Identify and explore opportunities for publication (e.g., local/national contests, Internet web sites, newspapers, periodicals, school displays). 0501.3.23

Links verified on 9/3/2014

1. Acrostic Poems for Children, Teachers, and other Poets - Maintained by a professor at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts. He maintains this site for children to learn about and share their acrostic poems with other children
2. Bullies - [originally designed for 3rd grade, can be adapted] Students will compose a comic strip in order to demonstrate how to deal with bullies appropriately
3. Cyberkids - If you would like to have us publish your original writing, art, or other creative work, please see their submission guidelines.
4. The Elf Project - writing lesson plan - use friendly letter to introduce an elf to a first grader.
5. Encourage Student Writing: Publish on the Web - Publishing student writing encourages the reluctant writer, strengthens kids' self-confidence, rewards interest, and promotes a positive attitude toward literature
6. FlipSnack - easily publish online magazines, transforming pdf's into online flipbooks
7. Get your Students' Work Published - One of the best ways to motivate students is to have their work published. These links provide a diverse and valuable collection of places that accept work, including poetry, short stories, photos and art. [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
8. KidPub - books, stories, writing contests and publishing for kids
9. Publishing Student Writers - celebrating your students who succeed with the writing process
10. Seven Days of Daring Deeds - [originally designed for 3rd grade, can be adapted] Students will compose a paragraph to express personal ideas to develop fluency using a journal
11. Story Starters - Here's a quick writing activity to try every day. First generate a creative story starter. Pick a format: notebook, letter, newspaper, or postcard. Four levels are available: pick 4th-6th
12. Tip of the Week - six great ways to publish student work
13. Word Processing Activities - using word processors to promote higher level thinking [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
14. Writing a Branching Story Using Excel - a step by step module on writing with Excel
    1. Billy Bear - [sample of a branching story] a simple story with several possible endings depending on the decisions a reader makes [in the form of an Excel workbook]
    2. The Town Witch - [sample of a branching story] a story with several possible endings depending on the decisions a reader makes [in the form of an Excel workbook]
15. Write me a Story - Kids.com - Try your writing skills, share your imagination, read
    fun stories and maybe even get published on the Internet!
16. Write It - find your voice, develop your craft, publish your work [ from Scholastic]
17. Write Now - from Zuzu - contribution of young artists, photographers and writers just like YOU
18. Write Source - interested in receiving student writings for possible publication in one of our handbooks or on our Web site!
19. The Writing conference - publishes original poetry and prose from students enrolled in kindergarten through twelfth grade

site for teachers | PowerPoint show | Acrobat document | Word document | whiteboard resource | sound | video format | interactive lesson | a quiz | lesson plan | to print