Academic writing basics
Transitions/linking words
Opinion/argument
Cause/effect
Descriptive writing
Comparison/contrast
Narrative essay
Process essay
Describing graphs
Writing reviews
Profile essay
Classification essay
Letter writing
Grammar
Brainstorm worksheet: cluster diagram (PDF)
Essay outline worksheet (PDF)
Outline worksheet for an academic paragraph (PDF)
Holt Rinehart and Winston samples: Graphic Organizers (one of the most useful resources on the Net for encouraging critical thinking foracademic essays)
More Graphical Organizers for Essays
Essay outline guide & worksheet (PDF)
General Essay Outline (PDF)
Blank Essay Outline(word doc)
Comparison/contrast outline (pdf)
Cause/Effect Outline (pdf)
Writing the main idea for medical topics with picture cues (PDF)
Read the short paragraphs and select the main idea
Finding, underlining and writing the main idea
Describing How to Get to a City Location worksheet (PDF)
Writing simple sentences worksheet (PDF)
Describing a person worksheet (PDF)
Job interview & writing worksheet (PDF)
Describing a Room: vocabulary & worksheets worksheet (PDF)
Read the following example sentences and revise any that do not use parallel structure PDF)
Using pictures to teach attention getters (PDF)
Attention getters worksheet (PDF)
Writing essay topic sentences (PDF)
Topic sentences worksheet (PDF)
Writing different kinds of essay support sentences (PDF)
Write support sentences (PDF)
Writing main ideas practice- with picture cues (PDF)
Exercises for topic sentences (PDF)
Writing support sentences for an opinion paragraph about television with pictures (PDF)
Writing topic sentences and detail sentences lesson (PDF)
Paragraph writing terminology quiz (PDF)
Write a topic sentence for each of these paragraphs. (PDF)
Match topic sentences to the paragraphs (PDF)
Fill in each blank with the topic sentence (word)
Put a ring around the letter that corresponds to what you think is the topic sentence(PDF)
Write topic sentences for paragraphs-business related (PDF)
One sentence in each of the following pairs is the topic sentence. (PDF)
Concluding sentences quiz (PDF)
Concluding sentences worksheet with answers (word)
Concluding sentences exercise (word)
Knowledge about concluding sentences quiz (PDF)
Choose the correct concluding sentences
Writing attention getters for persuasive essays (PDF)
Attention getters guide (PDF)
Writing Your Introduction: 4 styles with examples
9 ways of “getting the reader’s attention”
