There is so much on the Web now that can help teachers teach writing. Here are a few pre-sorted sites for you to check out. Please go to the SABES Web site at www.sabes.org for more writing resources.

Web sites

General
Audience and Purpose (Cal State Univ./Los Angeles)
www.calstatela.edu/centers/write_cn/e100audpurp.htm

Teachers Must Help Students Find Real Purposes to Write (Western Michigan Univ.)
homepages.wmich.edu/~jbush/bp/real.html

Basic Language Literacy: Writing (NoodleTools)
www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/basic/paragraphart.html

Educator's Reference Desk: Writing Lesson Plans
www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Language_Arts/ Writing
From the Son of ERIC: A few dozen lesson plans are offered, with many (especially those marked for middle or upper grade levels) quite usable in the adult literacy classroom.

Revision in the Writing Process (1995)
www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed379664.html

Plain Language Resources
www.plainlanguagenetwork.org/Resources
From the Plain Language Association International comes a relatively short set of tips and guidelines for clear writing.

Prewriting Strategies (Univ. of Kansas)
www.writing.ku.edu/students/docs/prewriting.shtml

Prewriting Strategies (Gallaudet Univ.)
depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/writing/prewriting.html

Essay Writing
3-Part Essay (Madison [WI] Area Technical College)
matcmadison.edu/ald/writing/essay3part.htm
A text-and-graphics explanation of essay structure.

Writing Concluding Paragraphs
teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/Specialist/franceslivelyunitplans/concluding9.htm
A ninth grade lesson plan with a charming section, "All's Well That Ends Well: How to Write Effective Conclusions."

Assessment
NIFL/LINCS Special Collection: Assessment
literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/assessment
This site has lots of rubrics and outlines for initial, ongoing, and final assessment, and for portfolio design and management.

Writing Rubrics and Checklists (NALD/Samaritan House)
www.nald.ca/CLR/Btg/ed/evaluation/writing.htm
This index page links to all manner of tools covering biographies, technical writing, business letters, essays, journals, and much more.

ESOL
Improving ESL Learners' Writing Skills (1997)
www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed409746.html

Using Computers with Adult ESL Literacy Learners (1990)
www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed343462.html

Mechanics
Guide to Grammar & Writing
ccc.commnet.edu/grammar
Put together by an English professor at Capital Community College (Hartford, CT), this site has all kinds of information on of parts of speech, different forms and purposes of writing, quizzes, FAQs, and beyond.

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary & Thesaurus
www.m-w.com
The complete Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus online—free and searchable with definitions and audio pronunications, as well as the Word of the Day and word games.

Tutor Training Resources: Tips for Spelling (Hamilton [ON] Public Library)
www.hpl.ca/local/literacy/spelling.shtml

Miscellany
Create Your Own Photo Essay
cvisions.cat.nyu.edu/gallery

Creative Inspirations File Map
www.geocities.com/SoHo/7795/master.html

Current Writing Attitudes and Practices in selected Adult Literacy Programs in Western Canada
www.nald.ca/fulltext/current/cover.htm

Poetry in Classrooms and Community
swearercenter.brown.edu/poetry/about

Purposes, Audiences and Formats for Adult Writing
www.brown.edu/Departments/Swearer_Center/Literacy_Resources/TESOL.html

Remembering Smells: Using Your Nose in Writing (Pearson Adult Learning Centre)
palc.sd40.bc.ca/palc/ac-archive/02-02/acnov602.htm

Teachers and Writers Collaborative
www.twc.org

The Writing Den
www2.actden.com/writ_den

Print Resources

Auerbach, E. (1999). "The power of writing, the writing of power." Focus on Basics, Volume 3, Issue D. Boston: NCSALL/World Education. gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall/fob/1999/elsa'sarticle.html

Cheatham, J.,et al (1994). Whole Language for Adults: A Guide to Instruction. Syracuse, NY: New Readers Press.

Garner, B., ed. (1999). Focus on Basics, Volume 3, Issue D. Boston: NCSALL/World Education. gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall/fob/1999/fobv3id.htm

Gillespie, M. (1990). Many Literacies: Training Modules for Adult Beginning Readers and Tutors. Amherst, MA: Center for International Education, University of Massachusetts.

Goldberg, N (1986). Writing Down the Bones. Boston: Shambala Publishing.

Peyton, J., & J. Stanton. (1996). Writing Our Lives. Washington, DC; McHenry IL: CAL and Delta Systems, Inc.

Raimes, A. (1993). "Out of the woods: Emerging traditions in the teaching of writing." S. Silberstein (ed.), State of the Art TESOL Essays: Celebrating 25 Years of the Discipline (pp. 205-226). Alexandria, VA: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages.

Shaughnessy, M (1977). Errors and Expectations: A Guide for the Teacher of Basic Writing. New York: Oxford University Press.

Smith, F. (1994). Writing and the Writer, 2d ed. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Grammar References—Teachers
Celce-Murcia, M.(1998). The Grammar Book: An ESL/EFL Teacher's Course. Boston: Heinle and Heinle.

Celce-Murcia, M.(1988). Techniques and Resources in Teaching Grammar. New York: Oxford University Press.

Grammar—ESOL Students
Azar, B. (1995). Basic English Grammar. Old Tappan, NJ: Pearson-Longman. (Lower-level or beginning students)

Azar, B. (1993). Fundamentals of English Grammar. Old Tappan, NJ: Pearson-Longman. (Communicative methods with the direct teaching of grammar)

Azar, B. (1998). Understanding and Using English Grammar. Old Tappan, NJ: Pearson-Longman. (Inter-mediate to advanced students of English as a second or foreign language.)