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Teacher Resources

Teaching is one of the most rewarding occupations one can choose. It is also one of the most difficult - and the level of difficulty increases each year. To make the teacher's job a bit easier, The Writing Tutor offers a variety of teacher resources designed to help teachers meet the needs of an increasingly diverse population of students. Teacher resources include: English/language arts lesson plans & writing assignments, interdisciplinary lesson plans & writing assignments, printable handouts, writing promotion, reading promotion, word games, reference tools, enrichment or remediation courses, and teacher links.

English/Language Arts Lesson Plans & Writing Assignments

Lesson plans and writing assignments are free to use for educational purposes, but the copyright information in the footnote of each page must remain intact.

Submit a lesson plan or a writing assignment to The Writing Tutor.


Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans & Writing Assignments

In an attempt to emphasize the importance of writing across the curriculum and to stress the importance of maintaining high writing standards outside of the English or language arts classroom, The Writing Tutor would like to promote interdisciplinary writing by sharing lesson plans & writing assignments. If you have a lesson plan or a writing assignment  that fits this description, please submit it.

Lesson plans and writing assignments are free to use for educational purposes, but the copyright information in the footnote of each page must remain intact.

Submit a lesson plan or a writing assignment to The Writing Tutor.
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Reproducible Handouts

The same quick reference grammar  and literature guides available to students online are also available in printable formats that can easily be photocopied and distributed to students. These are free to use for educational purposes, but the copyright information in the footnote of each page must remain intact.

Also see the handouts listed after lesson plan descriptions.

Research Tools

The Writing Tutor currently offers feeds from three sections of The New York Times and two sections of USA Today as well as feeds from Education Today and the Plagiarism Resource Site. Teachers can research the newest information about the field of education, while teachers and students alike can gather current information about national and world news, as well as news relating to science and the arts.

Tools to Promote Writing

The Writing Tutor makes it easier for teachers to promote writing by sponsoring several writing contests each year. Teachers can make the contest a class project or an enrichment opportunity for interested students. Teachers can use The Young Authors Writing Contest flyer to get the word out about the contest. Individual contest entries are only accepted online, but teachers who choose to enter two or more students in the contest can mail contest entries in one envelope using one contest entry form per entry. Since The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) requires that children 13 years of age or younger obtain parental permission before submitting personal information online, parents of children under 13 years of age must also sign the entry form. It is recommended that both parents and teachers read The Writing Tutor Privacy Policy before submitting a contest entry. (Note: The Writing Tutor also strongly suggests that all students under the age of 18 obtain parental approval before submitting personal information to anyone, online or otherwise.)

The Young Authors Writing Contest flyer
Contest entry form
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The Writing Tutor is not currently offering its own writing contest. Check the contest page for other writing contest options.

Tools to Promote Reading

NEW! The Writing Tutor has recently launched a new virtual book club. We will discuss classic and contemporary literature in a variety of genre. Join us for a discussion! (Note: Parents/teachers should monitor students' reading selections and their participation in book discussions for reading ability and content appropriateness.)

Fun with Words

The strategy behind Hangman requires that students understand how words work. The Writing Tutor's word list is rich in suffixes and prefixes to help students learn to separate root words from their prefixes and suffixes.

Word searches can be a fun way of working with vocabulary lists. Try some of The Writing Tutor's printable word searches, or email your comma-separated word lists in a .txt file and we will post your list as a printable word search. Make sure that you provide a title for the word search (i.e. Catcher in the Rye chap. 1-4, Spring, Soccer, etc.). Please type "word search word list" in the subject line of your email.

Reference Tools

This section contains writing and reference links, links for parents and teachers, and also contains searchable reference tools all in one place!!

The Writing Tutor Writing Courses

The Writing Tutor courses provide remediation and/or enrichment for students who have fallen behind or who are ahead of the class. Teachers can use a course in the classroom or suggest a course to students/parents who would benefit. (Use the email a friend button at the top of the page!)

Links to Other Teachers' Resources

Teacher Tips & Talk

Participate in online discussions about anything that classroom teachers face from time management to lesson planning. Discussions take place in a bulletin board format. This feature has been temporarily discontinued.


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