Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Do You Know How?
Students will write in a technical genre. "Technical writing conveys specific information about a technical subject to a specific audience for a specific purpose. The words and graphics of technical writing are meant to be practical:...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques: Imagery
Explore the literary technique of imagery to see how sensory language contributes to the meaning and feeling of a poem in this animated video [1:23] from WNET. Discussion questions below help students to further apply their understanding...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain: Analyze Sentence Structure
Analyze the structure of a sentence from "Concussions Affect Teens More Than Kids and Adults, Study Says" to understand how the sentence is constructed and then create our own sentences that use a similar structure.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Imagery
This is a glossary entry that defines the term "Imagery."
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Setting
This is a glossary entry for the term "Setting," the time and place a story takes place.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Synesthesia
This is a glossary entry for the term "Synesthesia" including a definition and links to more information and examples.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Serendipitous Personification for Stories and Descriptions
Students will use this writing prompt generator to create a personification story or description.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A 6 Trait Writing Lesson: Emotional Recipe Write Ups
The writer studies the format of well-written recipes, paying particular attention to the type of verbs used in the paragraph of instructions which always follow the list of needed ingredients. Next, the writer thinks up a story or...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Participial Phrases [Pdf]
This PDF can be used as an overhead or handout. It shows how sentences can be strengthened when two or more sentences are combined with the use of participial phrases.
Other
Definition: Fiction v. Nonfiction
This writing and reading tutorial provides a detailed explanation of the difference between fiction and nonfiction in rhetoric.
Other
How the Language Really Works: Novels and Stories
This brief article explains perspective, types of narrators, and the elements of fiction.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Be More Descriptive
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students find synonyms for tired, dull words in order to make their writing more interesting.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Descriptive Passage Synonyms
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains several samples of descriptive writing.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Science Now! A Picture Is Worth
A video clip asks students to explain how X-ray images communicate information. This is one in a series of creative writing prompts. [0:32]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Building Video Literacy: Storyboarding
In this activity developed by EDC's Center for Children and Technology, students explore the relationship between types of shots and storytelling.
BBC
Bbc Bitesize Revision: Describing Scenes
As part of a revision and writing section of BBC Bitesize focusing on specific forms of writing, this site discusses describing scenes as a type of descriptive writing. W.9-10.3d Precise/sensory details
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Creative Writing Lesson Plan Ideas
This article focuses on ideas for lessons to teach creative writing such as Brain-Scrambler, Five-Sentence Paragraph, Obfuscatory Sentences, and Two-Sentence Response.
Other
Tidewater Community College: Writing Center: Adverbs
This Writing Center guide features a survey of adverbs and their use and position in a sentence.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Grammar Logs #127
This page, by the same person who wrote the online "Guide to Grammar and Writing," provides a log of questions and answers about grammar. The first question and answer on this page discuss absolute phrases and how they function in...