Write poems, stories, and essays based upon personal reflections, observations, and experiences. 0501.3.4

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1. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Someone a Letter - historical letters help students do some real-world writing
2. Interactive Writing Prompts - inspiring young writers with word games that have interactive choices
3. Narrative Essay - Article and help on writing narrative essay.
4. Newspaper Writing Lesson Plan - Kids Learn to Write for a School Audience
5. Poetry writing practice web [this document is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
6. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Someone a Letter - historical letters help students do some real-world writing
7. Haiku Generator - use drop down boxes to make a haiku of three lines
8. Instant Haiku Generator - Chose words from ten drop down boxes to write your instant Haiku.
9. Interactive Writing Prompts - inspiring young writers with word games that have interactive choices
10. Letter Poem Creator: Student Interactive - Letter poems are a particularly apt medium for exploring a defining characteristic of poetry-line breaks. As students work to transform narrative-style letters (shown at left) into poetic format, they are encouraged to think carefully about where to end each line.
11. Narrative Essay - Article and help on writing narrative essay.
12. Newspaper Writing Lesson Plan - Kids Learn to Write for a School Audience
13. Sample Essays - samples of a variety of modes and genres
14. Step by step guide - Guide on writing an essay.
15. Writing a Personal Narrative - Student model as an example
16. Writing Assignments and Student Essays - activities for a variety of modes and genres
17. Writing Model - interactive model of supporting an interpretation
18. Writing Source - many ideas to use as prompts