AdLit
Ad lit.org: Help Students Generate Ideas Through Prewriting
Learn how to model a range of prewriting techniques and introduce several mnemonics to help students organize their writing.
Cleveland State University
Cleveland State University: Getting Papers Started
This site from the Cleveland State University suggests using "invention techniques" to focus on a topic, find a controlling idea, and generate examples. Goes on the describe several types of invention techniques.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Blogging With Photovoice: Sharing Pictures in Integrated Class
Photovoice is a technique that has participants take photos in response to a prompt, reflect on the meaning behind three of their photos, and share the photos to find common themes. It is an ideal strategy for all forms of classrooms,...
ACT360 Media
Writing Den: Paragraphs
How do you write a paragraph? Use this site to learn more about the different parts of a paragraph.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: The Ab Cs of Poetry
Contains plans for a poetry lesson that asks learners to write poems after brainstorming metaphors and other ideas as a group. Ideas are groups by different themes, like letters of the alphabet. In addition to objectives and standards,...