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The Writing Process:
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Inspiration |
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Story
starters |
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Choosing the format |
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Deconstruct |
Writing
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Put
ideas, feelings. opinions, ... to
the page |
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Leave
space to adjust. |
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Refer
to your plan |
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Discuss your work |
Revise
meaning and development
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Clarify |
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Reflect on choices |
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Organize |
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Use
Strategies |
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Consult |
Edit language
using resources, verify:
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spelling |
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capitalization |
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punctuation |
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sentence structure |
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language usage |
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Consult |
Publish
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Choose a medium |
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Make a polished copy |
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Share |
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Let's Write: Choose the medium
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Suggestions |
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Choose with whom you wish to
share: friends and family, the
class, the school, the world. |
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Visit and decide on the best medium to share your writing. |
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Is it a site that is open to all or only to those you
invite? |
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Will your creation be available from your school computers? |
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Is it easy to understand how to publish your work? |
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Do you need to login and are there complicated rules and
concessions you must make? |
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Is it a suitable (educational) milieu for your age and
interests? |
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Links:
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Publish:
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Amazing
Kids! eZine: An online eZine for kids and teens of all ages, with a focus on
kids in grades 4-8.
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Merlyn's Pen: This Web site is an online magazine that publishes fiction,
essays, and poems by teens.
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Teen Ink: A monthly print
magazine,
website, and a book series
written by teens for teens.
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Teen Lit: A Web site that publishes poetry, essays, short stories, and book
reviews from teen writers.
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Write Source: Submit your writing to the Write Source for a chance to have your
writing included in a Write Source book or online as a student
writing model.
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Great Source Short Story Contest:
Enter a short story for a chance to be published on the Great
Source iwrite Web site and win a prize for you and your school!
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Kid’s Space
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The Writing Conference, Inc.
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Stone Soup
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The
Student Operated Press
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www.studentpublishing.com
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Blogs
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Portfolio
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WIKIs
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ISSU
from
Authentic Audiences
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Adventures in Writing
invites 3-5 page stories by 3rd through 8thgrade
writers. If your work is selected by historical
novelist, J. L.Panagopoulos, for her Web site, she will
Interview you about your interests in writing, your
favorite books or short stories, and anything you would
like to share to help other young writers, information
that will be posted with your work. Submit via e-mail
according to
guidelines.
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AHA! Poetry Forum
invites original haiku, tanka, renga, sijo, and
cinquains for discussion and comment on a site
maintained by Jane Reichhold, a haiku poet and founder
of AHA! Books Publishing Company.
Register to post poems and critiques.
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The Claremont Review
selects first-class poetry, short stories and short
plays by
young adult writers aged 13-19 from anywhere in the
English-speaking world for their biannual print literary
journal. Submit via snail mail according to
guidelines.
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Concord Review
selects exemplary high school history essays (examples) of
4,000+ words for this prestigious print quarterly
journal of history. Submit via snail mail according to
guidelines, along with $40 for a subscription.
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Creative Kids Magazine
accepts cartoons, songs, stories between 500 and 1200
words, puzzles, photographs, artwork, games (examples), editorials
(examples), poetry
(examples), and
plays, as well as any other creative work (examples) by
kids aged 8-16. The print magazine is produced by
Prufrock Press, a publisher of materials for gifted and
advanced learners. Submit via snail mail according to
guidelines.
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Cyberkids
publishes stories, poems, articles, multimedia and
product reviews by kids aged 7-12, with preference given
to humor and submissions with a visual component. Submit
via e-mail according to
guidelines.
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Dragonfly-
invites 3rd grade through middle school writing related
to identified science themes. Types of entries include
individual or classroom research, creative writing,
artwork, interviews of scientists, how a theme is viewed
or studied in another culture and book reviews.
Originally a joint venture of the School of
Interdisciplinary Studies at Miami University (Oxford,
Ohio) and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
and funded by a grant by the National Science
Foundation, Dragonfly is currently a Web site and print
insert in Scientific American Explorations magazine.
Submit via their online form, e-mail or snail mail
according to
guidelines.
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DreamFlag Project,
organized by teachers in a PA school, an annual event
beginning February 1st, Langston Hughes' birthday, and
inspired by his dream poems. Teachers register, then
students read Langston Hughes' dream poems and create
their own. Poems are transferred onto pieces of 8˝" by
11" cloth which are then decorated and attached like
Nepalese Buddhist prayer flags. The result is a visual
line of color to be displayed in the students' school or
in other public places, and
shared via their Web site.
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Frodo'sNotebook
invites teen writers to submit poetry, personal
nonfiction essays, fiction, and articles to a quarterly
online literary magazine. Submit via e-mail according to
guidelines.
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GirlSpeak is an
annual webzine with original feature articles,
interviews, poetry, and multimedia work from girls ages
12-22 around the world.
Submission guidelines specify girl/women authors
only.
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Gumbo Teen Magazine,
a bimonthly print publication with a multicultural
focus, accepts
inquiries for submission by 13- to 19-year-olds on
contemporary social, political and global issues of
interest to teens, as well as news highlighting fashion,
sports and entertainment.
