Creative Writing
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  1. Kids Space Storiesstar_smallj.jpg (51789 bytes)  
    Write your own story.  In the Monthly Story section pictures are offered that can be used to create a rebus. Use words from your story to name each picture.  The pictures will appear in place of those words, after it has been published.   
    Teachers: you must submit a request for a password before your class can submit stories. 
    To Get Started: Click here to skip all the clicks and go right to the page to start.  (Cancel the option to download a language pack if prompted.) Teachers can click "Class Entry Form" to request a password.  Students can click "Monthly Class Story Form" beside #2 to write their story.

  2. Math Cats Writing Contest
    Story prompts given. Can you write about math?

  3. Miss Kitty's Storybook
    Learn basic story writing skills from Bruce Hale.

  4. Useful Information - Rules
    Capitalization, spacing, and numbers,

  5. Punctuation Paintball by iKnow That
    3 levels of difficulty - see what each includes below the buttons. Tip: Click Help to see what each tool does. Click a button for the type of correction needed in the sentence. Move the cursor over the spot needing the change to highlight it, and then click.
  6. Writing With Writersstar_smallj.jpg (51789 bytes)
    Learn how to write from acclaimed authors. Separated into categories such as News, Poetry, Journal Writing, and others. Grades 3 +
  7. Paragraphsstar_smallj.jpg (51789 bytes)
  8. Read, Write, Think star_smallj.jpg (51789 bytes)  - Letter Generator , Timeline tool, Diamante Poem wizard, Acrostic Poems, Shape Poems*, Bio Cube, Flip Book, Mystery Cube, and Printing Press (newspaper, brochure, booklets)
    Other tools also offered including Venn Diagram tools - create your own lists of words to drag and drop.

  9. What Rhymes With Squirrel? from A Different Place
    Poetry activities including magnetic poetry kits for kids.

  10. Fern's Poetry Club
    Cinquain, haiku, and others. Try the Effective Detective activity also to get an idea of how you could be more descriptive when writing. 

  11. Grandpa Tucker's Time For A Rhyme
    Guide to writing poetry.
     
  12. The Poetry Engine from Scholastic
    Cinquain, haiku, limerick, and free verse. 
     
  13. Instant Poetry Forms
    There's even an "I Can't Write a Poem" form!

  14. The Writing Fix
    Randomly generated story prompts.

  15. Shape Books by EduPlace
    Print, with or without lines. Baseball Diamond included.

  16. Book Report Sandwich Station from Scholastic
    Fill in the blanks to put together a tasty book report.

  17. How to Write a Book Report

  18. Power Proofreading
    Read and follow directions, choosing your grade level 2-8.

  19. Edit Dan's Copy by Miss Maggie
    Found in the Games section.

  20. Revise Wise from BBC

  21. Rhyming Dictionary from Poetry 4 Kids

  22. Rhyming Dictionary from Word Central
    Use the drop down menu to select the Rhyming Dictionary.

  23. Rhyming Dictionary
    Use the drop down menu to choose from several types of searches such as Find Rhymes, Find Similar Sounding Words, Find Antonymns, etc.

  24. Story Maker by RIF's Reading Planet
    Find it in the Game Station area. Make choices to generate a story. Add your own ending.

  25. Create by Kids Com
    Write Me a Story, Kimma's Scrapbook, and more.
     
  26. The Story Plant
    Listen and follow directions. Water the plant and watch your story grow.

  27. Headline History
    Excellent history/writing activity British based. Begin by watching the get-started get started tutorial. Another tutorial covers editing.
     
  28. Writing Prompts from Can Teach.ca

  29. Think Tank
    Help choosing topics and organizing your thoughts.

  30. Cyber Smart's How to Cite a Site
    Click on Activity Sheets for some helpful illustrations and examples.
  31. Noodle Bib MLA star_smallj.jpg (51789 bytes)
    Formerly Quick Cite - How to Cite by Noodle Tools.com

  32. Landmarks Citation Machine
    Under MLA select Web Page, Online Encyclopedia, etc. to generate a citation. Easy-breezy!

  33. Figurative Language from Kids Konnect
    Definitions and examples. Links to activities at bottom of page.

  34. The Writing Center - Grammar and Punctuation
    Subject-Verb agreement and more. How to create a Works Cited page.

  35. Essay Punch or Paragraph Punch

  36. The Five Paragraph Essay Wizard
    Initial reading seems a bit advanced, but quickly leads to wonderful graphs, explanations, and examples.

  37. Guide to Writing a Basic Essay

  38. Grammar Slammer

  39. Paradigm Online Writing Assistant

  40. Strunk's Elements of Style

 

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