Writing
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What's a graphic organizer? You find examples in most of the Write Source books we are using, and here's a GREAT site to bookmark for all your graphic organizing needs. Graphic Organizers on Tap!
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If you would like to make personalized graphic organizers, click here.
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This site was contributed by Sandy and can be used as you are teaching or reviewing the parts of speech. You'll find matching, concentration, flash cards, and a word search.
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Or, click here for another grammar game.
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Daily Grammar. Excellent site!
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Make online crossword puzzles here. These are great for reviewing vocabulary!
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Play Word Games
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At the right is a picture one of our users sent in of the sentence pocket suggested in Marcia's introductory notes. Click on the picture to see all the details up very close!
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Great writing tools for dialectic and up! Link contributed by Anna.
SAT Preparation:
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SAT online question of the day
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Go to this site to answer almost any question you may have about taking the SAT, PSAT, and more.
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Joshua has sent us this test preparation site. Looks great!
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SAT Prep Plan: Take a practice test, which generates a free test report, then create your own SAT study plan. All for FREE!
Evaluations and Rubrics:
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Lisa has contributed this great link for evaluating writing for grades 2-5. This is an interactive rubric for the student to use as a checklist.
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Click here to evaluate writing for grades 6-8. Another great interactive student checklist!
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I recommend you show a student his grading rubric (or better yet, have him help you develop one!) before he starts his project or writing assignment. Click here to develop rubrics automatically from this site for most types of evaluations!
Want to suggest a resource or link? Email Dana.
Week 1: Twilight of the Western Roman Empire
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Level 1: Click here for some neat online activities as you are teaching nouns. Use next week too!
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Level 2: Mrs. Dowling's Grammar Corner has wonderful helps that you can use many times this year. Thanks to Karen S. for this great site!
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Levels 3-7: For reviewing the steps in the writing process, click here.
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Level 6: Scavenger hunt for Write Source 2000 in MS Word. Contributed by Cheryl. Thanks!
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Levels 8-12: Download one of these five scavenger hunts for use with Writer's Inc. Scroll down to find your choices and much more! Take time to dig around this site. Excellent, and created by one of our users, Tamra.
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Levels 8-10: More advanced explanation of steps in the writing process.
Week 2: Byzantine Empire and the Eastern Orthodox Church
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Level 1: Click here for some neat online activities as you are teaching nouns. Use next week too!
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Level 2: Mrs. Dowling's Grammar Corner has wonderful helps that you can use many times this year. Thanks to Karen S. for this great site!
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Level 3: Your student may enjoy practicing combining words into sentences with this fun online activity.
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Levels 3-7: For reviewing the steps in the writing process, click here.
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Levels 2-11: Graphic Organizers on Tap!
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Level 12: More advanced explanation of steps in the writing process.
Week 3: Byzantine Empire and Rise of Islam
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Level 1: Click here for some neat online activities as you are teaching nouns. Use next week too!
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Level 2: Worksheet reviewing simple tenses in a pdf file.
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Level 3: Review the parts of speech with this online game.
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Level 3: Parts of Speech song
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Levels 9-11: Common Proofreading Symbols
Week 4: The Making of Medieval Europe: Charlemagne
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Levels 4-5: Want to use level-appropriate sentences from the Bible for dictation? Click here.
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Levels 4-12: If you are beginning to learn or review prepositions this week in grammar, click here for a crossword puzzle here that will reinforce this knowledge. Contributed by Lisa in NC.
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Levels 4-12: Another review contributed by Lisa: preposition word search
Week 5: Developments During the Viking Age
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Level 1-3: Verb games
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Levels 4-5: Graphic Organizers on Tap!
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Level 6: Transition words
Week 6: Medieval Life: Feudalism
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Level 1-3: Verb games
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Level 4-6: Good dictation activity
Week 7: The High Middle Ages
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Level 2: Sentence combining worksheets from Angi in Hawaii (pdf file)
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Levels 4-6: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
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Level 7: Cluster Diagram for more middle level students (pdf file)
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Levels 9-11: More advanced cluster diagram for oldest students.
Week 8: The Mongols, Marco Polo, and the Far East
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Level 1: Adjectives games
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Levels 2-6: Steps of the Writing Process
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Levels 7-10: Essay Outlines
Week 9: The Reshaping of Medieval Europe
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Level 1: Conjunctions
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Levels 2-6: Steps of the Writing Process
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Level 10: Christian Internet Code of Ethics: definitely worth reading!
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Level 11: Checklist for taking essay tests
Week 10: Early Lights of the Reformation
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Levels 2-6: Steps of the Writing Process
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Level 6: Christian Internet Code of Ethics: definitely worth reading!
