Writing

Collections of Writing Ideas, Graphic Organizers, and Links

Links specific to Trait Writing:

No Red Ink

Boom Writer

Education Northwest

Smenkens Education

Writing Fix

Lee Summit

Mrs. Meacham's Classroom Snapshots

Kim's Korner for Teacher Talk

Scholastic Mentor Texts for the Traits of Writing

The Literate Learner

Dover School District

Links specific to Writing Workshop including a wealth of graphic organizers:

Mrs. Meacham's Classroom Snapshots

Read Write Think Graphic Organizers

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Education Place: Graphic Organizers

teAchnology Graphic Organizers

A Day in the Life of Our Writing Workshop Video

Writers Workshop Video

Writer's Workshop Video

Writing for the Common Core and Newspaper Writing:

Tanya Rae Blog: Common Core Writing Prompts

NY Times Common Core Writing Prompts

TweenTribune | News for Kids

Times Machine: NY Times Archives

Primary Resources: Newspapers and Journalistic Writing

Scoop.It!: Creating Newspapers in the Classroom

The Write Site Newsroom

Project Write MSU Graphic Organizers

Enchanted Learning: Newspapers

Microsoft Word Newspaper Template

SparkleBox Teaching Resources

The Newspaper Clipping (Create Your Own)

NY Times Campus Weblines

Other fun links to consider for writing activities:

Professor Garfield

Smenkens Education

Corbett Harrison: Always Write

Freeology Graphic Organizers

Poetry Forms

Creative Writing Made Easy

House of Baby Piranha: Goggly Eye Writing Starter

Writing Centers

Make Beliefs Comix