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Writing Resources
SOL Writing Prompts in different formats like PowerPoint, Promethean, etc. SOL Reading and Writing Passagesin different formats like PowerPoint, Promethean, etc.

PearsonAccess Perspective Understand Scoring site - link goes to example anchor papers and other resources. Thanks Debra Quesenberry for sharing this!

[|Writingtools4all] a blend of resources of Web 2.0 and the needs of students in Maine.

A beginner's look at how the read-write-web could actually help students to be more independent writers.

Ready to Make Your Student Toolkit? Here is a working toolkit.
 * 1) [|Photopeach-] use images in a presentation, project or concept.
 * 2) [|Wordle] – can capture vocabulary in a book, for pre-teaching and comprehension.
 * 3) [|What kind of learner are you?] – students can find their learning style.
 * 4) [|Find a book at your Lexile] – students check their Lexile reading level choices.
 * 5) [|Mad Libs] – students can create their own Mad Libs.
 * 6) [|Library of Congress] – great source of information for students and teachers.
 * 7) [|Ask.com] – good place to begin a research project.
 * 8) [|Citation Machine] – students learn to cite their sources.
 * 9) [|Graphic Organizers]– place to find graphic organizers.
 * 10) [|Visual Thesaurus] – place to look up words and see the word in a visual thinking map.
 * 11) [|Awesome adjectives and Sensory words] – a guide to grammar, punctuation and style.
 * 12) [|Spell Checker] – allows students to check spelling, grammar and use a thesaurus.
 * 13) [|Create your own checklist] – create a personalized editing checklist.
 * 14) [|Listen to your work] – the site will read text to the student.
 * 15) A Writing Toolkit - Tech & Learning Advisor Blog on how to build an online writing toolkit

Information on Citing Your Sources- plus info on APA/MLA style guides and plagiarism from the University of California Berkley

Additional Resources: http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/resources/high/solenglish.htm http://www.wise.k12.va.us/alted/SOL/sol.htm#ENGLISH_SITES http://ww2.nps.k12.va.us/education/components/links/links.php?sectiondetailid=34835 http://blogs.glnd.k12.va.us/jwampler/category/english-11/ http://kswortzel.edublogs.org/ http://ww2.nps.k12.va.us/education/components/links/links.php?sectiondetailid=69142&