Introduction

The Internet Resources

• Creative Writing for Teens - Links to help you write poetry, funny fiction and more. Links to submit your work and try some writing excercises. Ad Heavy-beware!

• Writing with Writers - Workshops designed to guide you to write biographies, fairy tales, folktales, descriptive writing, mysteries, myths, news, poetry and book reviews. Famous authors and reporters give tips and examples.

• Writing Lab Online - From citing reference sources to using proper grammar, it's all here to help you.

• The Writing Resource for 5-9th grades - Big help for any kind of writing you need to do.

• BigChalk Overview for 9-12th grades - Higher than the writing resource page, this covers grammar, research techniques, writing essays with clear arguments, reports, narratives, biographies, research papers, plagiarism, citation and documentation. May be a little overwhelming so really thing about

• Writing & Research for 9-12th grades - Higher than the writing resource page, this covers grammar, research techniques, writing essays with clear arguments, reports, narratives, biographies, research papers, plagiarism, citation and documentation. May be a little overwhelming so really thing about

• How to Write a Compostion--high school readers - What are the elements of a good composition? How does each paragraph support the composition. This page breaks it down.

• Hints for Effective Essay Writing - What makes a good essay and tips for improvement.

• Writing Tips from Children's Book Authors - How to write a good story, non-fiction and poetry tips too. Easy to read and understand.

• Writing a Paper - Find step-by-step online from Library Spot. Instructions on where to find the help you need. Also has clickable links to reference from acronyms to historical documents to zip codes.

• The Why Files - Unique articles and links about interesting and newsworthy scientific topics. Written for Middle School and High School readers.

• Finding You

Research Process

• Don't know how to write that research paper? - Here is a six step process that will help explain it all. Good for beginners.

• Organize Your Research for 3-6th grades - Plug in your ideas and keep track of your information. Pain-free. Guaranteed.

• Organize Your Research for 7-12th grades - Plan-out your research using this format. It'll really help you stay organized.

• Six Traits Web Tutorial for Students - Awesome--go at your own pace.

• Graphic Organizers for Writing - Fishbone, attributes, compare and contrast, problem/solution, series of events, and concept/topic map.

• Six Traits: Word Choice - Choose the best words for your writing. This page will give you some suggestions.

• Six Traits: Organization - Learn how to organize your ideas.

• Finding Your Voice - Website is written for older students but gives a good overview of how an author adds his or her own voice into their writing.

Citation and Documentation

• Citing Your Source - How to cite quotations, paraphrasing and reference to someone's ideas or work. Practice integrity, credit the author. MLA and APA are different ways to cite the author.

Reference Resources

• Search It! - All in one search page.

• Reference Online - Atlases, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Quotations, Grammar Help, Almanac, Rhyme Zone, and American Sign Language

• World History Reference - CIA World Factbook, History Central, Today in Hisotry, Wars, Country Studies

• American History Reference - 50 States, American Primary Resources, Library of Congress American Memories, U.S. History

• Who Were They: Biographical Reference - Links to biography sites. Remember to go to the San Diego Public Library site to access their database called Biography Resource Center. See the SDPL link below.

• San Diego Public Library e-desk Reference - Enter your San Diego Public Library card number and phone number to access over 25 subscription databases. All subscriptions are free to San Diego Public Library Patrons.

Submitting Your Work

• Kidscribe - A bilingual site for kid authors. Submit jokes, poetry, or your creative writing.

• KidAuthors.com - Onine writers' community for 6 to 18 year olds. Cool features include monthly writing contests, place to submit your work and tips from writers.

• TeenInk Online Magazine - Great student written magazine. We carry the print magazine in the Library in addition to TeenInk the book. Submit if you are 13 or older. Good submissions are published online. Better submission are included in the monthly print magazine then the best of the best make it to the book that's published each year.

• Kidnews.com - Submit your writing here. They don't publish a lot of work but you can read what other kids submit and hope your's makes it to the web page. Go for it.

• Submission Instructions and Address for New Moon Magazine - Hey chicas, send in your writing to New Moon, the magazine for girls who want their voices heard and their dreams taken seriously. New Moon is completely edited by sixteen girls 8-14 and they want to hear from YOU!

Grammar

• Helpful English Terms - Simple definitions for common parts of speech.