Teaching Writing With Technology: Writing Resources

 

Prewriting
	Essay Writing: Getting Started Choosing a Topic for the Research Paper Prewriting (Invention) in Developing a Research Topic
Writing a Thesis Statement
	How to Write a Thesis Statement Simple Formula for a Thesis Statement Developing a Thesis Statement: University of Wisconsin Writing Center Writing Effective Thesis Statements Portland State Writing Center Writing Thesis Statements The OWL at Purdue Writing Resources and the menu development Aphorisms on Thesis Statements Missouri-Columbia Electronic Thesis and Dissertaion Archive Sample College Arguments and Replies
Drafting and Revision
	Planning, Writing, and Revising (from Purdue University's OWL) Cohesion (UM-Columbia) "Make clear the relation between the parts of a sentence, between sentences, or between paragraphs; that is, make the writing cohesive. " Revising, Editing, and Proofreading Suggestions and Excersizes Transitional Phrases1 Transitional Phrases2 Transitional Phrases3 Tips on Article Usage (from Wash U's Writing Center) Concision (from Wash U's Writing Center) Perk up your Paragraphs (from Wash U's Writing Center) Reviewing Basic Grammar Online: A Guide to Writing Sentences and Paragraphs
Using Quotations
	Source material and analysis needs to be incorporated logically and insightfully into your papers
	Using Quotations: Literacy Education Online Quotation Marks Formatting Quotations Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing Quotation Marks Exercise How to Use Quotation Marks: Direct Quote and Indirect Quote Overview Punctuation Marks: Semicolon, Colon, Parenthesis Blending Quotations into Your Essay
Citation
Evaluation
	Evaluation, Assessment, Grading, Norming

 

	WHAT IS REVISION? Revision is "a process of making changes throughout the writing of a draft, changes that work to make the draft congruent with a writer's changing intentions."
	HOW MUCH DO STUDENTS REVISE? For the novice writer, however, revision appears to be synonymous with editing or proofreading. Students seldom make more global changes, such as starting over, rewriting most of a paper, adding or deleting parts of the paper, or adding or deleting ideas.

 

Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation

The American Heritage Book of English Usage Word Choice Grammar and Punctuation Handouts (from Purdue University's OWL) Comma Vs. Semicolons in College Sentences Semicolon Help Tips on Article Usage (from Wash U's Writing Center) Concision (from Wash U's Writing Center) Perk up your Paragraphs (from Wash U's Writing Center) Reviewing Basic Grammar Online: A Guide to Writing Sentences and Paragraphs Online Writing Lab: Grammar Guide to Grammar and Writing Advanced Grammar Literacy Education Online Interactive Grammar Quizzes

Capitalizations Using Commas: Purdue Owl Comma Rules: LEO Comma Rules Using Commas: Purdue Owl The Semicolon Semi-colon and Colon Transitional Phrases1 Transitional Phrases2 Transitional Phrases3 Glossary of Literary Terms and Rhetorical Terms The American Heritage Book of English Usage Word Choice Literary Terms Literary Terms 2 Guide to Grammar and Writing Guide to Grammar and Style Verbs Sequence of Verbs Verb Tenses: Golden West College-including lessons

Wonderful Sites with Tons of Information for Students and Teachers
	The Online Writing Lab at Purdue University International Writing Centers Association Literacy Education Online, from St. Cloud State Univ. The Writing Center at Washington University Refdesk.com (Fact Checker for the Internet) Library of Congress Online Games America’s Story The Quiz Hub Macmillan English Dictionary Games
Research
	Pius XII Memorial Library: SLU St. Louis Area Public Libraries: City, County, and St. Charles Internet Public Library Internet Public Library A+ Writing-A step by step help for writing a first-class research paper. MLA-Style Citation (from Purdue University's OWL) The MOBIUS Library System Google Scholar (Seema Mukhi absolutely loves Google Scholar) Avoiding Plagiarism (from Wash U's Writing Center) Columbia University Guide to Online Style (Citation and Documentation
Searching the Internet
Copyright:
	"There's a pretty simple rule when it comes to the net. If you didn't write it, and you want to reproduce it, ask the creator. Most people don't really need to know much more than this. If you do, check the other documents." - by Brad Templeton, http://www.templetons.com/brad/copyright.html
	Library of Congress: Copyright

 

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