K-12 Language Arts
Writing Sites
by
Gina Otto
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LANGUAGE ARTS RESOURCES, LESSONS AND INTERACTIVE SITES
General Language Arts 
(& Combination) Sites
Reading Sites 
(Books, Lessons, Literature)
Writing Sites 
(Grammar, Poetry)
 Some Sites are repeated
Writing Sites

BLUE BOOK OF GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION - http://www.grammarbook.com/ _
You don’t need to sign in or up. This guide, written by Jane Straus, is divided into two sections:  grammar and punctuation.  Each is further organized into rules with examples (navigate these with the drop-down menus), exercises and tests.   The quizzes are not interactive (print them instead) and include answer keys on the same page.  A print edition of The Blue Book is also available for purchase.

<>BUSY TEACHER:528 FREE ADJECTIVES WORKSHEETS - http://busyteacher.org/classroom_activities-grammar/adjectives-worksheets/
Sign up for a free Busy Teacher membership and get acess to the worksheets,ranked by popularity, rating, number of comments, or submission date. There is a search box in the upper righthand corner. You can also submit your own worksheets.

COMMON ERRORS IN ENGLISH - http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
An intensive listing of words which are commonly misused. Sometimes the easiest way to learn proper grammar, is to learn what NOT to say. There are no line breaks so it's hard on the eyes. But the alphabetical listing makes it easy to find a word you question. Go to the link of non-errors and justify your idiom!

COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS – http://www.surfnetkids.com/resources/commonly-confused-words

<>DAILY WRITING TIPS - MISUSED WORDS - http://www.dailywritingtips.com/category/misused-words/
Archives for the Misused Words' Category.

FIN, FUR AND FEATHER BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FFFBI) HEADQUARTERS - http://www.fffbi.com/hq.html
This is so cute!! The site uses interactive stories and original thinking games to get kids to solve mysteries and learn crucial skills such as using the Internet for research and investigation, reading, and writing. The project encourages exploration of a wide range of subjects from math and science to geography, genetics and history. Admittedly, it's also, as one kid wrote, "freaky weird." Thank goodness, there is a section for teachers which helps explain what's going on.
yFINAL YEAR PROJECTS - http://final-year-projects.com/
Mike Hart's site will help you with practical sources of advice to help you successfully write your final year project, dissertation or thesis. This should help all third year students and many postgraduate students who are writing a thesis or dissertation.

FREE ADJECTIVES WORKSHEETS - http://busyteacher.org/classroom_activities-grammar/adjectives-worksheets/
Sign up for a free Busy Teacher membership and get access to the worksheets, ranked by popularity, rating, number of comments, or submission date. There is a search box in the upper righthand corner. You can also submit your own worksheets.

GRAMMAR - http://www.surfnetkids.com/resources/grammar/
Links to grammar sites by Barbara J. Feldman include punctuation, diagramming sentences, adjectives, commas, parts of speech games, active and passive voice, and other links on the righthand side of the site. Check it out.

GRAMMAR BYTES - http://www.chompchomp.com/
Robin Simmons' collection of interactive exercises, terms, rules and handouts for students and teachers; there's about a dozen online activities to take part in and the handouts are pretty well put together: comma splices, fused sentences, irregular verb usage. I especially like the way the handouts reinforce the work students are doing on the website.

HAIKU - https://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Haiku-Poem
How to write Haiku, step by step, with pictures.

INTERNET RESOURCES ON CITING: THE TRADEMARK OF A GOOD WRITER - http://www.marcaria.com/internet-resources-on-citing-the-trademark-of-a-good-writer.asp
This is an interesting site recommended by students from Daly City who used my site as a starting point to learn research paper construction and citation. This site explains why citing is important, when citing is needed, and tools to help with citation among other things. Thanks "teach" for your letter.

<> LEXICAL FREE NET - http://www.lexfn.com/
Type in any two words and look for synonyms, antonyms, rhymes, anagrams and more. There's even an option to find words in the database with similar spellings.
<>OUTTA RAY'S HEAD - http://www.rayser.ca/writing.htm
 A collection of lesson plans with handouts by Ray Saitz and many contributors; all of the lessons have been used and refined in the classroom.  Contents contain literature, writing and poetry.

QUICK AND DIRTY TIPS: GRAMMAR GIRL - http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl
This is "your friendly guide to the world of grammar, punctuation, usage, and fun developments in the English language." For example..."Apostrophes are one of the more confounding punctuation marks. If you search for signs with ‘grammar errors' online, most of the results will likely include an apostrophe error (which is actually a punctuation error, not a grammar error)." Her frequent tips include articles (readable at her website) and podcasts that you can listen to one at a time (via the website) or subscribe to on iTunes. I like the tip about formatting internal dialogue and how to format URLs in text. Try this site out, it's amazing.

THE WRITE SOURCE - WRITING TOPICS - http://thewritesource.com/writing_topics/
Choose by grade level, select topic, and get started.

WRITINGDEN - http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/
This site, designed for students in grades 6 to 12, provides tips on writing, help with reading comprehension and even tools to improve vocabulary skills.

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Last Updated October, 2022