes a sample of your writing and then calculates the number of sentences, words, and characters in your sample. As it's calculating these statistics it makes estimates as to how many syllables are present in each word.
Using these numbers, it then calculates the Flesch Reading Ease, Fog Scale Level, and Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, which are three of the most common readability algorithms.
Simply supply a sample of your writing up to 5,000 characters and then click "Analyze."

DiffNote : graphical diff tool
http://www.polisource.com/diffnote/
DiffNote : graphical diff tool
Enables you to compare the differences between two text files. You can compare both local and remote files.

Orangoo : Spelling Checker
http://orangoo.com/spell/
Orangoo : Spelling Checker
This application lets you spell correct from any system or computer that has Internet access.
It uses the Google spell checker - probably one of the best spell checkers around!

Xanga
http://www.xanga.com
Xanga is a community of online diaries and journals.
You can easily start your own free journal, share thoughts with your friends and meet new friends, too!

Fast Blog It
http://fastblogit.com/
Fast Blog It
FastBlogIt is a collaborative internet Mind for internet cybernauts. It brings together various trains of thought, subjects, text, pictures & other media self-organized by it's authors & groups using folksonomy tags and other features. Another way of saying it is that FastBlogIt is a hyper-threaded folksonomous wiki-blog

Writers and Editors : Nature of the Work
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos089.htm
Writers and Editors : Nature of the Work
Do you want to be a professional writer?

Glypho
http://www.glypho.com/
Glypho : Here's how it works:
1. Wordsmith jots down story ideas
2. Users around the world give character and plot ideas
3. Hummer + others write the first chapter
4. Users review and vote to select the best contribution for the first chaper ...
and the story continues.

The Biography Maker
http://www.bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomaker.htm
The Biography Maker
The Biography Maker is like those homework machines we have been hearing about for many years. It is designed to help you convert facts into insights, dull and boring information into fascination and magic. It will help you do a good job, but you must provide some of the "steam" to make it work well.
The Biography Maker is meant to inspire lively story telling and vivid writing which will make your readers want to know more about your subject.

Dasher
http://www.l4l.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=76&Itemid=1
Free software for writing without a keyboard
David MacKay demonstrated Dasher to us at the BETT 2006 Special Needs fringe - it was nothing short of amazing - this video is 65 mb but worth waiting for...
Main Dasher website is at
http://www.dasher.org.uk/

ICT Skills relating to writing
http://tinyurl.com/dau68
ICT Skills relating to writing at difference age groups Year 3 to Year 6

Writeboard - Online Collaboration Application
http://www.writeboard.com/
Writeboard - Online Collaboration Application
Writeboard is completely free. You can create as many writeboards as you'd like and invite as many people to collaborate on the writeboards. There are no limits.
Write a business letter, copy for your website, a marketing brochure, or a product description, or a weblog post, or a song, or a poem, or an idea, or an essay, or a book chapter, or whatever else you might normally write in your email program, text editor, or word processor.
Unlike a Word document that's stored at your office on one computer, you can get to your writeboards from any computer in the world with an internet connection and a modern web browser.

Writing for the Web
http://m.fasfind.com/wwwtools/m/2688.cfm?x=0&rid=2688
Writing for the Web
There's general agreement that writing for the Web is not the same as writing for print - though perhaps we should also consider that much online writing was initially written for the printed page, and in a nice final irony, a piece is often printed back to paper for easier reading.
In this edition of WWWTools for Education they consider the factors that make writing for the Web so different, how writers can optimise their use of the online environment, and the contributions of educators and software developers in developing appropriate strategies, skills and tools to help them on their way.

Circle Plot Diagram
http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=26
The Circle Plot Diagram can be used as a prewriting graphic organizer for students writing original stories with a circular plot structure as well as a postreading organizer used to explore the text structures in a book.

ENG 102: English Composition II
http://www.personal.kent.edu/~rwisnesk/ENG112/eng112.html
A continuation of ENG 101, the objectives of ENG 102 are to enhance analytical and argumentative essay writing, build on critical reading and writing skills, and do extensive research using a university research library.
To accomplish these objectives, we will work on recognizing different analysis techniques; becoming familiar with library resources and research skills; and, annotating and reviewing different types of sources. We will also focus extensively on how to be better critics of our own writing, and how to be aware of the processes we utilize in writing analytical essays and researching topics. Lastly, we will work on properly documenting sources and avoiding plagiarism.

