Web-based Resources for English Language Teaching & Learning
CREATIVE WRITING WEB SITES
Leslie Opp-Beckman, University of Oregon
Email: leslieob@uoregon.edu
Articles
Creative Writing Process
http://www.nzcal.com/hp/adk/index.php
Suggestions for stages to support creative writing plus worksheets.
Write On!
http://write-on.homeip.net/
A series of discussions and informal articles for writers of all genres.
Lesson Plans, Teaching Tips and Interactive Web Sites
ABC's of the Writing Process
http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess
Overviews each of the five stages of the writing process. Intended for K-12 educators.
Creative Writing, from Teachers Corner
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/writing/creative/
Lesson plan ideas for primary / elementary school children.
Daily Writing Exercise
http://www.michellerichmond.com/exercise.html
New exercises daily on characterization, dialogue, plot, description, setting, & more.
ESL Creative Writing Worksheets
http://bogglesworld.com/creativewriting.htm
Simple worksheets and ideas for starting stories. Intended for K-12 educators.
Instant Muse
http://www.webcom.com/wordings/artofwrite/inspiration.html
Home of the Poetry Generator and Story Starter online tools.
Language Arts Lesson Plans, from Columbia Education Center
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/lang.html
Small print, but well worth investigating.
Language Arts Creative Writing Lesson Plans
http://www.lessontutor.com/ltlist.html
Scroll down the page to Creative Writing and click on the grade level(s) of interest.
PIZAZZ: Creative Writing Ideas for EFL/ESL
http://www.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html
Creative writing and storytelling ideas for EFL/ESL teachers.
Wake Up Writing
http://www.wakeupwriting.com
Daily writing exercise to get your pen moving first thing in the morning.
Writer's Block
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/writers_block
The intended audience is adult and young adult writers. See, in particular, "Recent Articles."
Directories
Fostering Creative Writing, from Michael Krauss, Lewis and Clark College
http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/tesol98/creativity.html
ESL Writing Guide, from Dave Sperling
http://www.eslcafe.com/search/Writing/
Google Directory, Writers Resources > Creative Writing
http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Writers_Resources/Creative_Writing/
Writing, from I-TESL-J
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/links/ESL/Writing/
Yahoo Directory, Literature > Creative Writing
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Creative_Writing/