WRITING 

COMMON CORE STANDARDS:

• Visit http://www.corestandards.org to learn more about the Common Core State Standards!
• Everything you need to know about Common Core — Ravitch

PARENT SITES TO SUPPORT WRITING:

• “Read Together: Parents and Educators Working Together for Literacy”
• “Tips for Parents from the National Council of Teachers of English: Helping Your Teenager to Write Better”
• “How to Help Your Child Become a Better Writer”

TECHNICAL WRITING EXEMPLARS:

• EXAMPLE BIBLIOGRAPHY
• WORKS CITED WORKSHEET
• PARENTHETICAL CITATIONS 
• QUOTING, PARAPHRASING, SUMMARIZING
• SKIM, SCAN, CLOSELY READ

CURRENT EVENTS LINKS:

• Biography Website: For Historical Person Project

​​​http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/famous_historical_people.htm

• NY Times Student Connection

This education portion of the New York Times site offers great tools for research and current events.
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/

• Newsweek

A credible news source for research and information.
http://www.newsweek.com

• ABC NewsA great news source for current events.

http://abcnews.go.com/

• CNN News

A great news source for current events.
http://www.cnn.com/

• MSNBC

Another great site for current events.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

• National Archives

The National Archives for our government.  Great for research.
http://www.archives.gov

• Library of Congress

Another great site for history research.
http://www.loc.gov/index.html

• History Channel

Great site for history videos, "this day in history," and research.
http://www.history.com/

• PBS History

A  great page for history research.
http://www.pbs.org/history

• The World Factbook

Great site for finding statistics and facts for research.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

• Best History Sites

A great collection of history sites.
http://www.besthistorysites.org

TYPING MLA FORMAT:

• Creating a Works Cited/Bibliography Page:
• http://www.workscited4u.com/
• Creating a PREZI:
• _http://www.uis.edu/informationtechnologyservices/wp-content/uploads/sites/106/2013/04/Introduction-to-Prezi-2014.pdf

 

• Typing a Class Assignment MLA Format http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

TYPING PRACTICE/ KEYBOARDING SKILLS FOR LIFE:

• Typing Practice Typing Practice
• Fun Typing Games for Learning the Keyboard
• http://www.softactivity.com/monitor-your-computer-keyboarding.aspx .