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Hanging Loose
publishes high school poems and short stories submitted
directly from young writers, rather than from their
teachers.
Author guidelines.
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Kidson the Net
invites stories, poems and creative nonfiction, personal
essays, and reviews of books, websites and events.
Encourages and provides support for creating hypertext
narratives and other digital writing using new media.
Writers can contribute to collaborative projects in a
variety of genres including letters, stories,
instructional and information writing. Authors may add a
monster to Monster Motel, contribute a biography of a
dragon or design a Flash poster for Dragonsville, or
create an island for Adventure Island. Educator-editor
based in the UK and supported by ICTeachers.co.uk.
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Kids' Space
accepts artwork, stories and musical compositions from
writers up to age 13, and class projects up through
junior high school. Includes cooperative "Beanstalk"
collaborative area where a picture or storycan be added
to another creator's work. Submit
art,
stories,
collaborative work, or
musical work via online forms.
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Kidscribe
invites submissions of stories, poetry and jokes in
Spanish or English to their Web site.
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Look Look Magazine
is a bi-annual magazine of photographs, writing and
artwork.
Directions for contributors.
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MidLink Magazine
points to exemplary classroom work around the globe
selected to "reflect the creative learning process that
exists in classrooms where technology is the vehicle or
enhancement, but academics are the focus. "Publishes some
work from schools without a Web site. The nonprofit
project is supported by North Carolina State University
and the University of Central Florida.
Participation guidelines for teachers.
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My Hero invites
original writing, images and short films celebrating
heroes around the world, which are archived in database
under alphabetical categories such as angels,
animals, artists to scientists, sports figures,
teachers, women and writers. After reading
instructions and registering, authors are able to
upload and edit their submissions of images andt ext
using the site's software.
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PoetryZone
publishes poems submitted by four- to
eighteen-year-olds. Submit via e-mail according to
guidelines.
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PotluckChildren's Literary Magazine
quarterlyprint
and online magazine (example) publishes
original poetry, short stories, fables, book reviews,
and artwork by young writers and artists aged 8-18. The
magazine's commitment to developing writers is evident
in their columns of advice on writing and authorship, and
a personal letter and constructive critique from an
editor that is sent to every contributor. Submit via
snail mail according to
guidelines.
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Skipping Stones,
an international, nonprofit print magazine with a focus
on ecological and cultural diversity, accepts essays,
stories, letters to the editor, riddles and proverbs (examples).Submit
via snail mail according to
guidelines.
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TeenInk accepts
art, poems, stories, personal narratives, college
admission essays and reviews of your favorite (and least
favorite) movies, books, colleges and Web sites for
their monthly print and online magazine, and for
anthologies of teen writing. Submit via e-mail and
snail mail according to
guidelines.
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TheWriter's Slate,
supportedby The Writing Conference in collaboration with
the Kansas Arts Commission and the National Endowment for
the Arts, publishes an Adobe-formatted magazine three
times a year, one of which is devoted to winners of their
writing contest. They invite original poetry and prose
from K-12-enrolled students, as well as pedagogical or
creative writing by teachers. Submit via snail mail
according to
guidelines.
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Writer'sWindow
invites 15-18 year olds to share their writing, add to
continuing andhyper (branching) stories, read others'
writing and, if registered, receive feedback, edit and
resubmit work, post to discussions about
writing and create a
profile. Part of
EnglishOnline, a professional development site for
English teachers funded by theNew Zealand Ministry of
Education, the site contains advice about writing various
genres, giving effective feedback and links to reading
discussions
ReadHot and
Readers Café. Submit via e-mail according to
guidelines.
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Writing with Writers,
Scholastic's free online workshops, are hosted by
famous-name authors on genres such as book reviews,
speeches, news, biographies, descriptive writing, folk
tales, myths, mysteries and poetry. Follow the author's
or editor's tips for writing and revision, listen to the
audio files, read published work by other students. Then
submit your writing, or record your speech using
their free news radio hotline.
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YO!Youth Outlook
invites primarily Bay Area 14-25 year olds to submit in-depth reporting
pieces, first-person essays, comic strips and poetry to
YO!, a literary journal and Web site which provides "a
unique window into California's youth subcultures."
Supported by numerous foundations, YO!distributes 25,000
print magazines 10 times a year nationally, produces a
local access monthly TV show, and partners with radio
stations and Pacific News Service for wire distribution.
Submit via form according to
guidelines.
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Young People's Press,a North American news service
that showcases pop culture, politics and socialissues,
accepts feature stories, opinion pieces, first-person
stories or profiles ofyouth making a difference written
by teens and young adults aged 14-24.Approximately 220
newspapers in Canada and 300 papers in the United
States, as well asmany Internet sites, carry YPP news
pieces. Submit work or suggest a topicaccording to
guidelines.
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Young WritersWorkshop,
part of the Chateau Meddybempssite which was created by
a software engineer and educator, invites submissionsby
age (up to age 7; 8 and above) of stories.
Parent/guardian submits via snail mailaccording to
guidelines.
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ZuZuinvites Web
submissionsto mystery pictures, descriptions of
projects that take courage,neighborhood profiles, and
photos of you and your collection.
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