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Writing Fix (online resource) Here's an interesting free resource for anyone involved in teaching or learning writing skills. This site has been put together by the writers, teachers and students of the Northern Nevada Writing Project to support the development of writing skills with the Six Trait Model. The site hosts an extensive collection of lessons, activities and other resources. (The Writing Fix is one of 190 web sites sponsored by the National Writing Project in the US.) Featured prominently at the Writing Fix are two separate "prompt generators". One is called the "Interactive Instant Plot Creator". You press separate buttons to bring up random suggestions for setting, character, and conflict. To go along with this idea generator, there is a downloadable "pre-writing worksheet" as well as a "rough draft worksheet". The other generator is called the "Random Prompt Generator for Writers". This second prompt generator consists of 470 prompts, each of which begins with a question that is followed by a suggested writing task.

writing projects - online activities - eg folktales may be ok for yr 7 - depends - on levels I guess - Could be worth checking out.

There is some really good sound advice here for differentiation n conferencing with students

live binder - I think I like this concenpts for an organisational tool for teachers - and...under each tab are some useful resource links. The pages reneder in the binder - which could mean if the site shuts down you still have it - could be much easier to use than Diigo for professional development.

presentation looks very basic and almost primary school-ish but some very good presentations available

lots of possibly very good lessons - includes some on macbeth and R and J

Fabupous site about teaching writing