Language Arts Sites
Writing Sites:
Six Traits of Writing OWL (Online Writing Lab)
http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/sixtraits.html
See How Other Kids Your Age Are Writing
Click on the link and look to the right of the webpage. Choose a trait, a score (the highest is a 5), and one of the six traits. See what exemplary looks like. This is your goal!
http://apps.educationnorthwest.org/traits/scoring_examples.php?search=1&t=0&s=5&g=5
Writing is Fun
http://writingfun.com/writingfun2010.html
Prewriting Tactics
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/PrewritingTactics/default.htm
Trailblazing Introductions:
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/TrailblazingIntroductions/default.htm
Trailblazing Conclusions:
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/TrailblazingConclusions/default.htm
Which Writing is Right?
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/WhichWriting/1.htm
Grammar Sites
Adjectives and Adverbs:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/adjective_adverb_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Analogies:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/analogies_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Conjunctions:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/conjunctions_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Nouns and Pronouns:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/noun_pronoun_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Plurals:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/plurals_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Prepositions:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/prepositions_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Power Proofreading:
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/proof.htm
Proofreading:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/proofreading_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Punctuation:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/punctuation_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Run-ons and Sentence Fragments:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/sentence_problems_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Sentence Structure:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/sentence_structure_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Spelling:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/spelling_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Synonymns:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/synonyms_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Verbs:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/verbs_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Word Usage Errors:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/usage_errors_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Word Shake (A version of Boggle)
Make sure you click on the "Read Me" first to learn the rules of the game.
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/vocabulary-games/wordshake
Using the web:
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/usingweb/
Children's Storybooks Online
You and your partner are to choose one fable from Aesop's Fables and one Fairy Tale from the stories listed on the website below. Create a clever headline (Nutshell Statement) for each of the two stories.
http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/index.htm
Hans Christian Anderson Stories
http://www.candlelightstories.com/storybooks/hans-christian-andersen-stories/
Time For Kids
http://www.timeforkids.com/news
Which Writing is Right?
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/WhichWriting/default.htm
Information Elimination
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/InformationElimination/default.htm
Miscellaneous Writing
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/
Benchmark Papers
http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/schtemplate.cgi?template=/rdg/hme/benchmark/6/index.thtml&grades=6_8&alt=6-8
Writing Exemplars
http://www.oaklandwrites.org/documents/exemplars/6thExposi.pdf
http://old.sandi.net/depts/literacy/student_sample/expository/6_ondemand.pdf
http://www.ttms.org/PDFs/03%20Writing%20Samples%20v001%20(Full).pdf
Check out #46 on this website:
http://www.ttms.org/PDFs/03%20Writing%20Samples%20v001%20(Full).pdf
http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=530
Create Your Own Plot Diagram
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/plot-diagram/
Character Sketch Cards Activity
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/trading_cards/
Mad Libs
http://www.madglibs.com/
Persuasive Writing
Topics
Should Minors Be Allowed to Get Tattoos?
http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/health/tattooing-and-body-piercing.aspx
http://ifnielsen.hubpages.com/hub/Underage-Tattoos
http://hilite.org/archives/3107
http://enquirer.com/editions/1999/07/16/loc_minors_get_around.html
http://www.laslomaspage.com/?p=1060
http://www.wcnc.com/video/featured-videos/Underage-teens-getting-tattoos-127556978.html
Should Dogs in Animal Shelters Be Put to Sleep?
http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/2008/01/animal-shelters-and-the-no-kill-debate/
http://www.americanhumane.org/animals/stop-animal-abuse/fact-sheets/animal-shelter-euthanasia.html
http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/2009/03/30/why-we-euthanize.aspx
http://www.humanesocietynational.org/overpopulation.html
http://www.americanhumane.org/animals/adoption-pet-care/issues-information/pet-overpopulation.html
Six Traits of Writing OWL (Online Writing Lab)
http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/sixtraits.html
See How Other Kids Your Age Are Writing
Click on the link and look to the right of the webpage. Choose a trait, a score (the highest is a 5), and one of the six traits. See what exemplary looks like. This is your goal!
http://apps.educationnorthwest.org/traits/scoring_examples.php?search=1&t=0&s=5&g=5
Writing is Fun
http://writingfun.com/writingfun2010.html
Prewriting Tactics
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/PrewritingTactics/default.htm
Trailblazing Introductions:
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/TrailblazingIntroductions/default.htm
Trailblazing Conclusions:
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/TrailblazingConclusions/default.htm
Which Writing is Right?
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/WhichWriting/1.htm
Grammar Sites
Adjectives and Adverbs:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/adjective_adverb_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Analogies:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/analogies_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Conjunctions:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/conjunctions_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Nouns and Pronouns:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/noun_pronoun_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Plurals:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/plurals_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Prepositions:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/prepositions_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Power Proofreading:
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/proof.htm
Proofreading:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/proofreading_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Punctuation:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/punctuation_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Run-ons and Sentence Fragments:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/sentence_problems_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Sentence Structure:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/sentence_structure_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Spelling:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/spelling_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Synonymns:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/synonyms_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Verbs:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/verbs_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Word Usage Errors:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/usage_errors_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm
Word Shake (A version of Boggle)
Make sure you click on the "Read Me" first to learn the rules of the game.
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/vocabulary-games/wordshake
Using the web:
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/usingweb/
Children's Storybooks Online
You and your partner are to choose one fable from Aesop's Fables and one Fairy Tale from the stories listed on the website below. Create a clever headline (Nutshell Statement) for each of the two stories.
http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/index.htm
Hans Christian Anderson Stories
http://www.candlelightstories.com/storybooks/hans-christian-andersen-stories/
Time For Kids
http://www.timeforkids.com/news
Which Writing is Right?
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/WhichWriting/default.htm
Information Elimination
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/InformationElimination/default.htm
Miscellaneous Writing
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/
Benchmark Papers
http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/schtemplate.cgi?template=/rdg/hme/benchmark/6/index.thtml&grades=6_8&alt=6-8
Writing Exemplars
http://www.oaklandwrites.org/documents/exemplars/6thExposi.pdf
http://old.sandi.net/depts/literacy/student_sample/expository/6_ondemand.pdf
http://www.ttms.org/PDFs/03%20Writing%20Samples%20v001%20(Full).pdf
Check out #46 on this website:
http://www.ttms.org/PDFs/03%20Writing%20Samples%20v001%20(Full).pdf
http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=530
Create Your Own Plot Diagram
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/plot-diagram/
Character Sketch Cards Activity
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/trading_cards/
Mad Libs
http://www.madglibs.com/
Persuasive Writing
Topics
Should Minors Be Allowed to Get Tattoos?
http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/health/tattooing-and-body-piercing.aspx
http://ifnielsen.hubpages.com/hub/Underage-Tattoos
http://hilite.org/archives/3107
http://enquirer.com/editions/1999/07/16/loc_minors_get_around.html
http://www.laslomaspage.com/?p=1060
http://www.wcnc.com/video/featured-videos/Underage-teens-getting-tattoos-127556978.html
Should Dogs in Animal Shelters Be Put to Sleep?
http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/2008/01/animal-shelters-and-the-no-kill-debate/
http://www.americanhumane.org/animals/stop-animal-abuse/fact-sheets/animal-shelter-euthanasia.html
http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/2009/03/30/why-we-euthanize.aspx
http://www.humanesocietynational.org/overpopulation.html
http://www.americanhumane.org/animals/adoption-pet-care/issues-information/pet-overpopulation.html