Letter Generator
http://readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/
Letter Generator
Learn the parts of a letter and how to write your own letter.

WritingFix : Interactive Writing Prompts
http://www.writingfix.com/
Interactive Writing Prompts
WritingFix, we believe, is the only site of its kind. It was designed by writers, teachers, and students...to spark the imaginations of writers, teachers and students...of all ages.
Most on-line sites for writers contain long and rather uninteresting lists of topics a person could write about. WritingFix has taken this idea to the next level; we've transformed good writing ideas into interactive on-line word games.

Kindergarten : Handwriting Worksheet Maker
http://www.readingkey.com/hwriting-t/index.htm
Kindergarten : Handwriting Worksheet Maker
The standard Kindergarten - Grade 1 handwriting style teaches "true" printing skills. It is also the letter style most often used in early elementary reading books, thereby helping children with visual word memorization of elementary book reading words.

Microsoft Word ... tutorials
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/archives/techtorials.shtml
Microsoft Word ... tutorials
Creating Test Forms with Microsoft Word | Editing With Microsoft Word | Holiday Worksheets With Word | How to Make Trading Cards With Word | Make A Class Newsletter With Word | Make a Concentration Game with Word | Seven Wonders of Word |

ESL Handwriting Worksheet Wizard
http://www.writingwizard.longcountdown.com
ESL Handwriting Worksheet Wizard
The Writing Wizard automatically makes handwriting practice worksheets for children. The one-word and multi-word wizards give you flexibility in editing your worksheets to suit your students needs - and it's all for free!
Just type in the words you want and click the create worksheet button - easy!

Lots of Interactive/multimedia tools to help with writing
http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp
Lots of Interactive/multimedia online tools to help with writing
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Enhancing the Writing Process Using the Internet
http://tilttv.blogspot.com/2005/06/tilt-episode-1-enhancing-writing.html
Enhancing the Writing Process Using the Internet
Video Blog at TILT - Teachers Improving Learning with Technology .. supporting teacher continuing professional development.
"In this episode we review some websites which can help students and teachers plan their writing, learn new writing techniques and structures, share their writing with others, and generate excitement and enthusiasm for the writing process in meaningful ways."

Writing Esentials
http://www.customresearchpapers.us/swc/writing-essentials/
Writing Esentials | 10 Tips For Writing A Winning Resume | 7 Essential Letter-Writing Strategies | E-mail 101: The Dos and Don'ts | 7 Secrets For Beating Writer's Block | My Top Ten Tips for Exam Success | Why Students Turn to Custom Writing Services | Use Real-Life Templates For Writing Success | Writing Business Letters That Get The Job Done | The Perils Of Using Jargon | Punctuation? Why Bother? |

EveryAuthor
http://www.everyauthor.com/
EveryAuthor
Our goals are to provide our visitors with days, weeks and years worth of extraordinary literature for online reading, and to stimulate the creative writing process through our constructively critical writer's forums.

Keyboarding Killed The Handwriting Star
http://www.laptopical.com/04551-laptop-keyboard.html
Keyboarding Killed The Handwriting Star: Are Laptops Undoing Elementary Education?
Computers have such a presence in schools today that some experts believe they are a threat to education - especially the teaching of handwriting.

Handwriting at abcteach : worksheets
http://www.abcteach.com/directory/basics/handwriting/
Handwriting at abcteach : worksheets
D'Nealian | Zaner Bloser | Left-Handed Friendly | Handwriting Practice |

Classroom Post Office
http://tinyurl.com/3nkvq
Classroom Post Office: Lesson plan for grades K? English
This activity will give your students an opportunity to have real reasons to write within a monitored classroom environment. Students will learn to compose informal notes to one another and respond to the notes. This will increase both writing and reading skills for all levels of learners.
The student will compose informal notes in a proper format to communicate with other students in an appropriate manner.

Guide to Writing a Basic Essay
http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/
Guide to Writing a Basic Essay
An essay can have many purposes, but the basic structure is the same no matter what. You may be writing an essay to argue for a particular point of view or to explain the steps necessary to complete a task.
Either way, your essay will have the same basic format.
If you follow a few simple steps, you will find that the essay almost writes itself. You will be responsible only for supplying ideas, which are the important part of the essay anyway.

