Suggested Surfing

Suggested Surfing

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4538138
This I Believe Essay Series

This is a collection of audio essay files presented as part of the This I Believe Essay Series on National Public Radio. Many are also available in text files for downloading. Great support to young (and not-so-young) essayists.
http://thewritesource.com/models.htm Varied Writing Samples

Looking for more student-written writing samples? This is a well organized collection of student work . This site also publishes student work and may provide online opportunities for students who want to take their writing to the public.

http://www.ttms.org/ Outstanding resources for Writing Teachers

This site is rich in resources for teachers of writing. Be sure to have a full ink cartridge and plenty of paper in the printer, as many of the resources are available in PDF form and may be printed.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/personal.htm
The Personal Essay

Need a more in-depth definition of personal essay to share with your students? This website provides a fairly kid-friendly definition of personal essay along with an example accompanied by reflection questions. Includes links to other essay forms.

http://www.freshyarn.com/
The Fresh Yarn

“The Online Salon for personal essays,” this site adds six new examples of personal every four weeks. Warning: Not all essays may be suitable for school-aged children.

http://www.freshyarn.com/
Sara Holbrook: Poetry for the Not So Bad

Sara Holbrook is the author of Wham! Bam! It’s a Poetry Jam and many books of poetry generally geared to a intermediate/middle school audience. Her website offers advice for writing and performing poetry.

http://www.poetryteachers.com/
how to teach poetry * poetry theater * poetry activities

This is pretty much home of the nonsense poets and offers lots of giggles, along with advice to teachers and poets.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/
Scholastic’s Poetry Links

Scholastic provides links to advice from Jack Prelutsky, Karla Kuskin, and Jean Marzollo.

http://www.readwritethink.org/
International Reading Association & National Council of Teachers of English Teacher support pages.

These two organizations have teamed up to create a support website that offers lesson plans, resources and more.

Invitation:

Know of a website to provide support to teachers of writing or young writers? Please send the URL, the website name and a brief description to: ljackson@tcsdk12.org.