WRITING+4TH+GRADE

BLOGGING =SIX TRAITS WRITING RESOURCES= =[|EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY]= =[|EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY 2]= =[|HOW-TO WRITING]= =[|ESSAY MAP]= =[|MONSTER EXCHANGE]Draw a monster, write a description of your monster. Send the description to students in another school. They draw the monster from your description. Then compare their drawing to the original. Drawings and descriptions are posted on the website.= =LETTER WRITING= =[|TWINE] A tool for creating interactive stories= =[|MAKE BELIEFS] Make your own comic strips= =[|SMORIES]A place for students to publish and share their stories= =[|SQUIGLY'S WRITING CORNER]= =[|RECIPES TO GOOD WRITING]Suggetions for all writing genres= =[|BOOKEMON]Students can create their own online books to share with friends and family= =[|STORY STARTER JR]This site randomly generates over 700 storystarters= =[|POETRY IDEA ENGINE]= =[|SCHOLASTIC STORY STARTERS]= =[|MYSTERY CUBE]Use the interactive Mystery Cube as a graphic organizer for a mystery story= =[|PERSUADE STAR]This free online application is designed to help students in grades 5-12 write an online persuasive essay= =[|WRITING FUN] explains the types of text commonly written in schools with printable organizers and examples showing text structures, grammatical features and publishing ideas. = = [|WRITING LINKS]  Links for all genres of writing  = = [|ARE DISNEY VILLAINS REALLY THAT BAD]? WEBQUEST FOR PERSUASIVE WRITING. Students choose a Disney villain to defend and write a persuasive letter to the judge asking him to pardon the character for his/her crimes.= =[|WRITING FICTION] Writer's Workshop Fiction Unit= =[|HOW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT, OR WRITING EFFECTIVE PERSUASIVE LETTERS] This activity asks students to write a letter to their parents to persuade them to buy a mobile phone after exploring how to construct the texts.= =[|SPELLING BEE] Students hear a word and spell it. They are given a score at the end. Choose from grade levels 1-12= =[|30 IDEAS FOR TEACHING WRITING]= =[|WORD TAMER] This interactive tool is great for the Smartboard. It helps students develop characters and construct plots.= =[|CYBRARYMAN'S WRITING PROMPTS PAGE]=