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Useful Websites and Books for Writing Teachers 

WEBSITES:
General:

Common Core State Standards - www.corestandards.org

Writing:

Always Write - corbettharrison.com 

Ralph Fletcher - www.ralphfletcher.com

ReadWriteThink - www.readwritethink.org

National Council of Teachers of English - www.ncte.org

WritingFix - www.writingfix.com

Creative Writing Ideas and Activities - www.creative-writing-ideas-and-activities.com  


Teachers & Writers Collaborative - www.twc.org

Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators - www.scbwi.org

Story Starters - www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters

Make Beliefs Comix - www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix

Kerpoof - www.kerpoof.com 

Shape Writing - www.festisite.com/text-layout/#0,0

Story Kitchen - www.brucevanpatter.com/storykitchen.html

Bruce Van Patter - www.brucevanpatter.com/getcreative.html

The Imagination Prompt Generator - www.creativity-portal.com/prompts/imagination.prompt.html

Prompt Generator - www.jc-schools.net/write/create.htm 

More Story Starters - www.kinderkorner.com/starters.html

Expository Essay Prompts - www2.asd.wednet.edu/Pioneer/barnard/wri/exp.htm

 
BOOKS:
Browne, Renni and Dave King. Self-Editing for Fiction Writers. New York: HarperCollins, 2004.

Culham, Ruth. 6 + 1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide, Grades 3 and Up. New York: Scholastic, Inc., 2003.

Fletcher, Ralph and JoAnn Portalupi. Writing Workshop: The Essential Guide. Portsmouth: Heinemann, 2001.

Heard, Georgia. The Revision Toolbox: Teaching Techniques that Work. Portsmouth: Heinemann, 2003.

Levine, Gail Carson. Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly. New York: HarperCollins, 2006.

Murray, Donald. A Writer Teaches Writing. Independence: Wadsworth Publishing, 2003.

Ray, Katie Wood. The Writer’s Workshop: Working through the Hard Parts (And They’re All Hard Parts). Urbana: National Council of Teachers of English, 2001.

Strunk, William and E.B White, The Elements of Style. New York: Longman Publishers, 2000. 

  




  
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