Additional Resources

Specific Writing Resources

Below is a list of links to web resources that help students with their writing.  These resources include:

• The Purdue Online Writing Lab:   http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
• The University of North Carolina Writing Center:  http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/
• The University  of Richmond's Writers' Web:  http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb.html

Resources that specifically address finding sources and avoiding plagiarism include:

•  Diana Hacker's MLA Reference:  http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c08_s1.html  (for documenting/citations)
• The Purdue OWL's MLA Reference:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/  (for citing sources)
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly:  http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html  (evaluating web sources)

 

Tips for Parents: Use these tips from the National Council of Teachers of English to encourage your students to write more and write better.