Language Arts Sites for Students and Teachers


	Language Arts Sites for Students writing \| poetry \| technology \| vocabulary collective nouns \| spelling \| revising \| editing Writing: Writing Lessons for all ages and abilities 6 Trait Writing - http://educationnorthwest.org/traits/trait-definitions http://www.literatelearner.com/6traits/page_template6t.php?f=main https://www.thoughtco.com/six-traits-of-writing-2081681 https://elementaryassessments.com/six-traits-of-writing/ http://www.cyberspaces.net/6traits/ http://pinterest.com/yingling/writing-6-traits/ Suggested apps for writing Awesome Apps - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/19914423325814664/ Writing With Writers - biography, fairy tale, folk tale, journal, mystery, myth, news, poetry, book review http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/ Graphic Organizers from Houghton Mifflin - https://www.hmhco.com/blog/free-graphic-organizer-templates More Graphic Organizers - http://www.kathimitchell.com/graphorg.htm How to Write a Good Biography - https://www.whatihavelearnedteaching.com/scaffolded-biography-reports/ https://thriftyinthirdgrade.com/teaching-students-to-write-biography-reports/ https://www.thoughtco.com/how-to-write-a-biography-1856830 http://www.factmonster.com/homework/wsbiography.html http://www.kathleenkrull.com/10-tips-for-students-in-writing-biographies/ http://homeworktips.about.com/od/biography/a/gradefourbiography.htm Writing Tips from Betsy Byars - http://www.betsybyars.com/writing.html Author Online - http://www.aaronshep.com/ Learn to Write Your Own Stories from Jean Craighead George - http://www.jeancraigheadgeorge.com/writing.html The Structure of Paragraphs - http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/tips/paragrap/index.htm How to Write an Essay - http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/tips/essay/index.htm Poetry: Different types of poetry for kids to write - http://www.kathimitchell.com/poemtypes.html Classical Poetry - http://www.storyit.com/Classics/JustPoems/index.htm Interactive Poems - http://www.readwritethink.org/search/?resource_type=16&type=28 Poetry links - https://www.poetry4kids.com/ Poets.org - https://poets.org/materials-teachers Technology: Citing Electronic Resources: https://www.technokids.com/blog/education-websites/cite-the-source/ http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/netciteFARQ.html http://www.cyberbee.com/citing_sites.htm http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr247.shtml https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_works_cited_electronic_sources.html Vocabulary: Word Games https://www.wordgametime.com/word-games https://www.scholastic.com/parents/school-success/learning-toolkit-blog/word-games-to-play-kids.html https://bilingualkidspot.com/2018/11/03/english-word-games-for-kids/ https://www.learninggamesforkids.com/word-games.html http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games Richard Lederer's Verbivore web site with: http://verbivore.com/wordpress/ http://verbivore.com/wordpress/language-sites-on-the-net/ "cat" words - https://whiskerstotailspetsitting.com/2017/05/purr-fect-list-cat-vocabulary-not-kitten-around/ http://verbivore.com/wordpress/list-of-richards-columns/http://www.funbrain.com/words.html Collective Nouns - http://rinkworks.com/words/collective.shtml http://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/animal-names/ https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/collective_nouns.htm https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/551081/collective-nouns-groups-animals http://www.collectivenouns.biz/list-of-collective-nouns/collective-nouns-people/ Paul Vigay's Collection - http://www.vigay.com/nouns/ Thesaurus.com has word-of-the-day and word games - https://www.thesaurus.com/ Visual Thesaurus (costs money but interesting to view) http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ Merriam-Webster Thesaurus - https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus Your Dictionary - https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com Mad Libs for Kids - https://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/WritingCorner/StoryBuilder/ https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/games/funny-fill-in/article/funny-fill-in-the-mad-inventor Word A Day sites: A.Word.A.Day - http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/ http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/category/word-of-the-day/ http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/ Daily Buzzword from Word Central - http://www.wordcentral.com/buzzword/buzzword.php Spelling - click here for a list of sites for kids, parents, and teachers Revising Tips: Guide to Grammar and Writing http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ Tips for Young Writers - about revision and more http://ralphfletcher.com/tips-young-readers/ Writing With Writers http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/tguide/ Editing: The Elements of Style (online) by William Strunk, Jr. http://www.bartleby.com/141/ ---------------------------------------------------- How to Write Good Avoid commas, that are not necessary. Verbs has to agree with their subjects. Kill all exclamation points!!!!!! Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out. Don't verb nouns. Never, ever use repetitive redundancies. No sentence fragments. It behooves us to avoid archaisms. Last but not least, avoid clichés like the plague. --William Safire in "Fumblerules" (Doubleday) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Back to Mrs. Mitchell's Virtual School This page was developed by Kathi Mitchell and was last updated on March 1, 2021