GRADES 9-12 WRITING - WRITING ACROSS GENRES Grades 9 to 12

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Writing Across Genres Writing for Different Audiences    Writers Guide - Academic Writing This handbook provides online guide across several writing genres. Topics include: Writing about Literature, Reading Poetry, Play Reviews, Research Papers, Writing Annotated Bibliographies, Writing Reviews, Reading for a Review, Critical Reviews, Writing a Review of Literature, Science Writing, Scientific Reports, Sample Lab Report, Proposal Writing, Dissertation Writing.      Writing Guides - Types of Documents From Colorado State, an incredible series of guides that help students create various documents. Topics include: Abstracts, Arguments, Desktop Publishing, Electronic Mail, Summaries, Literature Paper Thesis, Business Letters, Memos, Executive Summaries, Scientific Writing ... and more!      UNC Guide to Writing About Literature This handout describes some steps for planning and writing papers about literature.      Poynter Journalism Tip Guide Dozens of articles and tip sheets on how to write news articles! Topics include Story Ideas, Copy Editing, Ethics, Headlines, and much more!      Journalism Writing Style Guides The following pages have great information on how to write and format news and journal items: Power of Words - Newspaper Writing Tips Newspaper Writing 101 Writing a Summary Lead      Writing to Inform, Explain and Describe This site will help you learn the difference between informing, explaining and describing.      Writers Models Dozens of model texts across various genres - for middle-school and high-school students. Each Writers Model is a full-length model paper, with interactive notes to help you make your writing stronger. Plus, each one comes with a printable Writers Guide.      Annotated Writing Models To give you an idea about how your work may be evaluated by your teachers and your peers, choose a writing mode from this site and then read the annotated models. You will see how writing can be evaluated and scored and learn what qualities mark an above-average, average, or below-average piece of writing.      Journalism Tutorial Great self-study guides on the following topics: Developing the Idea, Reporting Process, Writing, Conducting an Interview, Being a Revisionist, Being Authoritative, Right Writing, Localizing.      Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum A great site that provides support for writing across a wide variety of topics and genres.      Writing Non-Fiction You may feel confident reading a text, but can you write one? Sometime, you are going to be asked to write non-fiction texts for yourself. There are essentially four steps to writing any piece of non-fiction ... learn about them here!      Norton - Writing about Literature A comprehensive guide to writing about literary workd from the Norton Websource.      Writing About Literature A great guide to stylistic concerns when writing papers about literary works.      Video: Persuasive Techniques From the BBC, a video lesson on writing persuasive pieces. You will need the RealPlayer plugin installed on your computer to view the video.      The Book Review or Article Critique An analytic or critical review of a book or article is not primarily a summary; rather, it comments on and evaluates the work in the light of specific issues and theoretical concerns in a course. This site provides general guidelines for a properly constructed review/critique.      Fiction Writers on Fiction Writing Online interviews with fiction writers, who discuss their experiences and offer advice to aspiring writers.      Writing a Book or Film Review A handy guide to creating a concise media review.      Write a Play Review Because the performance of any play is such an ephemeral experience, writing a play review can be an exciting, though difficult, task. Learn how here!   Writing Fiction    Online Fiction Writing Fiction Writers on Fiction Writing: Matthew Sharpe interviews fiction writers on their novels and stories, their working methods and philosophies, their lives in the arts, and their insights into writing pedagogy.      The Key to Making your Characters Believable An online essay that describes several strategies for budding fiction writers.      Myth Writing with Jane Yolen Here you can learn to write a myth — a story that explains a natural phenomenon in a creative way. You will also find writing strategies and a few warm-up activities to get you started.      How to Write a Tall Tale A brief overview of the major considerations for writing a tall tale.      Fiction Writers on Fiction Writing Online interviews with fiction writers, who discuss their experiences and offer advice to aspiring writers.

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