Other
Noodle Tools: Basic Language Literacy: Writing: Paragraph Art
When you create a coherent paragraph, it can be represented by any number of visual images. This page shows examples of how that might work to help writers understand the idea of coherence.
Other
Writing Den: Essay Builder: Definition Essay
General information and guidelines about writing definition essays. Be sure to look over the entire site for lots of information about writing.
Other
Guide to Writing a Basic Essay: Sample Essay
This is an example of a basic five-paragraph essay on cats. The thesis of the essay is in bold, topic sentences are in italics, and each main idea is underlined.
Other
Gallaudet University: English Works: Guide to Different Types of Essays
English Works site has suggestions on how to write an essay to convey helpful information. This site offers examples of eight different types of essays and graphic organizers.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Compare and Contrast Rubric
Students and teachers can assess their own writing with this compare and contrast rubric.
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online: Top Down Introduction Model
This site which is provided for by the St. Cloud State University explains the top-down, or inverted pyramid, model of an introduction and lists facts about introductions.
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Writing Essays: Structure of an Introduction
A general overview of what goes into the introduction of an essay. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.2
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Compare and Contrast Papers: Organization
This lesson discusses structuring an outline for a comparison contrast paper.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Revising an Introduction: Lesson 2
This lesson discusses improve an introduction through revision. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Revising an Introduction."
Other
Book Rags: Articles: How to Write a Compare/contrast Essay
Learn about two different ways to organize a compare and contrast essay and how each way looks in a paragraph breakdown.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Introductions: Lesson 4
This lesson introduces introductions. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Introductions."
TES Global
Blendspace: Thesis Statement
A six-part learning module with links to images, texts, and a quiz to use while learning how to write a strong thesis statement.
TES Global
Blendspace: Expository Essay
A six-part learning module with links to videos, websites, and texts on writing expository essays.
Other
Prezi: 7th Grade Ela Making Inferences
Slideshow explores how to read between the line while offering examples for practicing.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Graphic Organizer Compare Contrast
[Free Registration/Login Required] This graphic organizer flipchart creates a template to help students compare and contrast ideas and objects. It can be used in many different subject areas.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Graphic Organizer Compare Matrix
[Free Registration/Login Required] This graphic organizer uses a matrix to help students compare items or events. It is useful for helping students understand and analyze reading passages, historical events, and scientific experiments.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Graphic Organizer Word Map
[Free Registration/Login Required] This graphic organizer is a word map helping students with building vocabulary. Students are asked to define, use the word in a sentence, give a synonym and draw a picture of the word. This is...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Headings and Subheadings
This tutorial uses two short videos and a PDF handout to explain how and when to use headings and subheadings. Video 1 explains the purpose of headings and subheadings and why and when to use them; video 2 discusses how to format and...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Writing Effective Topic Sentences
This lesson goes over tips an techniques for writing an effective topic sentence. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
British Library
British Library: Virtual Reference Library
This site provides links to several on-line dictionaries. Students may desire to consult a few dictionary definitions of their focus term prior to beginning a definition essay.
BBC
Bbc Bitesize: Introducing a Discursive Essay
As part of a revision and writing section of BBC Bitesize, this site goes over several tips relating to writing the introduction of a discursive essay. Five separate methods are described, including provocative, balanced, illustration,...
Quizlet
Quizlet: Types of Supporting Details: Definitions: Learn
This interactive helps students learn the types of supporting details by having them type in the terms that fit the definitions.
Quizlet
Quizlet: Types of Supporting Details: Definitions: Flashcards
This interactive set of flashcards focuses on the definitions for types of supporting details such as statements of fact, expert testimony, first-hand accounts, personal experiences, statistics, analogies, etc.
Quizlet
Quizlet: Text Structure: Match
In this interactive game, students match the types of text structure to their definitions.