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The Five
Paragraph Essay
Provides suggestions on getting started, writing, editing, revising,
evaluating, practicing, and prompting the essay. ~Donna
Homework's Done
(Reports and term papers)
Research Strategy
The following seven steps outline a simple and effective
strategy for finding information for a research paper and
documenting the sources you find. Good for high school students
POETRY
Poetry Lessons For Teachers and Students
GOOD IDEAS to go with any language arts you use. Poetry Lessons
for Teachers and Students Middle school age - Donna Godfrey Once
Cavaet, it does have Poe poems, you can just not use that lesson if
it offends.~Jube
NewsHour Extra: Poetry
PBS's resouce of poetry, great graphics to begin with and good
links for your high school student. ~Jube TYPING:
Typing Tutor
If you don't have the money for Typing Tutor, here is an online
version with a free download. Have not tried it ~Jube
Cool new writing exercises (for teachers, students, and writers) at
WritingFix! These would be great for your Jr. High
students or High School student catching upHere are some of them:
Build Your Own Adventure:
Instant Plot Creator:
The
Critical Recipe:
Oxymoron Maker:
The Daily
Prompt Generator:
Complete Writing Plans from an
ESL site. Very simple and to the point.
Guide to Writing a
Basic Essay
American Writers of the
20th Century from C-Span. More of a study of writers, had
video available.
A quick review of the Principles of the
Research Paper.