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Level 11: Go to these sites for helps and practice college application essays:
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Princeton Review has loads of helpful information, and we found this very interesting page there.
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Interested in Business schools? Princeton Review has this article on writing essays for admission to them.
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AdmissionsEssays.com. Click on "college", then scroll down and click on "FREE step by step analysis, structure, and writing guide!". Or, here is the direct link.
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College Application Essays: helpful hints. Written from a secular perspective, but with some helpful hints.
Want to suggest a resource or link? Email Dana.
Week 11: Introduction to the Southern Renaissance
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Level 1: Five worksheets for practicing sentences and punctuation.
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Level 2: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
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Level 6: Venn diagram
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Levels 7, 9: Writing a research paper
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Level 10: Instructions for building your own website
Week 12: The Southern Renaissance and the Early Explorers
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Level 1: Need some fun, hands-on activities to reinforce punctuation? Click here for a free download.
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Level 2: Very simple story map (pdf file).
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Level 6: Venn diagram
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Levels 7, 9: Writing a research paper
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Levels 10, 11: How to take an Essay Test
Week 13: The Southern Renaissance and the Age of Exploration
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Level 1: Need more practice on capitalization or punctuation? Click here for more worksheets.
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Level 6: Venn diagram
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Level 9: Instructions for creating an outline
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Levels 10, 11: How to take an Essay Test
Week 14: Spanish Dominion and the New World: Aztecs and Incas
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Level 1: Another easy review for end punctuation. (pdf file)
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Level 2 and 6: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
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Level 6: Writing a research paper
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Levels 6, 8: Story map
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Level 8: Writing a Character Sketch
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Level 10: More information on writing persuasive essays
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Level 11: Two sites on writing the Cause/Effect Essay
Week 15: The Northern Renaissance and Its Scholars
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Levels 1: How to do dictation. Sample dictation sentences from the Bible
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Levels 2-3: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
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Level 3: Definition of a realistic story, tips on how to write realistic dialogue
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Level 3: Very simple story map (pdf file) and describing wheel (pdf file)
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Level 4: Here is a cover that you can use for your state notebook. (pdf file)
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Level 4: Click here for a ready-to-use Table of Contents for your notebook. (pdf file)
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Levels 7 and 9: Rubric to evaluate your work before final completion
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Level 8: Tips for writing a rough draft
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Level 10: More information on writing narrative essays
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Level 11: Two sites on writing the Cause/Effect Essay
Week 16: The Reformation: Martin Luther and the German States
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Levels 2-3: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
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Level 3: Tips for writing a rough draft
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Level 4-5: Beginning a formal outline
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Level 7: Describing wheel (pdf file) descriptive writing Workshop
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Level 10-12: Learn about Debating
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Levels 10-12: How to debate with advanced debating, rubric, dealing with stage fright
Week 17: The Reformation in Switzerland, England, and Scandinavia
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Levels 2-3: Play Word Games
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Levels 4-5: Informal Outlines
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Level 6: Tips for writing a rough draft
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Level 7: Expository Writing
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Level 9: Writing an Interview Report
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Level 10-12: Learn about Debating
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Levels 10-12: How to debate with advanced debating, rubric, dealing with stage fright
Week 18: The Counter Reformation, French Huguenots, and the Netherlands
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Levels 4-5: Online thesaurus
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Levels 4-5: Online dictionary
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Level 7: Five paragraph persuasive writing with samples
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Level 8: Checklist for taking essay tests
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Level 10-12: Learn about Debating
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Levels 10-12: How to debate with advanced debating, rubric, dealing with stage fright
Week 19: Elizabethan England and the Scottish Reformation
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Levels 4-5: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
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Level 8: Checklist for taking essay tests
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Level 8: Tips on Essay Test taking
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Level 10-12: Learn about Debating
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Levels 10-12: How to debate with advanced debating, rubric, dealing with stage fright
Want to suggest a resource or link? Email Dana.
Week 20: Early New World Colonies and Eastern Europe
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Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
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Levels 2-4: Very simple story map (pdf file)
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Level 2: Sample Aesop's fables to print/show students before beginning their fables
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Great site: all the Aesop's Fables you'll ever need! All ages, but supervision is recommended. (We've not previewed this entire site, and it seems that stories from other sources are also posted.)
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Another source from which you can read/download/print a free copy of Aesop's fables.
