QUALITY RESOURCES FOR WRITING and WRITERS
FLAT WORLD KNOWLEDGE HANDBOOK FOR WRITERS: (FREE ONLINE EDITION)
http://catalog.flatworldknowledge.com/catalog/editions/118
SUNY CORTLAND WRITING RESOURCE CENTER:
http://www2.cortland.edu/departments/english/wrc/index.dot
Students should look through the "Help with Your Writing" area, as it contains a list of
detailed online resources that can be useful, including links to the Purdue Online Writing Lab, relevant
reference books, and tip-sheets for writing particular types of assignments, as well as an "Online
Manual for Writing across the Curriculum."
DEVELOPING WRITERS (LESSON PLANS):
http://www.learner.org/workshops/hswriting/channeltalk/
WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM: GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
http://wac.gmu.edu/
Includes Resources for Student Writers: a nice and extremely useful collection of writing guides from
Universities across the U.S.
WRITING CENTER HANDOUTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA:
High-quality materials on the art and craft of effective college-level writing are always in demand, and
this website has a veritable cornucopia of such documents. Materials are divided into four areas: "Writing
the Paper", "Citation, Style, and Sentence Level Concerns", "Specific Writing
Assignments/Contexts", and "Writing for Specific Fields." What is perhaps most impressive about
this site are the multimedia writing demonstrations which cover "Developing Ideas", "Drafting",
and two other key areas of the writing process.
AMHERST COLLEGE:
ONLINE RESOURCES FOR WRITERS
Amherst College has created online resources divided into thematic headings such as "Preparing to Write",
"Thesis and Argument", "Clarity and Grace", and "Using Sources" Overall, it's a set
of resources that college students in particular will find useful, especially as they approach a paper deadline.
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON WRITING CENTER:
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE WRITING CENTER:
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EFFECTIVE WRITING RESOURCES:
THE WRITING CENTER AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
The Writing Center at Harvard University is perhaps the oldest formal writing center at an American university and
they have assembled a treasure trove of handouts and materials. Handouts include "How to Read an Assignment",
"Essay Structure", "Developing a Thesis", "Summary", and "Revising the Draft".
Each piece is written in clear prose, and the advice offered is sound and practical. Also, visitors should note that
the site also includes a link to Harvard's guide to citation and integration of sources, "Writing with Sources",
and a selection of links to other related writing style guides.
Includes the following instructional handouts:
How to Read an Assignment Moving from Assignment to Topic How to Do a Close Reading
Overview of the Academic Essay: Thesis, Argument and Counterargument
Essay Structure
Developing a Thesis
Beginning the Academic Essay
Outlining
Counter-Argument
Summary
Topic Sentences and Signposting
Transitioning: Beware of Velcro
How to Write a Comparative Analysis Ending the Essay: Conclusions Revising the Draft
Editing the Essay, Part One
Editing the Essay, Part Two
Tips on Grammar, Punctuation and Style
THE UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND: WRITER'S WEB (A FIVE STAR RESOURCE!)
http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb.html
LEARNING HOW TO WRITE:
http://contentbuilder.merlot.org/toolkit/html/snapshot.php?id=27237226187472
Click on
Writing Assignments for Any Essay and then Content, CCCS, and then CCA Topics include:
- Intro Peer Review
- Topic Sentence Outline Template
- Topic Sentence Outline Example (analysis essay)
- Transition Word Bank
- Transitions Practice
- Revision Reflection for Essays
- Progress Reflection
- Conclusion Peer Review
WRITING THE ESSAY:
http://contentbuilder.merlot.org/toolkit/html/snapshot.php?id=72166203215873
THE EXPOSITORY ESSAY:
THINKING, READING AND WRITING FOR COLLEGE:
http://contentbuilder.merlot.org/toolkit/html/snapshot.php?id=79054724498703
WRITING ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAYS:
WRITING THE NARRATIVE ESSAY:
GRAMMAR HANDOUTS:
http://contentbuilder.merlot.org/toolkit/html/snapshot.php?id=49933138815624
INFO RESEARCH 101 TUTORIAL:
http://library.concordia.ca/help/tutorial/ILlauncher.htm
OPEN COURSE LIBRARY FOR ENGLISH COMPOSITION II:
http://cnx.org/content/m41506/latest/
ESSAY WRITING:
http://contentbuilder.merlot.org/toolkit/html/stitch.php?s=4907878818836
WRITING GUIDELINES FOR ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE STUDENTS
http://writing.engr.psu.edu/
Instructor Handouts may be found here: http://writing.engr.psu.edu/handouts/
On the left hand side of the homepage visitors will find "Student Resources", "Instructor Resources", and links
to the "Contributors", which include "Virginia Tech", "University of Illinois", and "Georgia Tech".
The "Introduction" on the homepage, offers the following basics to consider when starting a paper: "Assessing the
Audience", "Selecting the Format", and "Crafting the Style". Also on the homepage the site gives links
to guidance on "Presentations", "Correspondence", "Formal Reports", "Proposals",
"Instructions", and "Journal Articles," and the "Design of Presentation Slides."
ESL: DAILY WRITING TIPS:
ESL WRITING CENTER:
http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/
Includes these resources:
An annotated directory of writing resources on the Web
An editorial style manual
Several guides to concise writing
A bookshelf of writing references
50 FREE RESOURCES THAT WILL IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS:
ESL WRITING DEN: WRITING TIPS FOR TEACHERS:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/05/writing-den-writing-tips.html
FORMS OF WRITING AND GRAMMAR HELP AND FREE VIDEOS:
http://www.greatsource.com/iwrite/students/s_grammar_hndbk.html
(Includes free tutorials and free videos, with a free grammar handbook.)
ONLINE WRITING ASSISTANT:
WRITING GUIDES FROM FREE TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHERS:
Includes tips for teachers on motivating students to write and how to detect plagiarism.
K-12 WRITING LESSON PLANS FROM EXPO & SCHOLASTIC
http://www.scholastic.com/expo/
Scholastic and Expo have partnered together to create the
Expo Writing Resource Center. The Expo Writing Resource Center offers lesson plans for teaching writing. The
lesson plans are organized into four groups based on grade level. Each lesson plan includes PDFs of printables
to distribute to your students. While the lesson plans are free, Expo is obviously trying to sell more markers because
they give directions for color coding various aspects of the lesson plans.
The free lesson plans offered in the Expo Writing Resource Center cover all grades K-12. There are lesson plans for
teaching creative writing, persuasive writing, and vocabulary development.
Imagination Prompt Generator:
http://www.creativity-portal.com/prompts/imagination.prompt.html
