Teacher Resources: Web Guide

Creative Writing

Articles

Creative Writing Process
http://www.nzcal.com/hp/adk/index.phpSuggestions for stages to support creative writing plus worksheets.

Write On!
http://write-on.homeip.net/A series of discussions and informal articles for writers of all genres.

Lesson Plans, Teaching Tips and Interactive Web Sites

ABC's of the Writing Process
http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess Overviews each of the five stages of the writing process. Intended for K-12 educators.

Creative Writing, from Teacher’s Corner
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/writing/creative/
Lesson plan ideas for primary / elementary school children.

Creative Writing, Lesson Plans
http://teacher2b.com/creative/creativp.htm This page contains the complete lesson plans for a thirteen week course in creative writing which the author (an ESL teacher) taught for Lane Community College for 22 years.

Daily Writing Exercise
http://www.michellerichmond.com/exercise.html New exercises daily on characterization, dialogue, plot, description, setting, & more.

Daily Writing Prompts
http://www.edhelper.com/writing.htm Daily ideas for getting students started with writing. Primarily for younger learners.

ESL Creative Writing Worksheets
http://bogglesworld.com/creativewriting.htm Simple worksheets and ideas for starting stories. Intended for K-12 educators.

Instant Muse
http://www.webcom.com/wordings/artofwrite/inspiration.html Home of the Poetry Generator and Story Starter online tools.

Language Arts Lesson Plans, from Columbia Education Center
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/lang.html Small print, but well worth investigating.

Language Arts – Creative Writing Lesson Plans
http://www.lessontutor.com/ltlist.html Scroll down the page to Creative Writing and click on the grade level(s) of interest.

Lesson Tutor, Creative Writing
http://www.lessontutor.com/ltcreate9home.html Fresh ideas for working with secondary level learners.

PIZAZZ: Creative Writing Ideas for EFL/ESL
http://www.uoregon.edu/%7Eleslieob/pizzaz.html Creative writing and storytelling ideas for EFL/ESL teachers.

Wake Up Writing
http://www.wakeupwriting.com Daily writing exercise to get your pen moving first thing in the morning.

Writing Plans from the Teacher’s Desk
http://www.teachersdesk.org/writing_plans.html Fresh ideas for working with primary and middle school level learners.

Directories

Fostering Creative Writing, from Michael Krauss, Lewis and Clark College
http://www.lclark.edu/%7Ekrauss/tesol98/creativity.html

ESL Writing Guide, from Dave Sperling
http://www.eslcafe.com/search/Writing/

Google Directory, Writers Resources > Creative Writing
http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Writers_Resources/Creative_Writing/

http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Writing/
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Writing/

Yahoo Directory, Literature > Creative Writing
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Creative_Writing/