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Levels 3, 6, 9: Learn how to write plays from the Scholastic website
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Levels 5-6: Story map for middle levels
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Level 8: Literary terms
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Levels 9, 11, 12: Story map
Week 21: Puritans in New England
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Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
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Level 2: Sample Aesop's fables to print/show students before beginning their fables
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Great site: all the Aesop's Fables you'll ever need! All ages, but supervision is recommended. (We've not previewed this entire site, and it seems that stories from other sources are also posted.)
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Another source from which you can read/download/print a free copy of Aesop's fables.
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Levels 3, 6, 9: Learn how to write plays from the Scholastic website
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Level 4: Very simple story map (pdf file)
Week 22: Charters, Creeds, and the English Civil War
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Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
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Level 2: Sample Aesop's fables to print/show students before beginning their fables
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Great site: all the Aesop's Fables you'll ever need! All ages, but supervision is recommended. (We've not previewed this entire site, and it seems that stories from other sources are also posted.)
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Another source from which you can read/download/print a free copy of Aesop's fables.
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Levels 3, 6, 9: Learn how to write plays from the Scholastic website
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Level 4: Very simple story map (pdf file)
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Level 10: Biography (review for high schoolers)
Week 23: Restoration Colonies and the Age of Louis XIV
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Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
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Level 2: Sample Aesop's fables to print/show students before beginning their fables
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Great site: all the Aesop's Fables you'll ever need! All ages, but supervision is recommended. (We've not previewed this entire site, and it seems that stories from other sources are also posted.)
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Another source from which you can read/download/print a free copy of Aesop's fables.
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Levels 3, 6, 9: Learn how to write plays from the Scholastic website
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Level 4: Very simple story map (pdf file)
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Level 10: Biography (review for high schoolers)
Week 24: Dissenters in America and the Age of Reason
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Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
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Level 2: Excellent site that you'll use all through your book report mini-unit
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Level 3: Describing Wheel (pdf file), Very simple story map (pdf file)
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Level 3: Sample Aesop's fables to print/show students before beginning their fables
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Great site: all the Aesop's Fables you'll ever need! All ages, but supervision is recommended. (We've not previewed this entire site, and it seems that stories from other sources are also posted.)
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Another source from which you can read/download/print a free copy of Aesop's fables.
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Levels: 4, 5, 7, 9: Public Speaking Website
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Level 6: Story map for middle levels
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Level 8: Create your own Venn diagram
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Level 10: Biography (review for high schoolers)
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Level 11: Good site, with an example definition essay.
Week 25: Colonists and Native Americans
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Levels 1 and 6: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
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Level 3: Sample Aesop's fables to print/show students before beginning their fables
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Great site: all the Aesop's Fables you'll ever need! All ages, but supervision is recommended. (We've not previewed this entire site, and it seems that stories from other sources are also posted.)
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Another source from which you can read/download/print a free copy of Aesop's fables.
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Levels: 4, 5, 7, 9: Public Speaking Website
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Level 6: Story map for middle levels
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Level 10: Biography (review for high schoolers)
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Level 12: Instructions for building your own website
Week 26: Empires at Odds
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Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
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Level 3: Sample Aesop's fables to print/show students before beginning their fables
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Great site: all the Aesop's Fables you'll ever need! All ages, but supervision is recommended. (We've not previewed this entire site, and it seems that stories from other sources are also posted.)
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Another source from which you can read/download/print a free copy of Aesop's fables.
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Levels: 4, 5, 7, 9: Public Speaking Website
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Level 6: Story map for middle levels
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Level 10: Biography (review for high schoolers)
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Level 11: Writing a process essay
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Level 12: Instructions for building your own website
Week 27: Thirteen Established Colonies
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Level 1: Cluster diagram (pdf file)
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Level 3: Very simple instructions for writing friendly letters
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Levels: 4, 5, 7, 9: Public Speaking Website
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Level 6: Story map for middle levels
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Level 10: Biography (review for high schoolers)
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Level 12: Instructions for building your own website
Want to suggest a resource or link? Email Dana.
Week 28: Shaping Influences on Colonial Culture
Week 29: French and Indian War
Week 30: Give Me Liberty!
Week 31: First Battles for Independence
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Levels 3, 6, 8, and 10: For further helps on teaching your poetry unit, click this link contributed by HollyAnne.
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Levels 3, 6, 8, and 10: Upper levels especially will find this site on meter helpful during your poetry unit
Week 32: Waging the Revolutionary War
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Level 5: Scholastic has a good site for learning to write biographies.
Week 33: America under the Articles of the Confederation
Week 34: Writing the Constitution
Week 35: Federal Republic & French Revolution
Week 36: Perilous Times: The Adams Administration
Want to suggest a resource or link? Email Dana.
