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This website has great resources for writing with posters, charts, and information about writers workshop. Mainly focused one narrative writing it also has some information that could be applied to exposition and persuasive writing.

This website has a great variety of articles, quizzes, PowerPoints and other resources for grammar and writing.


6 Traits of Writing - Language Arts This website has lots of free PowerPoint presentations on writing. Scroll down the list to see if there is anything you need.


A variety of writing resources for the High School level including PowerPoints and sample essays. Headings include expository, persuasive, adjectives, adverbs, rubric, transition words, and prompts.

This website has a a selection of resources for grades 6-12 with links to other websites as well. Some of the resources include - grammar, composition, literature, spelling, and PowerPoint presentations.

Studyguide.orgThis website contains a collection of study guides about literature, essays, teacher resources, ideas, speeches, writing, and assignments. Very useful for both teachers and students.
 This website has modules you can download with PowerPoints, exemplars and activities for persuasive writing. A great resource.

Can't Complain? Writing about Pet Peeves - a great lesson for reading and writing. How can students express their complaints in articulate and constructive ways? In this lesson, students read the New York Times “Complaint Box” series and use descriptive and persuasive writing strategies to communicate their own pet peeves succinctly and productively.

Some interesting articles/handouts on writing arguments/persuasive writing.

 Argument & Persuasive Writing Lesson plans and teaching resources.

The author of this website provides lesson plans/ideas for using mentor texts to develop writing skills.

A website from Scholastic called "Writing with Writers". Students work with editors, and illustrators in exclusive workshops designed to guide them in developing their skills. The site also provides articles and lesson plans under the "Teacher Resources" tab.

The Writing CenterThe Writing Center has handouts under four main categories - 1. Writing the Paper, 2. Citation, Style, and Sentence Level Concerns, 3. Specific Writing Assignments/Contexts, 4. Writing for Specific Fields. The most useful one for middle and high school will be the handouts under Writing the Paper such as "Argument".

Persusive writing unit from Read Write Think. The unit has a powerpoint on persuasive writing strategies and a variety of printable handouts.

Writing Across the Curriculum

Michigan Department of EducationThese links go to the Michigan Department of Education website where they have four documents for Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC). ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies. These documents explain what writing across the curriculum is and offer practical suggestions to content area teachers on how they can use writing in their classrooms.


North Carolina - Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Grades 5-9
  • A resource for all content area teachers, grades 5-9, providing information and strategies for implementing Writing Across the Curriculum. (PDF, 4.2Mb)
  • Writing Across the Curriculum handouts, grades 5-9. Handouts for content area teachers to accompany the Writing Across the Curriculum document. (PDF, 268kb)