The Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat Capacity Building Series:
outlining student engagement, questions to support critical literacy, commonly used text forms, organizations sr structures of writing forms.

A 112 pg. pdf document that is broken into 7 chapters.

1. Overview of Effective Instruction in Writing
2. Modelled Writing
3. Shared Writing
4. Interactive Writing
5. Guided Writing
6. Independent Writing
7. Assessment and Evaluation

Appendicies

A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction, Grades 4 to 6:
Volume One, Junior Learner part 1
Volume One, Junior Learner part 2
Volume Two, Assessment
Volume Three, Planning and Classroom Management
Volume Four, Oral Language
Volume Five, Reading
Volume Six, Writing
Volume Seven, Media Literacy

 The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8: Language, 2006 (revised)

• Literacy for Learning: The Report of the Expert Panel on Literacy in Grades 4 to 6 in Ontario  http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/reports/literacy/panel/literacy.pdf  147 page pdf file.

• Think Literacy Library: Subject Specific Resources

Includes printable copies of: chain of events, clusters, fishbone, Venn diagram, and more...

Printable pdf format pages of a variety of graphic organizers.

Ready to use printable graphic organizers with teaching applications.

Printable organizer.

Sign up for Daily Grammar to send you e-mail messages with a grammar lesson five days of the week and a quiz on the sixth day.

• Daily Grammar Archive
  Lesson plans for the teaching of nouns, verbs, pronouns, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, subjects,  predicate nominative, objects.
  Level: Junior, Intermediate

Explanations, samples and test items for grammar and punctuation. Check out the Helpful Links button for other sites on writing styles.

Explanations and examples of the errors and correct use.

Collected Pointers for Fumblers of the English Language: punctuation, easily confused..., anantomy of a sentence, writing concisely.

Before, during, and editing lessons with assessment strategies.

An online module of the writing process.

Many on-line resources, games, and writing strategies.

Resources for writers and readers

• Great Source i Write
  http://www.greatsource.com/iwrite/
• For Educators - The Great Source iwrite resources are ideal complements to your writing curriculum. You’ll find everything here from quick mini lessons to assessment rubrics and grammar help.
• For Students - The place to get ideas for writing, practice the writing process, and learn the grammar tips and tricks that will make your writing shine.
• For Parents - Take a look around to find great resources to help your 
  child become a better writer and prepare writing for tests

The write traits defined

• Writing Trait Database 
  http://fmpro.aea11.k12.ia.us/Sixtraitbooks/
  Traits listed include: voice, character relationship, character trait, sentence fluency, ideas, word choice, memoir, theme or big idea, monologue or dialogue, Point of View (P.O.V.), organization, strong beginnings, conventions, flashback, circular, mood, strong endings, chronology, character motivation, authentic dialogue. -- To see the entire list, do not fill in the fields, then click on 'Find All Records'.

A step-by-step outline for writing an essay with examples along the way.

Links to the writing process. Includes: getting started, essay writing, first drafts, final edit, punctuation, sentence structure, clarity, APA & MLA documentation, citing sources.

• Stages of Writing
• Common Types of Writing Assignments
• Grammar and Punctuation
• Improving Your Writing Style
• Citing References in Your Paper

• The So What Test: Thesis or Question
• Handouts for Students and Teachers (Please read and abide the Fair Use Policy)
  Level: Senior, Adult

 Reading and writing lesson plans listed by topic and grade. Lessons include blackline masters and weblinks,

• Lessons
• Web Resources

Use the left margin to access writing prompts, writing lessons, writing traits, writing process, writing genres, tools for the writing process, writing across the curriculum, writing about reading, information about WritingFix

• WritingFix Bibliography

The writing forms explained with tutorials, graphic organizers and lesson plans. Check out the links for educators, students, and parents.

• Narrative
• Persuasive
• Expository - Procedural text or 'how-to' text is included in this form of writing on this site

Research writing presents information on a topic and records where the information comes from. Here you'll find help for writing a research paper.

• Graphic Organizers
• Research Paper Writing Video Series:
  • Clustering and Freewriting
  • Gathering information
  • Design of writing
  • Outlining
  • Drafting the opening paragraph
  • Drafting the body
  • Drafting the closing
  • Revising
  • Revising
  • Peer responding
  • Style of writing

Response to Literature
A response to literature examines the theme, plot, characters, or other aspects of a chapter, story, book, or poem. Here you'll find help for writing a variety of papers in response to literature.
Check out the tutorial on how to get started.
Learn how to create the common types of writing assignments. Step-by-step instructions with graphic organizers are included.

• Character sketch
• Plot summary
• Theme analysis

Use the Grammar Handbook to edit your writing. the handbook includes:

• Punctuation
• Mechanics
• Using the right word
• Parts of speech
• Understanding sentences

   

• The Writing Process is explained.
• The Six Traits of Effective Writing
• Rules for Feedback are outlined with response form included.
• Links to Publish Your Writing

Synthesis in Writing explained with imbeded weblinks that provide lesson plans for junior, intermediate and senior classes.

Lesson plans with printable worksheets.

Writing book reviews, writing myths, news writing, descriptive writing, biography writing, folktale writing, poetry writing, speech writing

• Mystery Writing with Joan Lowry Nixon
  http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mystery/index.htm 
  • Tips for mystery writing

A thinkquest that includes the history of mystery, anatomy of a mystery, author tips, a mystery quiz, and a valuable resource list.

• Five Easy Transition Activities

Worksheets in pdf files.

Lessons, student worksheets, online audio and video clips that stimulate writing. 

Student writing models listed by grade and suggested writing topics. These books are available through Thomson Nelson http://www.nelson.com/ 

Teachers read the introduction page then have your students read and write on-going tales on-line.
 

Reproducible Worksheets for a variety of writing activities, including: cause and effect, descriptive writing, expository writing, narrative writing, persuasive writing, and more...

Story Starter lesson plan, student directions and an evaluation form.

Examples of similes and metaphors with worksheets.

A collaborative writing activity for grades 6-8 and 9-12. Procedures for the play writing are described with worksheets and specific dates for communicating with the circle of classes. Click on supporting materials and activities for excellent links for writing plot, character development, and scripts. 

Headings include: taking notes, studying, reading skills, preparing for tests, test taking, writing skills, writing essays. Good site for teacher background notes.

Activity bank of writing responses.

Lessons for literature writing activities.

• Language Classroom Instruction - cursor down for book lists
• Writing Workshop
  List of minilessons
• Narrative
  • Booklist
• Expository
  • Book List
• Persuasive
  • Lists of books with prompts for writing persuasive texts

Lists of writing prompts and language lessons.

Search for rhyming words, synonyms, antonyms, definitions, related words, similar sounding words, homophones, match consonants, match letters, find similar spellings, pictures, Shakespeare, quotations.

Reading lesson plans with online resources, some for printing.

• Teacher Links
  You will have to have pop-ups accessible to access the resources.

• Glossary of Writing Terminology