Writing

Practice writing and you practice thinking at the same time!

Writing organizes thought and improves verbal communication.

Practice writing and you practice thinking at the same time!

Take a quiz of five phrases to see if you can guess their meaning.
One quiz leads to another if you wish to take them. Or find other resources here.

Watch a powerpoint presentation and learn some ways to spice up your 
writing.
http://TeacherWeb.com/AL/UAB-YAC/MaryannManning/photo4.stm

Handmade books are lovely and there's an art to making them.
http://TeacherWeb.com/AL/UAB-YAC/MaryannManning/links3.stm

Write some Haiku--or Japanese poetry.  You only have to write three lines. 
Here's a great power point presentation to explain.
http://teacherweb.com/AL/UAB-YAC/MaryannManning/photo4.stm

What are the editor's symbols?  Use these in revision!
http://www.colorado.edu/Publications/styleguide/symbols.html

Create a story is fun at this site.
It's like a Mad Lib page.

Here are some cards to make which might yield some new publishing ideas for 
stories you write.  
Also  find some downloadable certificates.
http://www.legacyproject.org/legacy/familyfun.html

You can literally drag magnetic words to a page and write a poem or a story!
http://www.magneticpoetry.com/kidspoetry/playonline.cfm