Tips for using quotations in expository writing
Jim Burke's Delicious - great links for English teachers
A video excerpt from Daniel Pink's DRIVE: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Lesson linked from this blog http://middleschool101.edublogs.org/2010/01/19/tkamb21-to-kill-a-mockingbird-meets-the-21st-century/
Collaborative storytelling staring with artwork. Includes themed writing competitions for adults, plus inspiration for all ages.
A resource from the Academy of American Poets with thousands of poems, essays, biographies, weekly features, and poems for love and every occasion
Download hundreds of free audio books, mostly classics, to your MP3 player or computer. Some ebook links are also provided.
"Are you a student looking to get published? Submit your work to the Geist Emerging Writer of the Month program!"
Canadian students enrolled in secondary or post-secondary courses and/or writing workshops are eligible to submit short written works online
Wordplay - reversible verse
See also http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/blogexcerpts/3194/
Biography, study guides and more. Nicely organized for easy accessibility but no author or publisher name is provided. I am waiting for a response from the email contact
From the WHITE RHINO writing blog. Chicago teacher Ray Salazar argues that the five paragraph essay format "leads to the production of "low-level summary that nobody really cares about."