Palaeography: reading old handwriting
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/
Palaeography: reading old handwriting
Palaeography is the study of old handwriting. This web tutorial will help you learn to read the handwriting found in documents written in English between 1500 and 1800.

Writers Tools
http://edwebhosting.com/sartkras/minilessons/index.html
Writer's Tools
CONVENTIONS: the rules of writing | CRAFT: the art of writing | Online Writing Tools |

History of Writing
http://www.delmar.edu/engl/instruct/stomlin/1301int/lessons/language/history.htm
History of Writing
Human beings began to write long after they rose up on two legs and formed societies which we can fairly call civilized. Unfortunately, one of the reasons we know so little about early man is that he did not write.

Handwriting Without Tears Program
http://www.hwtears.com/index.htm
Handwriting Without Tears Program
Handwriting Without Tears?(HWT) is the easy way to teach pre-printing, printing and cursive! It was developed by Jan Z. Olsen, OTR, an occupational therapist and handwriting specialist. She has more than 25 years of experience helping children and training teachers and therapists. HWT is an inclusive method for teaching children of ALL ability levels. Children love it. Parents and new teachers enjoy the simple and clear directions that make it easy to help children.

Author, Author Virtual Field Trip
http://www.tramline.com/lit/author/index.htm
Author, Author Virtual Field Trip
A Module on Writing for Children - By Cara Bafile
The field trip accompanying this module introduces students to the writing process through the eyes of children's book authors. Children usually encounter the steps in the process of writing -- pre-writing, writing, revising, editing, and publishing at some point in their elementary experience, but they rarely apply that understanding to the work of real authors.
On the field trip, students will study the steps of process writing. They will visit several children's authors' Web sites and answer questions such as:
Why did this author begin writing? | How does he/she develop the idea for his/her books? | What kind of books does he or she write? | What steps does the author follow? | How did he or she first become published? |

Online Opportunities for Young Writers
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/basic/yngwrite.html
Online Opportunities for Young Writers : Online Writing Labs :
Universities maintain online Writing Labs (OWLs) with downloadable handouts on a wide range of writing topics, such as composition advice, grammar help, and referrals to other information.
Authentic Audiences : Online Publications Which Accept Student Submissions

English Handwriting 1500-1700: An Online Course
http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/
English Handwriting 1500-1700: An Online Course
This site provides a series of illustrated essays relating to palaeography, "the study of ancient writing and inscriptions," which is often used to determine the date of a document.

3D Writer - FREE
http://www.3dwriting.com
Why do you use expensive professional software to teach students basic writing, communication, and web authoring skills?
3DWriter, a simple yet powerful writing tool with hypertext abilities. It was created by an education for educators. 3DWriter can be seamlessly integrated into existing programs and strengthen the home-school connection by bringing the curriculum into the home.

Writingexpert
http://www.writingexpert.com
Learn how to write for results or get help editing your work.
One cure for the writing blues is to learn from effective writers and from good models of writing -- just what writingexpert.com provides.

The 6+1 Trait Writing framework
http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/department.asp?d=1
The 6+1 Trait Writing framework is a powerful way to learn and use a common language to refer to characteristics of writing as well as create a common vision of what 'good' writing looks like. Teachers and students can use the 6+1 TraitTM model to pinpoint areas of strength and weakness as they continue to focus on continued writing improvement.

Writing Ideas for children (free software)
http://www.spidercats.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/program.htm
A writing ideas program for children.There is an area for writing in and you can save your work as text files.The writing suggestions can be changed to suit the users by typing new ones into text files.Any language could be substituted for the original (UK English).

Kids on the Net
http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk
Kids on the Net
Read children's writing from all over the world: full index to all the writing on Kids on the Net
Kids on the Net was one of the first websites on the internet to invite children to submit their writing. Now there are thousands of Kids on the Net writers - have a read!
We want children all over the world to send us your writing - poems, stories, articles and reports, opinions, writing about yourselves - whether you write it at school, at home, in a library or club, or anywhere else.
Also, we invite you to join in our writing projects that are special to the Web:

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