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Mastering writing step by step
http://stateofwriting.com
A great source of information about writing from the very basics and up to developing your own writing style

SMMRY - Summarize Everything
http://smmry.com/
Summarize Articles, Text, Websites, Essays and PDF documents for free online with SMMRY.

Reinventing Writing - Vicki Davis #liveclass20 #webinar
http://bit.ly/1ktFR0p

Redefining the Writing Process with iPads
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/redefining-writing-process-with-ipads-beth-holland
Redefining the Writing Process with iPads
Take a moment to think about how you learned to write. What steps did you go through? What was your process?
When computers entered into the equation, we digitized the process. Instead of organizing and outlining on paper, we incorporated graphic organizer tools such as Inspiration or MindMeister.
Students and teachers began to draft digitally with word processing programs, and it became possible to offer feedback by inserting comments or typing directly into the document. Not only did these augmentations add efficiency to the process, but they also allowed for completed works to be published to the web.
With Writing 2.0, the process became public.

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The [Global] Writers Club
http://theglobalschool.net/writersclub/
The [Global] Writers Club

Teaching Writing with Graphic Organizers [Mindmaps]
http://www.slideshare.net/ShellTerrell/graphic-organizers-2013-tesol

Teaching Writing with Graphic Organizers from Shelly Terrell

Teaching Handwriting
http://bit.ly/mxdlaN
Teaching Handwriting

How writing by hand makes kids smarter
http://bit.ly/fFeGNB
How writing by hand makes kids smarter
Younger Americans are typing or texting more and writing less, even in school — and that's a problem when it comes to brain development

Write On! for Kids .. in a #LiveBinder
http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=30905

Write On! for Kids

TV Tropes
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage
TV Tropes
This wiki is a catalog of the tricks of the trade for writing fiction.
Tropes are devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members' minds and expectations. On the whole, tropes are not clichés.
The word clichéd means "stereotyped and trite." In other words, dull and uninteresting.
We are not looking for dull and uninteresting entries. We are here to recognize tropes and play with them, not to make fun of them. The wiki is called "TV Tropes" because TV is where we started. Over the course of a few years, our scope has crept out to include other media.
Tropes transcend television. They reflect life. Since a lot of art, especially the popular arts, does its best to reflect life, tropes are likely to show up everywhere.

How my handwriting has changed since Kindergarten
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/handwriting
How my handwriting has changed since Kindergarten .. graphics

Writing Rubrics
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/rubrics.cfm
Writing Rubrics

One Word
http://oneword.com/
One Word ... simple ... you’ll see one word at the top of the following screen.
.. you have sixty seconds to write about it.

How Handwriting Trains the Brain
http://bit.ly/dtgf52
How Handwriting Trains the Brain

Ways to Support Writing in the Classroom
http://edte.ch/blog/interesting-ways/

What is Xanga? (review)
http://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/INSITE/Xanga
What is Xanga? (review)
The original purpose of Xanga was to share book and movie reviews. It slowly developed and is now used for social networking and sharing blogs, videos, audio, and photos with others.
Educational Lesson Plans
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Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab)
The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects.
Teachers and trainers may use this material for in-class and out-of-class instruction.

PicLits
http://www.piclits.com
PicLits.com is a creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to inspire you.
The object is to put the right words in the right place and the right order to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture.

StoryMash
http://storymash.com/
StoryMash
StoryMash, the future of collaborative fiction.
A creative writing community for authors, amateur writers, readers and anyone interested in collaborative fiction and collaborative creative writing.

Novlet ... writing of non-linear stories in any language
http://www.novlet.com/
Novlet is a web application designed to support collaborative writing of non-linear stories in any language.
With Novlet you will be able to read stories written by other users, create your own ones, and choose the plot you like most from several alternatives.
Novlet stories are divided in passages, text sections usually made of a few paragraphs: users can continue stories or add alternative storylines by creating their passages after existing ones. The only limit is your fantasy.

Essay Map
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/essaymap/
Essay Map ... to help you plan and write your essay.

35 Best Tools for Writing Online
http://mashable.com/2008/12/13/writers-toolbox/
35 Best Tools for Writing Online
"Whether you’re new to the world of authorship or a veteran trying to make the most of Web services and applications, there are a number of online tools for writers of all types. From blogging platforms to networking hotbeds, and job boards to real-world gatherings, and more, the supply of utilities is comprehensive, to say the least.
But finding them all can be hard-going, so we’ve taken the liberty to make the discovery process easier by arranging our top finds here for your perusal.
Here are 35 of the best social media tools for writers."

PocketMod
http://pocketmod.com/
The PocketMod is a new way to keep yourself organized. Lets face it, PDAs are too expensive and cumbersome, and organizers are bulky and hard to carry around. Nothing beats a folded up piece of paper. That is until now. With the PocketMod, you can carry around the days notes, keep them organized in any way you wish, then easily transfer the notes to your PDA, spreadsheet, or planner. The PocketMod is a small book with guides on each page. These guides or templates, combined with a unique folding style, enable a normal piece of paper to become the ultimate note card.

Write a Book in a Day
http://deangroom.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/write-a-book-in-a-day/
Write a Book in a Day
Day 1 of the ‘Book in a Day’ creative writing project with 9th graders ended in an almost party like atmosphere from the 60 students who took part today. The final hour had 60 students in one big room, furiously working in groups to finalise their work and publish it.

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"

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.

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."

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

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.

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

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? |

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

Guide to Writing a Basic Essay
http://lklivingston.tripod.com/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.

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? |

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
https://educationnorthwest.org/?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.

Primary Tablet software and PencilPoint Worksheets
http://pencilpointsoftware.com
Computer software used by teachers for children in Kindergarten age classes that prints practice sheets to teach them to form and learn to write the letters of the alphabet, their name, or any combination of words the teacher chooses.

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