Writing Resources

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edit   Writing Resources The following are a collection of resources aimed at various aspects of writing styles. They can used used as seen fit really: as a homework-part of an ongoing writing programme, or as stand-alone areas of focus. A lot of these are lifted from the very very good U.K. site, Teachit. Feel Free to Use, Adapt or Add to, too...

edit   Descriptive & Expressive Writing Comprehension and Starter Description and Atmosphere Describing a Setting Dickens Character Description Tasks Character Sketch edit   Narrative Writing Writing Stories: Beginnings & Endings Preparing for Creative Writing - Tips & Notes edit   Skills Work Writing Skills - Lifting Them Up: Factsheet Adjectives: Anti-'Nice' Varying Sentences Varying Sentences and Interesting Vocab Putting Muscle into Writing: Strong Verbs Punctuating Speech Essay Skills Standard Essay Structure... edit   Online Resources Reference Works and Online Resources Merriam-Webster Online Roget's Thesaurus Bartlett's Book of Familiar Quotations Strunk and White's The Elements of Style Writer's Block Glossarist.com Writing Help Omniglot -- Writing Systems and Languages of the World Creative Writing Resources Poets & Writers Online Homepage Poetry.Com Online Rhyming Dictionary Writer's Relief, Inc. Craft of Poetry WinningWriters.com Taverner's Koans 10 Steps for Fiction Writing Writing.Com Writers Write: The Write Resource Writing Corner.com Journalism Resource BBC News (World Edition) AP National News Wire Reuters The New York Times The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Chicago Sun-Times Los Angeles Times Guardian Unlimited: World Latest AlterNet.org Znet.org CounterPunch.org MSN.com The Onion: Because sometimes you just need to laugh about the news! Journalist Express JournalismNet The Journalistic Resources Page The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Broadcasters Airways MediaWeb Speech Writing Speechwriting Speeches 101 Effective Speech Writing Speech Tips.com Speechwriting Matt's Speech Writer History Channel.com: Famous Speeches Quotations & Sayings Database Speech Delivery & Presentation Famous Speeches -- U.S. History

edit   Persuasive & Discursive Writing Persuasive Language - 'Selling a House' Persuasive Writing - 'Ratburger' Persuasive Writing - 'Big Brother is Watching' Persuasive Language - 'Obama Speech Analysis' Persuasive Writing Scaffold & Tasksheet Writing to Argue/Persuade - Guide to Success Notes Sheet - Formal Writing Structure Formal Writing - Opening Paragraphs Task x 3 Formal Writing - Topics #1 Formal Writing - Topics #2 Formal Writing - 'Good to be a Teenager' Analysis Formal Writing - 'Pollution Tax' Task edit   Assessment Guides Poetic Writing Assessment Schedule Poetic Writing - Levels Based Assessment Guide Transactional Writing - Levels Based Assessment Guide Creative Writing Assessment Scedule - Level One NCEA edit   Sundry Writing Tasks "I write because it gives me the greatest possible artistic pleasure to write." Oscar Wilde Points of View - Fairy Tales School Trips Leaflet My Very Own Fun Park - Creative Writing Task

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