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Scholastic

Scholastic: Folktale Writer's Workshop

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
What exactly is the definition of a folktale? This resource offers insight into this topic. Students will participate in a Folktale writer's workshop where they will learn about folktales and will eventually write their own and publish it.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Writing With Writers: Descriptive Writing With Virginia Hamilton

For Students 4th - 8th
This workshop helps students increase their skills in descriptive writing by following tips and suggestions from writer Virginia Hamilton. After reading about Hamilton, students write their descriptive pieces and publish them online. A...
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Other

Young Author's Workshop: Resource Pages

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
This site provides middle school students with links to online resources that will take them step by step through the writing process. The steps in this process are those used in Writer's Workshop.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Workshop 6: Responding to Writing: Teacher to Student

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
"Responding to Writing: Teacher to Student" [58:21] demonstrates how five teachers Jenny Beasley, Vivian Johnson, Mary Cathryn Ricker, Laurie Swistak, and Jack Wildea use student-teacher conferences to help their students improve as...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: A Writers' Notebook

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards
Virtually participate in a workshop of four high school teachers led by a renowned author. There are eight topics including "Hiding and Revealing with Language," "Using Sensory Description," and "Writing a Picture of Me".
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Fractured Fairy Tales and Fables With Jon Scieszka

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this resource students will have an opportunity to learn about fractured fairy tales and fables with the help of Jon Scieszka. This site also features a writer's workshop where students can write their own fractured tale and publish...
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Other

Storyarts: The on Line Writing Workshop

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Storyarts is a free online writing workshop that includes not only assignments, but also publication of writings to other e-mail subscribers through its Storyarts Listserv. Samples of published works are included.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Workshop 1: Creating a Community of Writers

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Workshop 1 explores the components of a community of writers and what teachers can do to create and foster such a community. After a brief introduction to the goals of all eight workshop sessions, middle school teacher and writing expert...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Writing Workshop: Helping Writers Choose and Focus on a Topic

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Learners engage in writing workshop, using a timeline to focus in on and write about a specific event.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Question and Answer Books

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Beginning writers work through a Writing Workshop format to create Question and Answer books. A series of mini-lessons, graphic organizers, possible texts, and samples of student work are all provided.
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Other

If I Were a Carpenter: The Tools of the Writer

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Twenty tips for writers, slanted toward fiction, from the director of the National Writers' Workshop. Tips are divided into four areas: sentences and paragraphs, language, effects, and structure.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Myth Writing Workshop With Jane Yolen

For Students 6th - 8th
Well-known author Jane Yolen takes you step by step through the process of writing a myth. The site includes a Myth Brainstorming Machine to help get ideas flowing.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Writing Fix Homepage

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Have you ever needed someone to help you out with your writing? This site offers help to students and teachers. The lessons and resources are organized based on the 6 Writing Traits model. An especially interesting feature of the site is...
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Other

Young Author's Workshop: Editing

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Now that you written enough drafts to be satisfied with the content and ideas of your story, you are ready to check spelling. You might also like to make sure you have any historical information correct, check other facts, or consult a...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Mechanical Monsters

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students read the description of the mechanical dog from Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 and then work in groups to create and write descriptions of their own futuristic pet.
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Curated OER

Writing Fix: Beginning a Kindergarten Writers Workshop: Drawing a Picture

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Color photograph of a child sitting on the floor drawing a picture.
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Curated OER

Front Cover of Book What You Know by Heart, by Katie Wood Ray

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Front cover of the book What You Know by Heart: How to Develop Curriculum for Your Writing Workshop by Katie Wood Ray.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Unit: Informational Text: Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This unit is designed to teach young scholars about research writing. The lessons follow the format of Writer's Workshop. Many of the lessons provide a formula for students to follow while constructing their essays to ensure struggling...
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Other

Write Source: Writing Topics

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
The best way to write is to write! Here are a variety of writing prompts for grades 1-12. A valuable resource.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Connecting With the Arts: What Roles Do Students Take On?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this video workshop, middle school teachers learn the roles of students in the creative process. These roles include researcher, writer, designer, director, performer, and critic. Teachers also learn methods of responding to artwork...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Center for Writing Studies: Grammar Handbook

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this handbook to review specific grammar or usage areas, including parts of speech, phrases, clauses, sentence structure, and common usage problems. L.9-10.1 Grammar/Usage, L.11-12.1 Gram/Usage Conventions
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: The Grammar Handbook: Interjections

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A resourceful and professional look at interjections. Provides definitions, examples, and additional information. A great site from the Writing Center at the University of Illinois.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: The Grammar Handbook: Adverbs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A resourceful and professional look at adverbs. Provides definitions, examples, and additional information concerning the three classes of adverbs: simple, interrogative, and conjunctive. A great resource from the Writing Center at the...

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