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Google Apps lesson plan for the Historical Novel using Docs, Forms, Blogger. Could be easily adapted for other tools.

Writing Lesson Plan using Google Docs. Students write, eidt and publish a weekly newsletter using Google Apps that records and reports the learning that took place in the classroom that week. Students and Teachers share equally in the evaluation. Developed by Andrea Zellner of the Red Cedar Writing Project.

Propaganda techniques and resources for the teaching of propaganda.

Completed Farcebook example

Lots of good things to use and think about in the teaching of writing. Interesting grading technique for English Teachers. Lots of graphic organizers

Examples of Farcebook pages on Facebook

Online database of comments to use on report cards. It's free. Comments can be edited.

"Present.Me combines video, audio and your presentations in an easy and intuitive way, so your audience get to see and hear your message in the way it was intended." No additional  software - it's all there in your browser already. and you can instantly share it. The free plan allows you to record up to 15 minutes and create 10 presentations a month.

Here is a great site that allows you do great things with pictures and words. Using templates, you can create word mosaics, YOu can also make photo frames, use the poetry blender, and create images with the sketch pad. They also have an iPhone app called Framed! that only costs $.99. They seem to have a Android app too.

This is a site dedicated to the practice of using writing as a means for self improvement. There s a page of photographs that can be used as visual writing prompts.

A great resource, includes an INCREDIBLE catalogue and links to lesson plans. There are many relevant, multicultural resources available through this organization. "Teaching for Change provides teachers and parents with the tools to transform schools into socially equitable centers of learning where students become architects of a better future."

Writer's Digest.com home page presents you a new prompt each week. This is page for people who love to write with an eye on publishing their work. This promotes the magazine Writer's Digest There is a very active writer's community here. Also it has numerous writing contests.contests

Sponsored by the Northern Nevada Writing Project, "WritingFix believes this: No one writes with just the right-side of his/her brain. The brain is too complex and cross-wired to believe that. But we believe this too: Ideas that spark a writer's inspiration can start on the right-side of the brain. And for that reason, all writing activities categorized on this page celebrate a right-brained approach to beginning a piece of writing. This page celebrates approaches that are serendipitous. This page celebrates approaches that are random. Devote part of your journal or your writer's notebook to right-brained sparks."

NCTE inbox-news, views, and ideas you can use in your classroom. This is NCTE's blog of great articles and activities.

Teachers & Writers Collaborative (T&W)-a nonprofit organization-places writers in schools and publishes books and a magazine on teaching writing-materials that provide sound theory and practical curriculum ideas for classrooms. With over 60 titles, our current catalogue/list represents a rich diversity of writers, grade-levels, and genres.

ReadWriteThink offers a collection of online Student Materials to support literacy learning in the K-12 classroom. These interactive tools can be used to supplement a variety of lessons and provide an opportunity for students to use technology while developing their literacy skills.

ReadWriteThink, established in April of 2002, is a partnership between the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation.NCTE and IRA are working together to provide educators and students with access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction through free, Internet-based content.

A wide variety of writing prompts-some are visual, some are verbal-almost all are useful!

Although this site heavily promotes a book (Fear of Writing), it has some useful parts. This site includes writing prompts, examples written from the prompts, and information about starting a writing circle.

Many, many links to sites dedicated to journaling.